gold field

noun

1. an area or district where gold is mined.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gold field¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Hundreds of rescuers are continuing their search for nine gold field workers who went missing following a landslide in eastern Turkey.

From BBC

Argentina won the men’s gold field hockey medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and Britain took the women’s gold.

From Washington Times

Executive producer Andrew Woodhead read an advance copy and immediately saw the potential for a television series in the “rich and vivid world” it portrayed, he says, and in its core emotional mystery: “What drives a human being to risk their life on a six-month sea voyage to the other side of the world in the hope of making their fortune on a gold field?”

From Los Angeles Times

Cave Couts established Fort Calhoun on a hill overlooking the Yuma Crossing to protect thousands of emigrants heading for the California Gold Field.

From Washington Times

Liberian authorities deployed a team comprising of the army, police, immigration and drug enforcement agency officials to the gold field in Nimba county, a major centre for illicit mining.

From BBC