Definition of Gold mine

1. Noun. A good source of something that is desired.

Exact synonyms: Goldmine
Generic synonyms: Source

2. Noun. A mine where gold ore is found.
Exact synonyms: Goldmine
Generic synonyms: Mine

Definition of Gold mine

1. Noun. A mine for gold ore or metal. ¹

2. Noun. (idiomatic) A very profitable economic venture. ¹

3. Noun. (idiomatic) A plentiful stockpile of something sought after. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gold Mine

gold farming
gold fern
gold fever
gold foil
gold general
gold generals
gold inlay
gold isotopes
gold leaf
gold medal
gold medalist
gold medalists
gold medallist
gold medallists
gold medals
gold mine (current term)
gold miner
gold mines
gold number
gold of pleasure
gold panner
gold piece
gold pieces
gold plate
gold plated
gold plates
gold plating
gold radioisotopes
gold rush
gold rushes

Literary usage of Gold mine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"... Aurora, Indian Spring) ; Quartz mines: The Big Bend Tunnel Big Bend Tunnel ; Spring Valley hydraulic gold mine ; quartz mines and mills ..."

2. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana (1897)
"Lemmond gold mine, eighteen miles from Concord (at Stewart's and Moore'i mine), gold, quartz, blende, ..."

3. A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent by James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush, Edward Salisbury Dana (1885)
"McCulloch copper and gold mine, twelve miles from Greensboro', gold, ... Lemmond gold mine, eighteen miles from Concord (at Stewart's and Moore's mine), ..."

4. A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent by James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush (1889)
"McCulloch copper and gold mine, twelve miles from Greensboro', goid, ... Lemmond gold mine, eighteen miles from Concord (at Stewart's and Moore's mine), ..."

5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1897)
"Bunnell Mountain gold-mine, Montgomery county, NC, xxv [699]. Bunsen burner, character of, ... Burns gold-mine, Moore county, NC, value of ore, xxv, 704. ..."

6. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1818)
"... of the gold mine—Rich quality of its Ores—Mode of estimating their value—Manner of washing the Arenaceous Gold and Silver—Entrance ..."

7. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana, James Dwight Dana (1877)
"... copper and gold mine, twelve miles from Greensboro', grid, pyrite, ... Lemmond gold mine, eighteen miles from Concord (at Stewart's and Moore's minei, ..."

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