Also found in:Thesaurus,Wikipedia. Related to goldfield:Goldfield Syndrome gold·field (gōld′fēld′) n. An area containing abundant deposits of gold or gold ore. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co...
An Australian man using a budget metal detector has hit the score of a lifetime – a giant gold nugget worth $160,000. The man, who did not want to be identified, made the life-changing discovery in the southern state of Victoria, the world's largest gold nugget was discovered in 1869...
Despite being the world’s major source of gold for the twentieth century, South Africa stands out for its lack of recent exploration success with no new goldfields discovered since Evander in 1951. This lack of exploration success has led to an 80% fall in gold production since the 1970 ...
Gold rushes: 1853 to 1877 Large numbers of Chinese people were working on the Victorian goldfields and fewer on the smaller NSW fields in the mid 1850s, when major gold finds in NSW and the passing of more restrictive anti-Chinese legislation in Victoria resulted in thousands of miners ...
A short break in Victoria’s hidden Goldfields towns A rich art, music and epicurean culture adds another layer of interest to the compelling old Goldfields towns of Castlem... Ballarat Come to the state’s largest inland city for food and wine, artistic events, and mining heritage. While...
Since it was first discovered by man, gold has played a unique role in the history of the world, in the economic growth of civilisations and in every major religion. The history of the world is inextricably linked to gold. Gold has also played a unique and ever present role in the ...
In the year 1847 gold was discovered in California, at Sutor’s sawmill, Sacramento Valley, where, on the water being cut off, yellow specks and small nuggets were found in the tail race. The enormous “rush” which followed is a matter of history and the subject of many romances, though...
Every day motorists crossing Brisbane's Walter Taylor Bridge are unaware of the riches that lie beneath the wheels of their vehicles. For it's a fact that under one of the bridge's massive pylons is a fortune in gold, perhaps the largest goldfield ever discovered in Australia...and it ha...
James Regan and John Dunlop discovered gold inBallarat, at Poverty Point, and the site would become the most productivealluvialgoldfield in the world at that time. Other discoveries followed atCastlemaine, Daylesford, Creswick,Maryborough,Bendigo, and McIvor. Victoria’s deposits were so rich that...
#90. Gold has been discovered on every continent on Earth. #91. The world's first gold mine is thought to be at a Stone Age site in Sakdrisi, in the Republic of Georgia. This is the same area that gave birth to the legend of the Golden Fleece. ...