Goldfield

Prospector's destination name

A goldfield is a district where gold has been found and is being mined.

The term typically refers to areas during gold rush periods when prospectors flooded in seeking fortune: Thousands arrived at the goldfield hoping to strike it rich.

As a proper noun, Goldfield names several towns that sprang up around such deposits.

placenames

Nevada

Silver State out west

AustraliaSouthern Hemisphere continent-country
CaliforniaWest coast megastate
KlondikeYukon gold rush region

Yukon · Bendigo · Transvaal · Western Australia · Johannesburg · Fairbanks · Nome · Victoria

mining

prospector

One seeking valuable deposits

nuggetSmall solid lump
claimStatement of ownership or truth
strikeForceful impact or stoppage

assay · ore · placer · shaft · bonanza · motherlode · panning · sluice · diggings · vein

boomtown

rush

Quick sudden movement

settlementResolved dispute or colony
frontierEdge of settlement
saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier

miners · tent city · speculation · fortune seekers · ghost town · railway · hotel · outfitting · stampede · wealth

landscape

arid

Devoid of water

desertTo leave behind completely
scrublandArea of low shrubs
outbackRemote interior wilderness

mesa · gulch · creek · riverbed · terrain · barren · rocky · wilderness · expanse · plateau

Goldfield

Nevada

prospector

rush

arid

Goldfield

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