Goldfields
Named mining region
Goldfields refers to regions where gold has been discovered and is actively mined, drawing prospectors and settlers.
The term evokes the 19th-century gold rushes in California, Australia, and South Africa: Thousands flocked to the goldfields hoping to strike it rich.
Many towns named Goldfields commemorate this history.
The word captures both geography and the fever of speculation that accompanied gold discovery.
One seeking valuable deposits
- nuggetSmall solid lump
- alluvialDeposited by moving water
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
diggings · reef · panning · sluice · shaft · quartz · tailings · assay
Moves very quickly
- boomtownRapidly growing community
- diggerOne who unearths
- tent cityInformal settlement of temporary shelters
- forty-ninerGold rush prospector
Eureka · Bendigo · Klondike · fortune seeker · claim jumping · shantytown · license · commissioner
Indefinite bounded area
- districtBounded administrative area
- basinConcave water receptacle
- depositPlace for safekeeping
- outcropSurfacing native stone
terrain · arid · scrubland · bushland · Western Australia · Victoria · California · Transvaal
Uncultivated flowering plant
- everlastingLasting for all time
- wattleHanging throat skin
- malleeMulti-stemmed Australian shrub
- saltbushSalt-tolerant desert shrub
spinifex · eucalyptus · cassias · sandalwood · native flora · desert bloom · orchid · banksia
prospector
One seeking valuable deposits
strike · diggings · reef · panning · sluice · shaft · quartz · tailings · assay · lode
rushes
Moves very quickly
- boomtownRapidly growing community
- diggerOne who unearths
- tent cityInformal settlement of temporary shelters
forty-niner · Eureka · Bendigo · Klondike · fortune seeker · claim jumping · shantytown · license · commissioner · escort
region
Indefinite bounded area
outcrop · terrain · arid · scrubland · bushland · Western Australia · Victoria · California · Transvaal · Yukon
wildflower
Uncultivated flowering plant
- everlastingLasting for all time
- wattleHanging throat skin
- malleeMulti-stemmed Australian shrub
saltbush · spinifex · eucalyptus · cassias · sandalwood · native flora · desert bloom · orchid · banksia