goldfields
Ore-rich extraction zones
Goldfields are regions where gold has been discovered and is being mined, especially areas that drew prospectors during historical gold rushes: the California goldfields, the Victorian goldfields of Australia.
The term evokes images of frontier mining camps, claim stakes, and fortune seekers.
It appears most often as a historical reference or in place names.
Searching for mineral wealth
- panningLateral camera traverse
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- oreMetal-bearing rock
- nuggetSmall solid lump
shaft · excavation · extraction · sluice · dredging · deposit · vein · pickaxe
1849 gold rush migrants
- stampedeFrenzied mass flight
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- boomtownsFast-growing frontier settlements
- prospectorsMineral deposit searchers
fever · claim-jumping · migration · speculation · adventure · excitement · frontier · settlement
Wealth or destiny
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
- boomLoud deep sound
- prosperityGood fortune, success
affluence · bonanza · abundance · opulence · bounty · richness · profitability · thriving
prospecting
Searching for mineral wealth
nugget · shaft · excavation · extraction · sluice · dredging · deposit · vein · pickaxe · geology
forty-niners
1849 gold rush migrants
- stampedeFrenzied mass flight
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- boomtownsFast-growing frontier settlements
prospectors · fever · claim-jumping · migration · speculation · adventure · excitement · frontier · settlement · expedition
fortune
Wealth or destiny
prosperity · affluence · bonanza · abundance · opulence · bounty · richness · profitability · thriving · flourishing
outback
Remote interior wilderness
- bushlandUncultivated native vegetation area
- scrublandArea of low shrubs
- terrainLand's physical features
flora · fauna · wildflowers · ecosystem · arid · plateau · grassland · veld · chaparral · biodiversity
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
pioneer · relic · artifact · landmark · archive · chronicle · epoch · settlement · territory · exploration
- Gold Rushprospectors, sluice, forty-niners, Sutter's Mill, pan
- California plantsCalifornia poppy, coast redwood, giant sequoia, Joshua tree, manzanita
- KlondikeKlondike, stampeders, sourdoughs, sourdough, prospectors
- Western AustraliaFremantle, Kimberley, Newman, Albany, York
- OtagoDunedin, Queenstown, Cromwell, Alexandra, Clyde
- Bendigomining town, tramways
goldfieldswasteland
Uninhabitable barren region
badlands · salt flats · desert · farmland · agricultural land
goldfieldsabandoned mines
Disused underground extraction sites
ghost towns · reclaimed land · protected wilderness · conservation areas · virgin territory