goldminen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈɡəʊl(d)mʌɪn/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊl(d)ˌmaɪn/

Forms: see gold n.¹ and adj. and mine n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gold n.¹, mine n.

Etymology: < gold n.¹ + mine n.

A. n.

1. A mine from which gold is or may be extracted.In quot. 1832 figurative, as part of an extended metaphor.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > gold-mine

goldmine?c1475

gold working1816

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 56^v A Goldemyn.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 226/1 Goldemyne, miniere a or.

1597 A. Hartwell tr. D. Lopes Rep. Kingdome of Congo ix. 193 The thirde [riuer]..ariseth on another side out of the Mountaines of the Gold-Mines of Monomotapa.

1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (new ed.) iii. E j b The land, that from gold-mines letts Hermus goe, And rich Pactolus.

1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 357 There has been no working in the Gold Mine for this long time.

1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. vii. 19 Mines of iron..were much scarcer in these climates than gold-mines.

1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Pullox-Hill A gold mine was discovered here..by the society of royal mine-adventurers.

1832 Ld. Tennyson Dream Fair Women lxxvi, in Poems (new ed.) 141 From the deep Goldmines of thought to lift the hidden ore That glimpses, moving up.

1897 Westm. Gaz. 29 Apr. 4/2 Gold mines are necessarily a gamble.

1915 W. Cather Song of Lark i. vii. 53 Ray Kennedy was..dreaming..of a fortune kicked up somewhere in the hills,—an oil well, a gold mine, a ledge of copper.

1959 Listener 24 Sept. 471/1 A Nyasa is hardly thought to be a man until he has gone off to work for some years in the Johannesburg gold-mines.

2001 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 28 Dec. 29 Barrick is a joint venture partner..at Australia's biggest goldmine, the super pit at Kalgoorlie.

2014 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 4 Dec. 16/3 Around the world,..communities..are trying to block extractive projects of one sort or another—in some cases gold mines, in others natural gas wells.

2. figurative. A (likely) source of wealth; a rich source of anything desirable or advantageous; esp. a source of abundant income or profit.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun] > a source of wealth

India1598

Indies1602

goldmine1605

Aladdin's cave1824

Golconda1833

Comstock1866

wealth-centre1890

1605 I. M. tr. A. De Madrid Breefe Methode Teachinge Christian People iv. facing f. 35 This is geuen vnto the world by the Father of heauen, as a moste plentifull gould-myne, that owt of it we may gather all treasures, see & heare the excellency of euery vertue.

1672 M. Crawford Welch's Popery Anatomized (ed. 2) xi. 180 It was no wonder suppose the Priests were earnest in beating in the ears of the people such a profitable doctrine for themselves: For it was a gold mine [1602 a golden myne] unto them.

1750 J. Lockman (title) Britannia's gold-mine; or, the herring-fishery for ever. A new ballad.

1782 Let. 8 May in B. Franklin Papers (2003) XXXVII. 289 The Confidence of the Nation..might have been to America..a Gold mine!

1807 La Belle Assemblée Feb. 82/1 Some authors have sung the praises of fashion..; they have beheld in it an interesting and productive branch of commerce, a real gold mine.

1851 John Bull 20 Dec. 815/2 The foregoing specimens will suffice to show how much of deep thought as well as of true poetry is to be found in this literary gold-mine.

1882 ‘Thormanby’ Famous Racing Men 81 Mendicant..was destined to prove a ‘gold mine’, for ten years afterwards she brought her owner £80,000 through her famous son.

1952 E. O'Neill Moon for Misbegotten i. 65 This farm has suddenly become a gold mine.

1967 Listener 22 June 829/2 These two volumes will certainly be a gold mine for future unofficial biographers.

2006 Nuts 11 Aug. 44/3 These new arrests and El Bat Marquez should bring us a goldmine of information.

B. adj. (attributive).

That provides an abundant and consistent source of wealth, income, or profit; highly and consistently lucrative. Cf. sense A. 2.In quot. 1850 designating an excessively high price, charged at a gold-mining settlement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [adjective] > rich (of a source of wealth)

fatc1380

goldmine1909

1850 E. G. Buffum Six Months in Gold Mines iii. 63 Every description of goods was to be purchased at gold-mine prices. Flour was selling at 60 dollars per barrel, [etc.].]

1909 Breeder's Gaz. 17 Feb. 362/2 (advt.) Not in 50 years has there been such ‘gold-mine’ opportunities as breeding pure-bred horses.

1940 H. L. Jones Negro's Opportunity 59 [The magazine] Life was a new idea..—a gold mine opportunity of depression days.

1961 Guardian 9 Oct. 15/7 (advt.) Heart of the Lake District.—Main shopping centre: large Freehold Property with ‘Gold Mine’ Business having tremendous scope for expansion.

2014 Sportsman (Austral.) (Nexis) 26 Sept. Tarcoola Diamond is proving to be a gold-mine investment for Moran who bought the mare for $430,000.

Compounds

General attributive and objective.

ΚΠ

1806 Centinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 28 May 412/1 The following gentlemen have been recommended as Directors of the North Carolina gold mine company.

1827 A. Jamieson Dict. Mech. Sci., Arts, Manufactures, & Misc. Knowl. 852/2 The following is a plan of a Gold Mine Pump, which will supersede the necessity of cutting new shafts.

1860 Sci. Amer. 11 Feb. 98/1 Mr. Wykoff..obtained from gold mine tailings in Virginia from $15 to $300 per tun.

1889 H. C. Palmer et al. Athletic Sports in Amer., Eng., & Austral. 270 If there is a wet and slimy place on this earth..it is the lower end of an Australian gold-mine shaft.

1893 Flaming Sword 8 July 5/2 The silver mine owners have not..shown themselves any more philanthropic than the gold mine owners.

1918 Chem. Abstr. 12 524 An impalpable SiOu obtained by purifying a gold mine slime.

1921 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 26 Mar. 564/3 The gradual drop in prices of mining machinery and supplies..has been heartily welcomed by the gold-mine operators.

1963 Guardian 12 Feb. 14/6 Nineteen Africans died of heat and asphyxiation..trapped in a gold mine shaft.

1974 A. Fugard Dimetos & Two Early Plays (1977) 58 Prostitutes soliciting amongst the lines of gold-mine workers queuing for their pay.

2017 Canberra Times (Nexis) 23 June (Business section) 39 An order by the Thai government to review all gold mine operations in the country.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	goldmine
释义	goldminen.adj. Brit. /ˈɡəʊl(d)mʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊl(d)ˌmaɪn/ Forms: see gold n.¹ and adj. and mine n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gold n.¹, mine n. Etymology: < gold n.¹ + mine n. A. n. 1. A mine from which gold is or may be extracted.In quot. 1832 figurative, as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > gold-mine goldmine?c1475 gold working1816 ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 56^v A Goldemyn. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 226/1 Goldemyne, miniere a or. 1597 A. Hartwell tr. D. Lopes Rep. Kingdome of Congo ix. 193 The thirde [riuer]..ariseth on another side out of the Mountaines of the Gold-Mines of Monomotapa. 1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (new ed.) iii. E j b The land, that from gold-mines letts Hermus goe, And rich Pactolus. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 357 There has been no working in the Gold Mine for this long time. 1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. vii. 19 Mines of iron..were much scarcer in these climates than gold-mines. 1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Pullox-Hill A gold mine was discovered here..by the society of royal mine-adventurers. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Dream Fair Women lxxvi, in Poems (new ed.) 141 From the deep Goldmines of thought to lift the hidden ore That glimpses, moving up. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 29 Apr. 4/2 Gold mines are necessarily a gamble. 1915 W. Cather Song of Lark i. vii. 53 Ray Kennedy was..dreaming..of a fortune kicked up somewhere in the hills,—an oil well, a gold mine, a ledge of copper. 1959 Listener 24 Sept. 471/1 A Nyasa is hardly thought to be a man until he has gone off to work for some years in the Johannesburg gold-mines. 2001 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 28 Dec. 29 Barrick is a joint venture partner..at Australia's biggest goldmine, the super pit at Kalgoorlie. 2014 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 4 Dec. 16/3 Around the world,..communities..are trying to block extractive projects of one sort or another—in some cases gold mines, in others natural gas wells. 2. figurative. A (likely) source of wealth; a rich source of anything desirable or advantageous; esp. a source of abundant income or profit. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun] > a source of wealth India1598 Indies1602 goldmine1605 Aladdin's cave1824 Golconda1833 Comstock1866 wealth-centre1890 1605 I. M. tr. A. De Madrid Breefe Methode Teachinge Christian People iv. facing f. 35 This is geuen vnto the world by the Father of heauen, as a moste plentifull gould-myne, that owt of it we may gather all treasures, see & heare the excellency of euery vertue. 1672 M. Crawford Welch's Popery Anatomized (ed. 2) xi. 180 It was no wonder suppose the Priests were earnest in beating in the ears of the people such a profitable doctrine for themselves: For it was a gold mine [1602 a golden myne] unto them. 1750 J. Lockman (title) Britannia's gold-mine; or, the herring-fishery for ever. A new ballad. 1782 Let. 8 May in B. Franklin Papers (2003) XXXVII. 289 The Confidence of the Nation..might have been to America..a Gold mine! 1807 La Belle Assemblée Feb. 82/1 Some authors have sung the praises of fashion..; they have beheld in it an interesting and productive branch of commerce, a real gold mine. 1851 John Bull 20 Dec. 815/2 The foregoing specimens will suffice to show how much of deep thought as well as of true poetry is to be found in this literary gold-mine. 1882 ‘Thormanby’ Famous Racing Men 81 Mendicant..was destined to prove a ‘gold mine’, for ten years afterwards she brought her owner £80,000 through her famous son. 1952 E. O'Neill Moon for Misbegotten i. 65 This farm has suddenly become a gold mine. 1967 Listener 22 June 829/2 These two volumes will certainly be a gold mine for future unofficial biographers. 2006 Nuts 11 Aug. 44/3 These new arrests and El Bat Marquez should bring us a goldmine of information. B. adj. (attributive). That provides an abundant and consistent source of wealth, income, or profit; highly and consistently lucrative. Cf. sense A. 2.In quot. 1850 designating an excessively high price, charged at a gold-mining settlement. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [adjective] > rich (of a source of wealth) fatc1380 goldmine1909 1850 E. G. Buffum Six Months in Gold Mines iii. 63 Every description of goods was to be purchased at gold-mine prices. Flour was selling at 60 dollars per barrel, [etc.].] 1909 Breeder's Gaz. 17 Feb. 362/2 (advt.) Not in 50 years has there been such ‘gold-mine’ opportunities as breeding pure-bred horses. 1940 H. L. Jones Negro's Opportunity 59 [The magazine] Life was a new idea..—a gold mine opportunity of depression days. 1961 Guardian 9 Oct. 15/7 (advt.) Heart of the Lake District.—Main shopping centre: large Freehold Property with ‘Gold Mine’ Business having tremendous scope for expansion. 2014 Sportsman (Austral.) (Nexis) 26 Sept. Tarcoola Diamond is proving to be a gold-mine investment for Moran who bought the mare for $430,000. Compounds General attributive and objective. ΚΠ 1806 Centinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 28 May 412/1 The following gentlemen have been recommended as Directors of the North Carolina gold mine company. 1827 A. Jamieson Dict. Mech. Sci., Arts, Manufactures, & Misc. Knowl. 852/2 The following is a plan of a Gold Mine Pump, which will supersede the necessity of cutting new shafts. 1860 Sci. Amer. 11 Feb. 98/1 Mr. Wykoff..obtained from gold mine tailings in Virginia from $15 to $300 per tun. 1889 H. C. Palmer et al. Athletic Sports in Amer., Eng., & Austral. 270 If there is a wet and slimy place on this earth..it is the lower end of an Australian gold-mine shaft. 1893 Flaming Sword 8 July 5/2 The silver mine owners have not..shown themselves any more philanthropic than the gold mine owners. 1918 Chem. Abstr. 12 524 An impalpable SiOu obtained by purifying a gold mine slime. 1921 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 26 Mar. 564/3 The gradual drop in prices of mining machinery and supplies..has been heartily welcomed by the gold-mine operators. 1963 Guardian 12 Feb. 14/6 Nineteen Africans died of heat and asphyxiation..trapped in a gold mine shaft. 1974 A. Fugard Dimetos & Two Early Plays (1977) 58 Prostitutes soliciting amongst the lines of gold-mine workers queuing for their pay. 2017 Canberra Times (Nexis) 23 June (Business section) 39 An order by the Thai government to review all gold mine operations in the country. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.?c1475
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