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nounthe act or process of mining gold. Origin of gold miningFirst recorded in 1555–65 Words nearby gold miningGoldman, Goldmark, gold medal, gold mine, goldminer, gold mining, gold note, gold-of-pleasure, Goldoni, Goldovsky, gold plate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gold miningIn Peru, the government has issued a state of emergency in some provinces over public reaction to U.S. gold-mining concessions. Leslie H. Gelb on a World in Crisis—and What Obama Should Do|Leslie H. Gelb|December 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST It is entirely possible that in recent years the gold-mining industry has been merely in one of these temporary stagnant periods. The Economic Aspect of Geology|C. K. Leith It is a kind of business,—gold-mining,—in which it is very hard for a man to know what he's worth. John Caldigate|Anthony Trollope My father is engaged in gold-mining in this country, and I have collected a large number of beautiful specimens. Harper's Round Table, September 17, 1895|Various
Leaving the mallee, the train comes in time to Ballarat, which used to be the great centre of the gold-mining industry. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia|Frank Fox We stuck with the train into Denver and back home again, and glad we were to retire from gold-mining. An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody)|Buffalo Bill (William Frederick Cody)
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