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gold mine
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Wiktionary
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alt. 1 (senseid en mine for gold)A mine for gold ore or metal. 2 (context idiomatic English) A very profitable economic venture. 3 (context idiomatic English) A plentiful stockpile of something sought after. n. 1 (senseid en mine for gold)A mine for gold ...
WordNet
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n. a good source of something that is desired [syn: goldmine ] a mine where gold ore is found [syn: goldmine ]
Wikipedia
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The Gold Mine is a 1,900 seat multi-purpose arena in Long Beach, California , on the campus of California State University, Long Beach . Opened in the late 1950s, when it was known as University Gym, the Gold Mine was home to Long Beach State's basketball ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mine \Mine\, n. [F., fr. LL. mina. See Mine , v. i.] A subterranean cavity or passage; especially: A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic ores, precious stones, coal, or other mineral substances are taken by digging; -- distinguished from ...
Usage examples of gold mine.
It was one of the phenomena of a well-run gold mine that in a tour through the workings you encountered so few human beings.
The braying of the mules from the pack train almost drowned out the sounds of the bustling gold mine camp of Sonora.
The Agency was the procurer of labour for the insatiably man-hungry gold mines of the Witwatersrand and Orange Free State.
Lord Kitchener Hotel the daily-paid men from the five gold mines were bellying up to the counter three deep.
The problem that Rod was pondering was the nightmare of the gold mining industry.
So it was that nobody was expecting fireworks when the, call over of the gold mining counters began.
For the first fifteen wild minutes the price of Sonder Ditch gold mining rocketed in sympathy with the Johannesburg market.
Not only the Sonder Ditch, but all the Kitchenerville gold mining companies staggered as the pressure increased.
When the price of the Sonder Ditch gold mining shares fell to five Rand seventy-five cents, the committee of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange closed the floor in the interests of the national welfare, preventing further trade.
But in New York, Paris and London the investing public continued to beat South African gold mining shares to death.
Tokyo Stock Exchange are that Sender Ditch gold mining shares were being traded at the equivalent of four Rand forty cents.