WordNet
gold miner
n. a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field [syn: gold digger, gold panner]
Usage examples of "gold miner".
Ballou, who was an old gold miner, and had likewise had considerable experience among the silver mines.
Gentry rested a big hand on Shevlin's shoulder as they reached the door of the Gold Miner's Daughter.
I have also been a lumberjack in Zambales Province, a gold miner in Baguio, and a farmer in Mindanao.
Anyway, if you've bought any salt lately, I'm sure you can understand how a salt merchant can end up richer than any gold miner in the world.
But it means I had a chance to talk to an old boy I met last time, a gold miner called Jake Petersen.