gold rush
a large-scale and hasty movement of people to a region where gold has been discovered, as to California in 1849.
Origin of gold rush
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How to use gold rush in a sentence
He headed west in 1860 for health reasons and to join the gold rush in Colorado.
The US first considered the idea in the 1820s, but interest was revived in earnest after the California gold rush began in 1849.
China’s Nicaragua Canal Could Spark a New Central America Revolution | Nina Lakhani | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo, Schmidt followed the gold rush to the El Paso mountains and claimed an area of mining land.
For years, William Schmidt single-handedly dug a tunnel through a mountain to transport his gold-rush loot.
Lester is a strange little man alone in a cabin, not far from The Tramp locked in his cabin in The gold rush.
In fact, the run on provisions for the gold rush was so great that at one time we were almost threatened with famine.
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail | Ezra MeekerAt the very commencement of the gold-rush a hole had been sunk in Deadman's Flat, and soon afterwards deserted.
Grif | B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) FarjeonSixty years ago, in the gold rush, there must have been many.
The Courage of Marge O'Doone | James Oliver CurwoodDuring the first years of the gold rush, the Chinaman was welcome in California because he was necessary.
Our Foreigners | Samuel P. OrthSam Morgan was among those who went to Alaska in the first days of the great gold rush.
Connie Morgan in Alaska | James B. Hendryx
British Dictionary definitions for gold rush
a large-scale migration of people to a territory where gold has been found
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