Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A feverish rush to some newly discovered gold-field with the hope of amassing wealth.
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Examples
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This last Saturday, I had a rare weekend day off and decided to visit the small, historic gold-rush town of Auburn for the day.
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But outside Silverton lies another legacy of mining — one far quieter, and more treacherous, than a gold-rush saloon.
Shafted 2010
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There are fears that this type of unsustainable 'gold-rush' fishing will exacerbate social problems when the source of income dries up for the 800 fishermen attracted to the island by these opportunities.
Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009
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This last Saturday, I had a rare weekend day off and decided to visit the small, historic gold-rush town of Auburn for the day.
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In addition to the cabins, he also helps build the frames for the wall tents that round out the abandoned gold-rush town's accommodations.
AlaskaDispatch.com: Rough Trail Lies in Wait Past Iditarod AlaskaDispatch.com 2011
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From 2000, a price rise, rebel militias and lack of central government control created gold-rush conditions, the profits funding the rebellion.
Kahuzi-Biéga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo 2009
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But outside Silverton lies another legacy of mining — one far quieter, and more treacherous, than a gold-rush saloon.
Shafted 2010
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In a sign of how gold-rush fever has spread throughout Silicon Valley, a wave of top managers like Mr. McLaughlin is leaving the executive suites of publicly held tech companies for the same jobs at smaller, closely held ones.
Small Firms, Big Options Ben Worthen 2011
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This created a gold-rush of thousands of peasant miners who abandoned farms and schools to mine in the Park, an area now controlled by the rebel Ruwandan Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) based in Goma, spreading devastation, drugs, delinquency and AIDS.
Kahuzi-Biéga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo 2009
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In addition to the cabins, he also helps build the frames for the wall tents that round out the abandoned gold-rush town's accommodations.
AlaskaDispatch.com: Rough Trail Lies in Wait Past Iditarod AlaskaDispatch.com 2011
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