gold mining

the act or process of mining gold.

Origin of gold mining

First recorded in 1555–65

In 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)