DCHP-3

gold country

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a region in which gold is present, or believed to be present, in paying quantities.

Quotations

1748
It is very justly observed by Capt. Fox, that from the Accounts we have of these three Voyages, it looks as if they had a mind to keep this Gold Country to themselves.
1863
The miners who are flocking down the Fraser to take up their quarters in Victoria, bring abundance of intelligence about the gold country.
1910
Later on he went over the cañon trail of the Peace River into the gold country of British Columbia.