gold miner

collocation in English

meaningsofgoldandminer

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gold
noun
uk
/ɡəʊld/us
/ɡoʊld/
a chemical element that is a valuable, shiny, yellow metal used to make coins ...
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miner
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmaɪ.nər/us
/ˈmaɪ.nɚ/
a person who works in ...
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(Definition ofgoldandminerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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After working as agoldmineras a young man, he appeared in over 140 films between 1926 and 1962.
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He was not agoldminer, but rather a trader who did very well for himself providing the necessities of life in the gold fields.
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Before he began his writing career he worked variously as a stablehand, shop clerk, andgoldminer.
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He never finished high school and worked for a time as agoldminer.
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Haverfield was a drover, grazier,goldminer, explorer and journalist.
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The strenuous work of agoldminerand the continuous standing in cold water worsened his health.
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He worked as agoldminerbefore the war.
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There he worked as agoldminer, a cook, and a reporter on the newspaper.
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There was also speculation that as an aginggoldminer, he was merely viewed as an easy target for robbery.
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It is named after the wealthygoldminerwho owned the house from 1898 to 1900.
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Ewing took up ranching after failing as agoldminer.
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Her father was agoldminer.
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He was also agoldminer.
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The board deemed gold mining to be non-essential to the war effort, and it wanted gold miners to mine essential metals instead.
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The district is steeped in history from the days of the gold miners and early settlers.
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As the gold miners travelled through the canyon with their horses, tracks were formed.
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The duties of the teachers will be to provide hands-on training on the goldfields to small-scale gold miners.
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As gold became less plentiful, the region's gold miners faced increasing difficulties in fulfilling tax obligations to the crown.
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In 1854, in their resistance of an arbitrary tax, gold miners in the area came into armed conflict with the authorities.
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In 1853, three gold miners found the lake.
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