auriferous

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Gold, of course, is the international color of bling, the Midas touch, gilded and auriferous.

From Forbes • Aug. 21, 2013

Some of the hydraulic works in California for washing down masses of auriferous earth are on a scale stupenduous enough to produce really important topographical changes.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

Both are auriferous; the last will yield 300 pounds from each ton of ore.”

From In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism by Stables, Gordon

Indeed, a man unaccustomed to the bush usually finds it astonishingly difficult even to see one, and provisions were worth a ransom in the auriferous wilderness into which they were pushing their way.

From Delilah of the Snows by Bindloss, Harold

Little has been done to develop the mineral resources of the district, which include tin, lead, antimony and auriferous quartz.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various