gold mine

Example Sentences

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In Jachal, memories are still fresh of a major 2015 leak of a cyanide-laced solution from a gold mine, which contaminated three rivers.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

Guney was once a water-rich village fed by 50 springs in Turkey's western Usak province, but since a gold mine opened 20 years ago, they have all dried up.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

You can also say the world may have seen its last Elon Musk if there isn’t a Tim Cook in the wings to deliver the gold mine at the end of the Musk rainbow.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Last July, 18 workers were rescued from an unlicensed gold mine after having been trapped underground for 18 hours due to a mechanical failure.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

I just ducked into this store impulsively, while running errands for Mamita in downtown Otavalo, and now I feel as though I’ve stumbled onto a gold mine.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau