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Poppies, lupines and goldfields cover the landscape, creating a tapestry of colors.
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Allison Palmer, Sacramento Bee, 12 Mar. 2025
The big picture: China Beach is said to have served as a campground for Chinese fishermen in the 1800s after the Foreign Miners Tax forced Chinese people to leave the goldfields and join fishing crews to make a living.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025
The goldfield in Pingjiang County is said to be valued at 600 billion yuan ($83 billion), according to state outlet Xinhua news.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
There were swaths of goldfields and pockets of other wildflowers there, but the tall, thick grass fueled by rainstorms crowded the views.
—Raul Roa, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
At Los Padres National Forest along the Central California coast, swaths of California poppies, California buttercups, purple shooting stars and goldfields fill the slopes.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
The orphan bachelors were the men who, during that period, came to work in America’s goldfields, on its railroads, or in its restaurants and laundries.
—Mae Ngai, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2023
Gold rush fever spread like lightning across the country, and the West Coast was inundated with fortune hunters impatient for their ride north, their chance at the goldfields.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2023
However, comfortable was no match for supposedly easy fortunes waiting in the Yukon goldfields.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2023
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Allison Palmer, Sacramento Bee, 12 Mar. 2025
The big picture: China Beach is said to have served as a campground for Chinese fishermen in the 1800s after the Foreign Miners Tax forced Chinese people to leave the goldfields and join fishing crews to make a living.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025
The goldfield in Pingjiang County is said to be valued at 600 billion yuan ($83 billion), according to state outlet Xinhua news.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
There were swaths of goldfields and pockets of other wildflowers there, but the tall, thick grass fueled by rainstorms crowded the views.
—Raul Roa, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
At Los Padres National Forest along the Central California coast, swaths of California poppies, California buttercups, purple shooting stars and goldfields fill the slopes.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
The orphan bachelors were the men who, during that period, came to work in America’s goldfields, on its railroads, or in its restaurants and laundries.
—Mae Ngai, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2023
Gold rush fever spread like lightning across the country, and the West Coast was inundated with fortune hunters impatient for their ride north, their chance at the goldfields.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2023
However, comfortable was no match for supposedly easy fortunes waiting in the Yukon goldfields.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2023
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“Goldfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goldfield. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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