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

In the neighbourhood of Nin-gan-shan the hilly part of the soil presents strong indication of auriferous qualities.

From Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) by Lindley, Augustus F.

These may be classed as alluvial mining, vein-mining, and the treatment of auriferous ores.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert

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

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.