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

Thereafter he confined his operations to the lower half of the auriferous drift, which being gravelly, was more or less conglomerate, and formed a continuous arch corresponding with the brickwork in a railway tunnel.

From Denis Dent A Novel by Hornung, Ernest W.

From want of rain, however, washing the auriferous earth was attended with difficulty and delay.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various

The sand of some of the rivers, as for instance the Maros, Szamos, K�r�s and Aranyos, is auriferous.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

That barque, sailing under the French flag, is bound for Swansea with a cargo of this: no ordinary auriferous quartz, let me tell you, but containing a hitherto unexampled percentage of gold.

From A Desperate Voyage by Knight, Edward Frederick