striking it rich

For many newly minted prospectors, though, hopes of striking it rich faded quickly.

Should Fisher be striking it rich there, given at least the appearance that he would yank the A’s out of Oakland, then develop the Coliseum property and use the profits to help pay for the Las Vegas ballpark?

He accused most of them of hopping on a “bandwagon” of complaints in the hope of striking it rich.

Illegal gold mining is rife in South Africa, where groups of men go into mines that are no longer commercially viable in the hope of striking it rich by finding deposits that have been left behind.

A retired manager for a municipal utility, Bell is motivated less by hopes of striking it rich than by being outdoors among friends.