Synonyms of gold mines

gold mines

noun

plural of gold mine

as in repositories

an abundant source

the estate sale promises to be a gold mine for antique dealers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• repositories
• treasure troves
• mother lodes
• mines
• argosies
• wellsprings
• cornucopias
• treasure-houses
• armories
• storehouses
• stashes
• hoards
• stores
• caches
• stockpots
• gravy trains
• Golcondas
• honeypots
• bonanzas

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• black holes
• sinkholes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gold mines

The real issue was that the presence of the enslaved in the gold mines increased the ranks of the competition. — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

The ruling marks another turn in a yearslong legal battle over the project, which Belo Sun has promoted as one of Brazil’s largest potential gold mines. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

China has acquired major gold mines across Latin America, Africa and Asia, according to S&P Global Ratings. — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026

The ministry described its copper resources as equivalent to several large copper mines and its gold resources as exceeding those of 10 large gold mines. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026

More than 900,000 people have been displaced, while the region’s gold mines draw workers from a wide area. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 28 Aug. 2026

Hollywood sees Reddit and YouTube as gold mines, Shirley Li writes. — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026

Behind the story Ituri, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, is a remote province of forests, green hills and gold mines where weak state institutions and decades of armed conflict have displaced nearly 900,000 people. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 July 2026

Streptomyces are bacteria that live in soil and are known as gold mines for antibiotic molecule discovery. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026