0 an area where gold is found in the ground --
1 an area of land containing gold that can be mined (= dug out of the ground) --
The next point which we have to consider is the method of operating these goldfields.
I should like to refer to the question of the goldfields.
I can give no estimate of the value of the goldfields.
He describes the scene where people are rushing to the goldfields.
Certainly the suggestion that a joint stock company should work the goldfield for profit is an absolute breach of that pledge.
Of course, nobody can tell when a goldfield has just been discovered how much land will be taken.
The next point which we have to consider is the character of the goldfields which have been discovered.
I have heard to-day that it may possibly be as rich a goldfield as ever there has been known in the world.
