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Goldfield or Goldfields may refer to: Places * Goldfield, Arizona, the former name of Youngberg, Arizona, a populated place in the United States * Goldfield, Colorado, a community in the United States * Goldfield, Iowa, a city in the United States * Goldfield, Nevada, a town in Esmeralda Country, United States * Gold Fields (New Zealand electorate) * Goldfields, Queensland, a locality in the Southern Downs Region, Australia * Goldfields, Saskatchewan, an abandoned hamlet in Canada * An area where gold mining occurs or has historically occurred: ** Goldfields region of Victoria, Australia ** Kolar Gold Fields, a major gold mine in India **Western Australian Goldfields, a term for areas in Western Australia where gold mining has occurred at any time *** Goldfields–Esperance, an officially-designated region of Western Australia ***Eastern Goldfields, part of the Western Australian Goldfields in the Goldfields-Esperance region ***Places designated as Gold Fields or Mineral fields of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youngberg, Arizona
Youngberg is a populated place situated in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. History Originally called Goldfield due to the nearby gold mines, The Goldfield Post Office was established on October 7, 1893, with James L Patterson as its first Postmaster.Granger, Byrd H., Arizona's Names (X Marks the Place). Tucson: The Falconer Publishing Company, 1983. p. 692 This was the same year that George U. Young arrived. After his arrival, the community also became known as Youngsberg. After a mining accident at his Goldfield mining operation, Young experienced a severe decline in his health, starting from about 1920 on, and in late 1925 he was rendered an invalid. He died from apparent apoplexy on November 26, 1926, at his vacation home near the Derby Mine. He was cremated and his remains interred at Phoenix's Greenwood/Memory Lawn Mortuary & Cemetery Greenwood Memory Lawn Mortuary & Cemetery is the official name given to a cemetery located at 2300 West Van Buren Street in Phoenix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Goldfields
The Eastern Goldfields is part of the Western Australian Goldfields in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, covering the present and former gold-mining area east of Perth. Extent and name origin The region encompasses the towns of Kalgoorlie, Boulder, Coolgardie, Kambalda, Southern Cross and other smaller settlements within this area. The name is derived in two parts: ''Eastern'' in relation to its location from Perth, and ''Goldfields'' as the name suggests comes from the mining of gold in the region. Vegetation and biological survey In the 1980s, a series of surveys were reported for the broader region. The component areas were designated: * Lake Johnston - Hyden * Edjudina - Menzies * Youanmi - Leonora * Duketon - Sir Samuel * Kurnalpi - Kalgoorlie * Norseman - Balladonia * Sandston - Sir Samuel and Leonora - Laverton * Boorabbin - Southern Cross and Barlee - Menzies Transport The region was the destination of the long-running ''Westland'' overnight railw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldfields (video Game)
Goldfields is a computer game for children which simulates 'life on the diggings' during a 19th-century gold rush. Beginning with a concept by Trevor Jacob, it was developed and published by Jacaranda Software in Australia in 1986. It was first released for Apple II, BBC Micro, Commodore 64 and IBM compatible systems. The first Macintosh version was later developed using Hypercard. The original ''Goldfields'' package contained a disk, teacher's guide, four black-line masters and a copy of ''A Goldfields Journal'' or ''A Guide to Prospective Gold Seekers''. A review in ''Australian Educational Computing'' magazine described it as 'a particularly useful package, adaptable to a number of levels in both upper primary and secondary social science classes.' The game also received a favourable review from the ''Australian Journal of Reading'' in 1986. Despite its age, ''Goldfields'' remains well regarded as a mining-themed economic simulator with integrated action sequences. Due to its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldfield (cigarette)
Goldfield (In Belgium known as Goldprince and in Slovakia known as Claridge) is a brand of cigarettes that is owned by the German grocery chain Lidl. The brand is manufactured by various tobacco companies (''"Landewyck Tobacco"'' in Germany, ''"Tobacco Manufacturing Ootmarsum B.V."'' in the Netherlands, ''"Austria Tabak"'' in Belgium and Slovakia and ''"Johann Wilhelm von Eicken"'' in Hungary). History Goldfield was launched in the 1990s as part of Lidl's unique range of cigarettes, along with Templeton and Claridge cigarettes. The cigarettes are sold at the Lidl stores in Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Sweden. and were sold in Slovenia. Products *Goldfield Full Flavor (Now called Red) *Goldfield Fine Flavor (Now called White) *Goldfield Menthol See also * Tobacco smoking Tobacco smoking is the practice of burning tobacco and ingesting the resulting smoke. The smoke may be inhaled, as is done with cigarettes, or simply released from the mou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Consolidated Gold Fields
New Consolidated Gold Fields Ltd Estonian Branch (commonly known as Goldfields) was an oil shale company located in Kohtla-Nõmme, Estonia. It was a subsidiary of Consolidated Gold Fields. New Consolidated Gold Fields began oil shale research and development in the late 1920s in England. EPA (1979), p. C-10 In 1930 it began construction of the shale oil extraction complex at Kohtla-Nõmme. It consisted of a shale oil extraction plant, a crushing mill, laboratory, power plant, office building and services facilities, as also housing for 30 workers, dispensary and sauna. The first plant was built in 1931. The plant was equipped with eight rotating retorts (Davidson retorts). Each of these retorts was capable of processing 15 tonnes of oil shale per day. This facility continued to operate until 1961. Ots (2004), pp. 15–16 In 1934 the company doubled its production by building the second shale oil extraction plant. In 1934, '' Eesti Kiviõli'' and ''New Cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Fields
Gold Fields Limited (formerly The Gold Fields of South Africa) is one of the world's largest gold mining firms. Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, the company is listed on both the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The firm was formed in 1998 with the amalgamation of the gold assets of Gold Fields of South Africa Limited and Gencor Limited. The company traces its roots back to 1887, when Cecil Rhodes founded Gold Fields of South Africa Limited. As of 2019, Gold Field was the world's eighth-largest producer of gold. The company owns and operates mines in South Africa, Ghana, Australia and Peru. Growth efforts are focused mainly in the regions where it currently operates, and are mainly driven through brownfields exploration on its existing land positions and through mergers and acquisitions in the same regions. Gold Fields' chairperson is Cheryl Carolus, and the CEO is Chris Griffith. Board of directors * Chairperson – Cheryl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Goldfields
European Goldfields Ltd. was an EU-focused, Whitehorse based Canadian precious metals company engaged in gold, silver and copper exploration, development and production. The mining rights it owned to land in Greece, Romania and Turkey gave it access to over 10 million ounces of 2P gold reserves in addition to over 80 million ounces of silver. Frank Timiş, the 9th richest Romanian was a major shareholder in the company from 2000 to 2006 (his share ranged from 15% to 18.9%); it was from him that the company acquired 21% of its 95% interest in Hellas Gold. Ellaktor, Greece's biggest construction and civil engineering company, owned 19.36% of European Goldfields and is also the owner of all outstanding shares of Hellas Gold (5%). In December 2011 Eldorado Gold initiated a $2.5 billion friendly takeover of European Goldfields. The deal came just after Centerra Gold Centerra Gold Inc. is a Canadian mining company that owns and operates the Mount Milligan copper-gold mine in British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consolidated Gold Fields
Consolidated Gold Fields was a British gold-mining company. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index until it was acquired by Hanson in 1988. History Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa was founded in 1887 and incorporated in London to fund the newly discovered gold reefs in the Transvaal. By 1900 it had already started to diversify outside South Africa. After 1945 it acquired mines in the United States and Australia. Until the 1970s, it was predominantly a mining finance house receiving income from passive investments. In 1970 A.R.O. Williams O.B.E, who was then Managing Director, retired. After the 1970s it transformed itself into natural resource group concentrating on a relatively small number of minerals. The company had three major wholly owned subsidiaries: Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation, Gold fields Corporation and ARC America, both in the United States. By the late 1980s it was considering withdrawing from South Afr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashanti Goldfields Corporation
The Ashanti Goldfields Corporation is a gold mining company based in Ghana that was founded by Joseph Ellis and Joseph Biney both from Cape Coast. The Ashanti Mine, located at Obuasi, 56 km south of Kumasi, has been producing since 1897. During the turn of the century 1900, the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation was among the most important gold mining companies listed at the London Stock Exchange. The mine is sited on one of the world's major gold deposits and is one of the ten largest in the world. In 1994, the Ghana government, the majority shareholder, announced plans to sell 20-25 percent of its interest in AGC in a share flotation. The company was listed on the London and Ghana stock exchanges. It was the largest flotation ever organised by any gold mining company coordinating and advisory team alone numbered over 200 people. Each of the company's 10,000 employees received five free shares. In 1996 AGC was listed on the New York Stock Exchange to raise new capital, it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mineral Fields Of Western Australia
Mining in Western Australia is administered in terms of the administrative divisions of the:- * Gold or Mineral Field * Goldfield District There have also been various hierarchies of ''State Mining Engineer Inspectorate'' areas, as well as ''Mining Registrars Offices'' and areas. List of fields The following list is of the current Gold (G.F.) or Mineral (M.F.) Fields in the state The prefix code number is that which is found on maps of the Mineral Fields of the state. Areas are in square kilometres and Gazetted dates are from a 1981 publication.(1981) ''Map of Western Australia showing , Administrative Divisions and principal mines and operators'' Perth, Department of Mines ''Administrative divisions list'' The three areas outside proclaimed Gold Fields are listed below the table: - Mining districts outside proclaimed Gold fields in 1981 * Eucla 124,500 km2 gazetted 6 October 1967 * Nabberu 136,250 km2 gazetted 6 October 1967 * Warburton 260,483 km2 gazetted 6 Octo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldfields–Esperance
The Goldfields–Esperance region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is located in the south eastern corner of Western Australia, and comprises the local government areas of Coolgardie, Dundas, Esperance, Kalgoorlie–Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Menzies, Ngaanyatjarraku and Ravensthorpe. It also incorporates the area along the Great Australian Bight to the South Australian border known as the Nullarbor Plain. Geography The Goldfields–Esperance region is the largest of Western Australia's regions, with an area of , larger than the U.S. state of Texas. It is mostly a low and flat plateau of extremely ancient Precambrian rocks that have been stable since long before the Paleozoic Era. Because of the extreme geological stability and the absence of glaciation since the Carboniferous, the soils are extremely infertile and generally quite saline. Consequently, the region supports the lowest stocking rates in the world: it is considered that one sheep per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldfield, Colorado
Goldfield is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Teller County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Goldfield CDP was 49 at the United States Census 2010. The Cripple Creek post office serves the area. History The Goldfield post office was established in 1895, and remained in operation until 1932. The community was named for a gold mine near the original town site. Geography The Goldfield CDP has an area of , all land. Demographics The United States Census Bureau initially defined the for the See also *Outline of Colorado **Index of Colorado-related articles *State of Colorado **Colorado cities and towns ***Colorado census designated places **Colorado counties ***Teller County, Colorado **Colorado metropolitan areas *** Front Range Urban Corridor *** South Central Colorado Urban Area ***Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
