Gold Strike

Gold Strike is used in several ways including:

It is the term used when a prospector finds gold.

  • Other uses:
    • Gold Strike Hotel and Gambling Hall Nevada
    • Gold Strike Resort and Casino, Tunica Resorts, Mississippi
    • Gold Strike Hotel Defunct hotel and casino near Boulder City, Nevada
    • Gold Strike (drink) The alcoholic drink known by the name of Gold Strike
    • Gold Strike (horse), Canadian Champion racehorse

Famous quotes containing the words gold and/or strike:

    “Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the labor interests, and the toilers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.”
    —Administration in the State of Neva, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    “The first to strike will gain the upper hand.”
    —Chinese proverb.