He hadn't found a gold vein, but a silver one.
This proved to be a successful strategy as other gold veins were discovered.
But what he held now was twenty times larger, the gold veins thick and pulsing with power.
The rubber race assumed proportions similar to those of the search for gold veins in the 18th century.
The town of Berlin sprang up in 1896 when substantial gold veins were discovered nearby.
Look, even if the cosmonauts fall into our colony, they won't strike a gold vein of information.
Reports on discovery of new gold veins in mines operated by the company were not published.
The missing luck in discovery of new gold veins was publicly noted.
The report suggests that luck of finding new gold veins had faded.
A gold vein must have been discovered here, because there is a large opencast below the tank.