DCHP-1 Online
gold-hunter 
n. a person who prospects for gold.
- 1859 On Wednesday the Queen Charlotte gold-hunters to the number of about 100, went on board the Island Queen, at Kindler's Wharf, and dropped down near the mouth of the harbor.
- 1924 . . . on the bunks in the living room of the post sat . . . the three gold hunters from Prospect. . . .
- 1859 On Wednesday the Queen Charlotte gold-hunters to the number of about 100, went on board the Island Queen, at Kindler's Wharf, and dropped down near the mouth of the harbor.