mining

• Strike gold

  To achieve sudden and unexpected success, often financially, or to discover something highly valuable and sought after.

• A rich vein of something

  A plentiful source or area that provides a continuous supply of something valuable, interesting, or useful.

• The mother lode

  This refers to the principal vein or richest source of a valuable commodity, information, or success.

• Mine for information

  To diligently and systematically search for specific details or knowledge, often requiring significant effort to uncover.

• At the coalface

  To be actively involved in the most challenging and practical aspects of a job or project, where direct work is performed.

• Pan for gold

  To search diligently for something valuable or profitable, often by sifting through a larger quantity of less desirable material, much like literally separating gold from gravel in a river.

• Strike it rich

  To suddenly and unexpectedly acquire a large amount of wealth or achieve great financial success.

• Claim jumping

  Claim jumping refers to the illegal act of taking possession of another person's previously established mining claim, property rights, or even an intellectual property niche.

• Stake a claim

  To formally assert one's right or ownership to something, often a piece of property or a position.

• A bonanza

  A bonanza is a sudden and exceptionally large amount of good fortune, profit, or wealth.

• a gold mine of information

  An extremely valuable source that provides a wealth of useful knowledge or facts.

• a rich lode of something

  This phrase refers to a plentiful and valuable source of something, often information, ideas, or resources.