What is the meaning of gold rush?

A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money. )
- usage: "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"
- synonyms: boom, bonanza, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
A large migration of people to a newly discovered gold field. .

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