Beyond that, it becomes more likely and gold may run out of momentum.

The needle slipped in, and the gold ran home.

After the river's gold ran out, the town became deserted.

Then the gold ran out, the boom was over and the population simply picked up and left.

In 1869 and 1870 the gold ran out and so did the population.

By the 1920s the gold had run out and the town had been abandoned.

Thicker gold brocade ran around the neck and down the front.

By 1806 the gold had run out and the population declined accordingly.

After the gold ran out, those who remained turned to pastoral farming.

The Sterlingville post office was built in 1879, but as the gold ran out, the population of the town declined.