Weird gold field

[Nats]

Had a gold field get exhausted and my minting stopped. Then a few years later it started up again seemingly on it's own. How?

What's the difference between gold fields and gold mines?

[Rialm]

gold field get at some point depleted and then you can build gold mines, forever and ever if I'm not mistaken.

[Zero, Dark Knight]

well I mean I don't own the game so take whatever I tell you with absolute uncertainty and doubt and the fear it brings to listen to someone who doesn't know.

but Gold fields have an event - and a random discovery chance, that makes the state that has them attractive for workers, along with building some "Gold Fields" which use infrastructure, so ensure that you actually railway it up.

They usually last for a year or two, then the next event pops up, saying the state is no longer attractive to migrations, and that workers are leaving, and the goldfield buildings vanish - but the new building in that state, is available "Goldmines" which are infinite sources of gold, and rather powerful.

As for Goldfields being rediscovered in the same state. I'm not sure if that's a bug, or intentional.

Oh and, take everything I say with a mountain of salt of course, I don't own the game, so I can't possibly know this :)

[lubed_assassin]

gold fields are like panning for gold, it runs out, then they start mining into the ground.

[SirPer7ival]

I've had my gold mines run out but my gold fields last forever and in another game the opposite. I think something wonky is going on with the gold.

[Nuprin Feelgood]

you likely just had a new gold field discovered... they will continue to pop up in a region with 'discoverable resources' pay attention when you get the popups that say you field is depleted as you should then have the ability to build a mine in that region. but can still get new fields later on.