"The Gold Rush Is Over" is a song written by Cindy Walker, sung by Hank Snow, and released on the RCA Victor label (catalog no.

2 on Billboard's country and western juke box chart (No.

[1] It spent 18 weeks on the charts and was ranked No.

10 on Billboard's 1952 year-end country and western juke box chart and No.

13 on the year-end best seller chart.