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Historical Nome Gold Mining - Anvil Creek

USA / Alaska / Nome /
 mining, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, interesting place, historic district, U.S. National Historic Landmark

Anvil Creek is the place where the first gold in the Nome area was discovered, triggering a gold rush that turned the tiny native fishing village of Nome into a lawless gold bonanza town flooded with with over 20,000 prospectors within a couple of years.

The entire Cape Nome gold mining area is listed on the National Register of Historic Places:

tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1745&ResourceT...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nome_mining_district
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Coordinates:   64°32'43"N   165°23'36"W
This article was last modified 4 years ago