Historical Nome Gold Mining - Anvil Creek
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Alaska /
Nome /
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/ USA
/ Alaska
/ Nome
World
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
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
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Nome_Mining_District_Discovery_Sites
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 64°32'43"N 165°23'36"W
- Bering Strait 290 km
- Ittygran island 351 km
- Aniakchak Caldera 930 km
- Matanuska Glacier 933 km
- Harriman Fjord 940 km
- Barry Arm 949 km
- Fourth Of July Creek gold-rush mining area 1099 km
- Nabesna Glacier 1119 km
- Bering Glacier 1192 km
- Placer gold mines at Bonanza Creek (Rabbit Creek) 1248 km
- Imuruk Basin 65 km
- Grantley Harbor 89 km
- Port Clarence Bay 96 km
- Golovnin Lagoon 106 km
- Imuruk Lake Volcano 156 km
- Imuruk Lake 157 km
- Lopp Lagoon 171 km
- Ikpek Lagoon 171 km
- Shishmaref Inlet 183 km
- Bering Strait 230 km