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The Nome mining district, also known as the Cape Nome mining district, is a gold mining district in the U.S. state of Alaska.It was discovered in 1898 when Erik Lindblom, Jafet Lindeberg and John Brynteson, the "Three Lucky Swedes", found placer gold deposits on Anvil Creek and on the Snake River few miles from the future site of Nome.
The Nome Gold Rush was a gold rush in Nome, Alaska, approximately 1899–1909. [1] It is separated from other gold rushes by the ease with which gold could be obtained. Much of the gold was lying in the beach sand of the landing place and could be recovered without any need for a claim. Nome was a sea port without a harbor, and the biggest town ...
In 1898, Lindblom went to Alaska where he met John Brynteson (1871-1959) and Jafet Lindeberg (1874-1962). Late that winter, they uncovered the first gold found in the Nome mining district, and founded the extensive mining interests there which would produce a large fortune.
Word of the strike caused a major gold rush to Nome in the spring of 1899. Over 3.6 million ounces of gold have been recovered from the Nome district, almost all of it from placer deposits. The Rock Creek mine, owned by Bering Straits Native Corporation, was constructed in 2007 by NovaGold Resources. The mine began producing gold in September ...
Cape Nome Mining District Discovery Sites is a National Historic Landmark located in Nome, Alaska. It was named a National Historic Landmark in 1978. [ 2 ] It is significant for its role in the history of gold mining in Alaska , in particular the Nome Gold Rush that began in 1899.
A native of Wales, Alaska, a village about 100 miles northwest of Nome, Florence had moved to Nome in 2013. She was last seen leaving a tent on West Beach, just outside of Nome, around 4pm on ...
The AU Grabber (pronounced as: Gold Grabber; [NB 1]) is a self-propelled barge excavator dredge used to mine Bering Sea placer gold deposits in the region around Nome, Alaska, USA. It is owned and operated by Richard Schimschat and featured in the Discovery Channel USA mining reality TV show Bering Sea Gold .
The Oakland Tribune review also noted Wharton's claim that the Alaska Gold Rushes, as well as the earlier Klondike Gold Rush, were the "end of an era of independent individualism". [ 1 ] In a 1992 review of Wharton's later book, They Don't Speak Russian in Sitka , Jo McMeen of the Huntingdon Daily News described it as much less "stimulating ...