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Anvil Creek is a stream in Alaska. Part of it is in the Nome mining district near Nome, Alaska and became a center of gold rush attention after three Swedes found gold along it. The resulting influx of prospectors brought thousands of people to Nome in the spring of 1899.
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 site by Anvil Creek about 4.25 miles (6.84 km) north of what became the city of Nome, in a valley to the west of low, treeless Anvil Peak. It was one of the richest placer claim sites ever found in Alaska and yielded more than $5 million during its first five years. By 1965 the site was "largely returned to nature". [4]
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 Beach Site, Anvil Creek Gold Discovery Site, Snow Creek Placer Claim No. 1 and Erik Lindblom Placer Claim 64°32′58″N 165°24′46″W / 64.54943°N 165.41278°W / 64.54943; -165.41278 ( Cape Nome Mining District Discovery
Anvil Creek may refer to: Anvil Creek (Alaska) , site of the Anvil Creek Gold Discovery Site Anvil Creek, New South Wales Australia, site of the former Anvil Creek Mine and now home to the Anvil Creek development in Hunter Valley
English: Largest gold nuggest found in Anvil Creek, Alaska, ca. 1901 Photographer: Dobbs, Beverly Bennett Subjects (LCTGM): Gold Digital Collection: Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
English: Possibly Anvil Creek 2.5 miles northwest of Nome . Caption on image: "No. 8 Anvil" Original image in Hegg Album 29, page 17 . Original photograph by Eric A. Hegg 1647; copied by Webster and Stevens 362.A Nome Gold Rush.