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Water from the Miocene Ditch was crucial for mining placer gold deposits in important creeks near Nome. It was used on Anvil Creek, in the Snake River drainage, and on Dexter Creek, a tributary of the Nome River. At least in the early years, mining on Dexter Creek was highly dependent on this water (Nome Nugget 1902; [6] Nome News 1903 [7]).
Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) is a nonprofit scientific and educational organization. They advocate for science-based practice, programs, and policy and conservation professionals. [19] The Nature Conservancy protects the land and water in order to preserve the plants, animals, and natural communities. [20]
Onion Creek Experimental Watershed; North Fork Association Lands; Chickering American River Reserve; Sagehen Creek Field Station serves as the hub of this network, offering accessible accommodations, classrooms, support and resources — which are unavailable at the other, sometimes remote CSFRS reserves.
Banner Creek is a small stream tributary to Nome River from the west, about 3 miles (5 km) above Dexter Creek. Basin Creek is an easterly tributary of Nom River, about 4 miles (6 km) below Hobson Creek. Hobson Creek joins Nome River about 10 miles (16 km) from the sea; it has a narrow valley and a southerly course. Dorothy Creek is a tributary ...
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 cruise ship with about 1,000 passengers anchored off Nome, too big to squeeze into into the tundra city's tiny port. It was 2016, and at the time, the cruise ship Serenity was the largest ...
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 7,697 square miles (19,940 km 2), of which 7,666 square miles (19,850 km 2) is land and 31 square miles (80 km 2) (0.4%) is water. [15] It is the second-largest county in Idaho by area. Nearly all of the county is high intermountain desert, with plentiful sagebrush and basalt ...