Nome Gold Rush

64°29′25″N 165°24′47″W / 64.49028°N 165.41306°W / 64.49028; -165.41306

Nome Gold Rush
Prospectors on Nome beach ca. 1900.
Center	Nome, Alaska
Discovery	September, 1898, Anvil Creek
Duration	1899–1909
Goldfield	Snake River and beach at its outlet
Legacy	North to Alaska, 1960

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 Alaska.

Together with the Klondike Gold Rush (1896–1899) and Fairbanks Gold Rush (1903–1911), Nome was among the biggest gold rushes north of 60 degrees latitude on the North American continent. It shared prospectors with both Klondike and later rushes like Fairbanks. It is memorialized in films like North to Alaska. Nome City still exists and the area is mined as Nome mining district and by tourists. Total production of gold from the area is estimated to be 112 metric tons.