Six miners standing with shovels and mining equipment, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900

• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Miners > Alaska > Nome; Mining equipment; Shovels; Anvil; Nome; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2565

Handwritten on verso: A group of miners. Knute with his hands in his pockets. PH Coll 492.5 Nome, Alaska is one of the state's oldest cities and was incorporated on April 9, 1901. The city experienced a population boom in 1898 and 1899 when gold was discovered on nearby Anvil Creek. In 1934 Nom...