Mining operations on the beach at Nome, Alaska, circa 1900

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• Subjects: Gold mining > Alaska > Nome; Mining camps > Alaska > Nome; Tents > Alaska > Nome; Beaches > Alaska > Nome; Gold mines and mining > Alaska > Nome; Norway; The Beaches; St Michael; eskimo*; Inupiaq; Nome; Alaska; Lapland
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On verso of image: Nome beach Filed in Alaska--Cities--Nome Inupiaq Eskimos camped for centuries in the area around Nome before Russia claimed Alaska as its own. In the 18th century, Russians established a settlement at St. Michael, 125 miles to the southeast. Fur traders and whales from many countr...