Alaska's largest gold nugget, Nome, 1903-1907

Caption on photo: Actual size of Alaska's largest nugget. Found by Pioneer Mining Co. on No. 5 bench off Discovery Anvil. Wt 182 oz. Value $3276.00 Nome Sep [sic] 8, 03. Original negative created by B.B. Dobbs. Printed by Lomen Bros. with added Lomen Bros. Studio signature and number. PH Coll 3...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dobbs, B. B. (Beverly Bennett)
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Gold
Gold > Alaska
Anvil
Bering Sea
Nome
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/6119
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Summary:Caption on photo: Actual size of Alaska's largest nugget. Found by Pioneer Mining Co. on No. 5 bench off Discovery Anvil. Wt 182 oz. Value $3276.00 Nome Sep [sic] 8, 03. Original negative created by B.B. Dobbs. Printed by Lomen Bros. with added Lomen Bros. Studio signature and number. PH Coll 328.556 In 1899, gold was discovered along the sandy beaches along the Snake River and other rivers that fed into the Bering Sea. In spring of 1900, tens of thousands of people arrived from Seattle, Portland and San Francisco, transforming Nome into a tent city. The height of the gold rush was from 1900-1909, but mining continued for decades.

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