New Gold Fields of North-Western Alaska, 1899

• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Gold mining > Alaska > Nome Gold rushes Maps Prospecting equipment & supplies; Goldfields; Nome; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/14691

1899 Gold was discovered in the Nome, Alaska, area in 1898, drawing prospectors from the Klondike and other goldfields. More miners poured in when gold was discovered in Nome's beach sands. To meet the needs of prospectors, D.A. Macdonald used 1897 and 1898 information to publish a map of the n...