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NOME GOLD IN NOME TODAY

ALASKA The Krutzsch Family

Some say that there is more gold in Nome
today than during the 1899 gold rush. The
problem lies in extracting that illusive metal.
Mother Nature doesn’t play fair and will
send prospectors relentless waves, wind,
flooding and freezing temperatures just to
test your resolve.
There are business in Nome that cater to
visitors. AKAU Gold & Resort has everything
you need to make your prospecting
dreams come true. They have complete
gold packages that included all equipment
Nome, Alaska - Along the Bering Sea
and their expertise. Within a few hours of
arriving in Nome, you can start panning for
Nome seafood, and jet service twice daily. That’s Nome! gold along Anvil Creek, the place where
Location: On the Seward Peninsula; by air 1.25 Three roads lead out of Nome. They each end 70 the biggest nuggets were discovered and
hours from Anchorage, 6 hours from Juneau. to 80 miles later and offer an exciting trip through caused a stampede to Nome in 1899.
Commuter flights available to surrounding the spectacular scenery of the Seward Peninsula and The Martinsons are one of Nome’s long-
Norton Sound villages, Kotzebue and Russia’s ample opportunity to view wildlife. Beaver dams standing gold mining families. Along with
far east with Bering Air. Population: 3,653. are visible, musk-ox graze on the hillsides, domestic multiple land and sea claims, they also run
Visitor Information: Nome Convention and reindeer roam the Peninsula, and brown bears are hotels an Inn’s in Nome: the Dredge #7 Inn,
Visitors Bureau, 301 Front Street, PO Box numerous in the mountains where their food sources Gold House, Sluicebox Suites and a vehicle
240, Nome, AK 99762; Phone: (907) 443- of squirrels, berries and fish are plentiful. rental facility. “The smartest prospectors are
6555; Email: visit@mynomealaska; Website: Every spring, serious birdwatchers arrive in Nome the ones that take a gold pan and go down
visitnomealaska.com to witness the return of over a hundred and eighty to the beach. Their investment is small and
migratory species in brilliant breeding plumage they get to spend the day on the beach,”
For your Alaskan vacation, envision bountiful to their nesting grounds. Sport fishing for pike and says Doug Martinson.
wildlife, beautiful scenery, the Iditarod dog sled race, trophy grayling is popular and salmon fly fishing is If gold fever has struck, head north to
genuine Alaskan Native culture, gold rush history, superb in the rivers. Fishing guides can supply a trip Nome. With so much to see and do, you
comfortable accommodations, great restaurants, tailored to each client’s wish. could be one of the lucky ones who discovers
friendly tour guides, unique flightseeing, quality History buffs can spend days on the road the motherlode and ushers in a whole new
Northern art gift shops, nonstop festivals, superb system, hiking into the hills, floating the rivers and gold rush!
Doug & Ryan Martinson

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