Gold mining on Nome River beach

Alaska is the famous land of the gold rush. It is here that the famous Nome River flows into the Bering Sea, on the banks of which precious metal is mined. The first gram of gold was discovered by accident in 1898. It happened when three men were walking along the shore, and one of them allegedly came across a stone sticking out of the sand, which turned out to be a large golden nugget.

Over the years, people have learned to extract valuable metal in various sophisticated ways. After it turned out that the deposits are not only on the shore, but also at the bottom of the river, the miners began to dredge, hoping to stumble upon gold bars. People armed with shovels and digging day and night are quite common in these places.

For the extraction of small fractions of gold, special bowls for washing are used, in which a small sieve is installed. There are no restrictions on the extraction of valuable metal in the coastal area of Noma, the entrance to the beach is free, so every year thousands of people strive to get here with the hope of becoming fabulously rich.