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5-632: [REDACTED] Wild Goose Railroad at Anvil Creek, Alaska The Wild Goose Railroad was created by the Wild Goose Mining Company in Alaska . Charles D. Lane acted as the President of the Wild Goose Mining company, until his death in 1911. The Wild Goose Railroad ran from Nome to Lane's Landing, named after Charles D. Lane, at the town of Shelton, in

10-682: A straight line about 50 miles (80 km) north-northeast of Nome at the Kuzitrin River . In 1903, the Wild Goose Railroad was reorganized as the Nome Arctic Railway . References [ edit ] ^ "The Lane Family - A Life of Mining in the West" . lanefamilyhistory.org . Retrieved 2016-06-20 . ^ "Railway Preservation News" . Retrieved 2023-02-11 . ^ McBride, sherri (Summer 1996). "Trains of

15-577: The Snake River . The activity led to the establishment of Nome. Claim jumpers tried to challenge the Swedes claims to the Anvil Creek claims based on their nationality. A government corruption case involving judges and politicians including Alexander McKenzie and Arthur H. Noyes also developed. Teller Road crosses the creek one mile below the site and the area is now home to wind turbines . Another one of

20-677: The Seward Peninsula" (PDF) . Nome Visitor Center . City of Nome. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wild_Goose_Railroad&oldid=1171868500 " Category : Defunct Alaska railroads Anvil Creek (Alaska) Anvil Creek is a stream in Alaska. Part of it is in the Nome mining district near Nome, Alaska and became a center of gold rush attention after three Swedes found gold along it. The resulting influx of prospectors brought thousands of people to Nome in

25-524: The spring of 1899. The large placer mine gold find was one of the first in Alaska and the Anvil Creek Gold Discovery Site was one of the richest placer claim sites ever found in Alaska. It yielded more than $ 5 million during its first five years. By 1965 the site was "largely returned to nature". The gold find helped trigger the Nome gold rush. The mines in the area included Nome Beach and

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