![]() ![]() ![]() Placer gold has been the principal metallic mineral extracted from the Nome mining district, and from 1898 to 1993, an estimated 4.8 million ounces (150 metric tonnes) of gold have been extracted from beach deposits, and the remainder from streams, colluvial hillslopes, and glacial deposits. Rocker Gulch is an alluvium-filled depression landward of the Bering Sea that was named for a rocker sluice box, a placer mining implement used for separating gold from alluvial sand and gravel. who was part owner of the Rocker Gulch claims before 1940 and owner of the dredge in 1966. The dredge is named after Nelson Swanberg Jr. Swanberg Dredge is a placer mining machine that extracts gold from sand and gravel and is located in a small artificial pond at Rocker Gulch, about 200 feet (61 m) north of the Nome-Council Highway on the Seward Peninsula, about 18 miles (29 km) west of Safety and 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Nome, Alaska. ![]()
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