Dry Gulch LLC

Dry Gulch LLC is a surface gold mine in Nome, Alaska, near Nome. MSHA lists its status as intermittent since Jan 9, 2003 and records 3 employees. It is one of 55 gold mines in Alaska that are not marked abandoned, and one of 6 in Nome; by employees it ranks 31 of 52 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Intermittent since Jan 9, 2003
Type
Surface
County
Nome
State
Alaska
Land status (BLM data)
Alaska Native land
Nearest town
Nome
Employees reported
3
Operator
Dry Gulch LLC
Coordinates
64.5011, -165.4064
MSHA mine ID
5001759

Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

History and geology (USGS)

USGS site name
Nome Beaches
USGS status
Plant
Commodities
Gold, Silver
Workings
Surface
Production years
from 1898
Discovered
1898

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10160547 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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