On September 22, 1898 John Byrneson, Erik Lindblom, and Jafet Lindeberg filed their discovery claim on Anvil Creek on the southern half of the Seward Peninsula. Within a month they and four friends formed the Cape Nome Mining District. Over the ensuing winter word or the richness of their find fired the imaginations of men throughout Alaska and reached the "Outside." Many dreaming of prospering from the new gold district, rushed to the area. Before the break-up of 1900 there were over 1,800 men and women in Nome, the new town at the mouth of the Snake River, and 700 more on the Beaches from Cape Nome to Penny River. By June 1 the first ships arrived bringing 4,000 more to America's Klondike.
From the description of Gold-rushers to the north, 1982? : the people of Nome in 1900 / by James H. Ducker. (Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State). WorldCat record id: 437268523
