Information About

Spooner

Spooner

Region:
  • Nome (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 108 ft (32.92 m)
About

at junction of Noxapaga and Kuzitrin Rivers, 32 mi. SW of Imuruk Lake, Seward Peninsula High.

History of Spooner

Site of a mining camp established about 1901 at the beginning of gold mining in the region; reported that year by Gerdine (in Collier, 1902, pl. 12), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The Spooner Post Office was established in 1902 and discontinued in 1903 (Ricks, 1965, p. 60). By 1906, the name was left off maps.