Information About

Balm of Gilead Gulch

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Balm of Gilead Gulch on The Map

Location

65 ° 1' 14.999" N,
163 ° 41' 30.001" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

White Mountain

Elevation

394 ft (120.09 m)

Balm of Gilead Gulch in Detail.

About

trends NE to Crooked Creek which flows to Ophir Creek, 8 mi. N of Council and 16 mi. SE of Mount Bendeleben, Seward Peninsula Highlands. 1 mile long.

History

Prospectors' name reported in 1906 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologists (in Collier and others, 1908, p.254), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Reported as "Balm" on a map of Cape Nome gold fields by David Fox, Jr., dated 1901.