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On the Seward Peninsula seventy miles northeasterly from Nome near
the mouth of the Niukluk a tributary of Fish River. It was one of
the first mining camps on the Peninsula as the discovery of gold
was made here before the famous strike on Anvil Creek During the
period of greatest activity on Ophir Creek in the Council district
the town of Council had a population of 1,000 people but the population
is only a few hundred by 1909. Council is situated in the timber
belt and was a town composed principally of log structures It presents
an entirely different aspect from the coast towns as there is not
a tree within seventy miles of Nome Like all other towns in this
region Council was supported entirely by mining It was a sort of
base of supplies for prospectors who venture farther inland It is
accessible by water by way of Golovin Bay and Fish River A narrow
gauge railroad seven miles long connected Council with the Ophir
Creek mines.
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