Nome Convention and Visitors Bureau, Nome, Alaska Gold Mining Options for visitors interested in panning for gold in Nome. There are two tour companies in Nome that offers gold panning as a part of their tour itinerary.
Fees vary depending on activities and length of tour.
This area is privately owned, but is available to visitors as a public service. There is gold in the sands and it's yours to keep, but don't expect to strike it rich. Gold panning can be fun and adventurous, but it certainly constitutes no avenue to wealth. Every very year, a handful of miners come to Nome to live on the beach and mine for gold. All other areas of the beach or inland are owned by private claims, the government or one of the Native Corporations and are not open to the public.