Bluff, at the mouth of Daniels Creek, was established as a mining site in 1900 at the height of the Nome gold rush . Caption on image: "Rocking on the beach, at Bluff City" Original image in Hegg Album 29, page 1 . Original photograph by Eric A. Hegg 1460; copied by Webster and Stevens 225.A Nome Gold Rush. *Subjects (LCTGM): Gold mining--Alaska--Bluff; Gold miners--Alaska--Bluff; Beaches--Alaska--Bluff *Subjects (LCSH): Alaska--Gold discoveries