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Operations started in 1913 and it produced millions of tones of iron ore in the decades that followed Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Since abandoned the grounds still hold old mining equipment The ore processing area was a busy part of the mine that now stands rusted and abandoned Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
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Fossil hunts tell the story of the Iron Range in geologic terms through rock formed more than 65 million years ago Mine history tours tell the story of open pit iron mining in Minnesota from around 1910 through 1978 This is a fascinating historic site but also an endangered one One that may one day close To some degree it s an old story
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Minnesota s iron ore was actually discovered while miners were on their way to seek gold Since their aim was gold the iron was ignored As it turned out the iron would become more valuable to northern Minnesota than the gold Iron ore was discovered on the three iron ranges at different times
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Unearthed on northeastern Minnesota s Iron Range in 1884 iron mining has long played and continues to play a vital role in every individual s life From the cars we drive and the bridges we drive on to the skyscrapers that line our country s skylines to the wind turbines generating power throughout the nation iron mining has built America
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Just for the landscape it s worth a visit Elizabeth Traff/Google However the park is most famous for being home to the Soudan Underground Mine Operations began in the late 1800s making it the oldest iron mine in Minnesota It started as an open mine but operations soon moved underground It is the deepest mine in Minnesota
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The Merritts sold Oliver the deposit and Oliver Iron Mining Company was born Many early mines on the Mesabi were controlled by East Coast financiers John D Rockefeller bought the Merritt brothers holdings in February 1894 That April Andrew Carnegie loaned Oliver $500 000 for half of Oliver s stock so he could compete with Rockefeller
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A photograph in Taconite New Life for Minnesota s Iron Range The History of Erie Mining Company shows some of Erie Mining Company s original Hoyt Lake employees gathered to celebrate the
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Minnesota Mine Western Mining History Minnesota Mine The Minnesota Mine is a mine located in Douglas county Nevada at an elevation of 5 981 feet About the MRDS Data All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy
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Active Iron Mining Operations The three companies that operate Minnesota s iron ore mines and taconite processing facilities update and report their iron ore reserves annually Cliffs Natural Resources Cliffs Natural Resources is the largest producer of iron ore pellets in North America and it sells the majority of its pellets to integrated
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These 12 rare photos of Minnesota s mining history will give you a glimpse of life on the Iron Range 1 The Iron Range is actually a series of ranges across seven counties in Minnesota s Arrowhead region Marion Doss/Flickr 2 The largest and most well known is the Mesabi Range in Itasca and St Louis counties Internet Archive Book Images/Flickr
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Iron ore was discovered on the Marquette Range in 1844 and mining started in 1848 Mining increased after the opening of the ship canal at Sault Ste Marie provided cheap water transportation between the iron mines to the lower Great Lakes
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Minnesota taconite pellet production began a steady rise from its 1982 low point By 1990 it had climbed 86 percent to 43 million tons By the time the new decade opened it was clear that the mining industry was back on track That same year the Pillsbury Bennett Longyear interests celebrated their first 100 years
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History of Iron Mining Iron ore mining first occurred in Minnesota on the Vermilion Iron Range in 1884 and has since occurred on the Mesabi Iron Range Cuyuna Range and the Filmore County District For the past 25 years all of Minnesota s iron mining has occurred on the Mesabi Iron Range 3 Minnesota s iron ore was actually discovered
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The Mesabi Iron Range s history as a mining district begins well before ore was unearthed More than two billion years ago an era of mountain building known as the Algoman orogeny occurred High mountains were built in northern Minnesota and later a large shallow sea covered much of the upper midwest
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This film uses the large crowd at the Minnesota state fair to show how many people are affected by Minnesota s iron ore mining industry More than one quarter of a million people in Minnesota are directly or indirectly affected by the iron ore mining industry which has a strong impact on Minnesota s economy development and its citizen s daily lives
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Iron Mining Association of Minnesota 1003 Discovery Drive Chisholm MN 55719 Email info • Ph 218 722 7724 • Fax 218 720 6707 Minnesota Web Design by Fisher Co
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On the educational pages to follow you ll learn about Minnesota s iron mining history the iron mining process itself current operations and the many ways in which Minnesota s iron mining industry is being environmentally conscious right as the iron is mined History Iron Mining Process Map Environment
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The 19th Annual Conference of the Mining History Association was held in Chisholm Minnesota June 12 15 2024 Chisholm and nearby Hibbing are located in the heart of the famous Mesabi Iron Range The Range was discovered in 1866 and ore shipments began in 1892
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Minnesota taconite produces over half of the iron mined in Minnesota at the present date Iron ore was first discovered in Ely in 1883 near the west end of the flooded abandonded mine that is now called Miner s Lake After the addition of the railroad in 1888 the mines began shipping the iron ore to the docks of Lake Superior in Two Harbors MN
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Iron ore was discovered north of Mountain Iron Minnesota on 16 Nov 1890 by Nichols of the Merritt brothers The range was defined by 1900 Initially underground mines were employed but these gave way to open pits so that by 1902 half the operations were conducted this way The last underground mine closed in 1960
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The term Iron Range refers collectively or individually to a number of elongated iron ore mining districts around Lake Superior in the United States and Canada Despite the word range the iron ranges are not mountain chains but outcrops of Precambrian sedimentary formations containing high percentages of iron These cherty iron ore deposits are Precambrian in age for the Vermilion Range
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Iron ore was discovered near present day Hibbing in early 1892 The Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines developed the underground Burt Mine William Olcott manager and The Sellers Ore Co Munger the underground Sellers Mine William C Agnew directed stripping and development of the open pit Mahoning Mine for the Mahoning Ore Company
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Hibbing History Hibbing is located in the Northeast region of Minnesota in St Louis County Once called the Iron Capital of the World Hibbing traces its origins to a strong viable mining industry The community was established in 1893 by German miner Frank Hibbing who discovered iron ore nearby In the 1920 s the town moved two miles
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Negaunee Mine Biwabik MN 1920 Spruce Shaft Eveleth MN 1915 St Paul Mine Keewatin Itasca County MN 1912 The second range the Mesabi Iron Range is a vast deposit of iron ore and the largest of three major iron ranges in the region collectively known as the Iron Range of Minnesota
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The iron ore deposits were extracted by immigrant miners In the late 19th and early 20th centuries tens of thousands of people arrived in northeastern Minnesota from Finland Austria Hungary Germany Italy Norway Sweden and many other European countries as well as Chinese immigrant men who ran restaurants and laundry services
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The Hull Rust Mahoning Mine in Hibbing Minnesota World s largest open pit iron ore mine First ore shipments in 1895 still being mined today 114 years later Originally 30 separate mines Total area 1 591 acres Total length 3 1/2 miles Greatest width 1 1/2 miles Greatest depth 535 feet
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The Mesabi Iron Range s history as a mining district begins well before ore was unearthed More than two billion years ago an era of mountain building known as the Algoman orogeny
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The Minnesota Mine is a mine located in Douglas county Nevada at an elevation of 5 981 feet About the MRDS Data Reference Deposit RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS BUMINES IC 8511 1971 Reference Deposit 207 PP Search Western Mining History Featured Article Heavy Freight Wagons of the American West Featured Mining Town
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Crow Wing County today opens a park years in the making dedicated to 41 miners killed nearly 100 years ago For people in Crosby Minn with ties to that day the painful stories are still fresh
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In the past iron ore was mined on three iron ranges the Cuyuna Mesabi and Vermilion and also in Fillmore County in southeastern Minnesota Today only the Mesabi Range still has iron ore/ taconite mining taking place Clay is mined in the Minnesota River Valley Clay is used in making bricks porcelain tiles and medicines
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