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MISSOURI MINES STATE HISTORIC SITE (PARK HILLS, MISSOURI)
“Lead has been big business in the eastern Ozarks since about 1720. Come explore its history and see the processing plant of the former St. Joe Lead Company in the heart of the Old Lead Belt at Missouri Mines State Historic Site. The mine”s former powerhouse has been turned into a museum that interprets the…
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SOUDAN UNDERGROUND MINE STATE PARK (SOUDAN, MINNESOTA)
“Minnesota”s oldest iron ore mine, where visitors can learn about how mining shaped the history and culture of the Iron Range. Explore the dry house, drill shop, crusher house and engine house, and take the boardwalk past one of the deepest open mine pits.” Click Here for More Information on Soudan Underground Mine State Park…
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MINNESOTA MUSEUM OF MINING (CHISHOLM, MINNESOTA)
“As a visitor to The Minnesota Museum of Mining, you will have the rare opportunity to climb aboard historic equipment used to mine the Mesabi Range”s rich iron ore. Your experience will begin at the very unique stone castle, constructed in 1933. Browse the Gift Shop, and view the first of many displays of mining…
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HULL RUST MAHONING MINE VIEW (HIBBING, MINNESOTA)
“View the biggest operating open pit iron ore mine in the world, more than three miles long, two miles wide and 535 feet deep. This man-made “Grand Canyon of the North” was the first strip mine on the Mesabi Iron Range. The amazing view continues to grow as the Hibbing Taconite Company Mine expands its…