a Beautiful Mine

Category: Minnesota

  • HILL ANNEX MINE STATE PARK (CALUMET, MINNESOTA)

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    “On the 1 1/2-hour open pit mine tour, visitors make a spectacular descent into mining”s past. Learn about the mine operation, the people who worked here, and where they came from. Discover marine fossils in northern Minnesota.” Click Here for More Information on Hill Annex Mine State Park [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsWCGGF7MmE[/embedyt] [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”47.327058,-93.276234″ zoom=”6″ zoomType=”Large”…

  • HIBBING TACONITE TOURS (HIBBING, MINNESOTA)

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    “You will experience the day of a miner when you slip into the steel toe boots and put on the hard hats. You will be able to watch the miners up close and get a feel for their massive equipment (and you thought highway construction equipment was big, wait until you see THIS stuff!).” Click…

  • FINNTOWN OVERLOOK AND PARK (VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA)

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    “Walk through a 50-foot caged safety bridge out into the midst of the historic Rouchleau group of mines. The mining canyon expands nearly three miles long, a half-mile wide and 450 feet deep. Experience towering rock-cropped walls with various red hues stretching across the entire open pit mine” Click Here for More Information on Finntown…

  • CROFT MINE HISTORICAL PARK (CROSBY, MINNESOTA)

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    “17-acre park, built on the Croft Mine site, an active underground iron ore mine from 1916-1934; original shaft 630 ft. deep; guided simulated underground mining tour; museum has mining artifacts.” Click Here for More Information on Croft Mine Historical Park [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”46.489619,-93.948534″ zoom=”6″ zoomType=”Large” zoomNew=”1″ mapType=”Hybrid”|showMaptype=”1″|overview=”1″ description=”Croft Mine Historical Park, N 8th St…