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Men Laying Rails at Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: A group of men laying rails at Hawkins Mine while a man in the background is using surveying equipment near the base of a cliff face.
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Hawkins Mine

Date: 10 04 1928
Description: Panoramic view of Hawkins Mine, with railroad tracks in the foreground. Buildings and a water tower are in the distance.
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Open Pit Iron Ore Mining

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Description: The Hull Rust Mahoning Mine is the world's largest open pit iron ore mine. Its first shipments were in 1895, and it has been mined for over a century.
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Large Open Pit Iron Ore Mine

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Description: The Hull Rust Mahoning Mine was mainly used for its supply of taconite, a low-grade ore that only came into demand after the high-grade natural iron ore wa...
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Mining Iron Ore

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Description: A train sending out a shipment of taconite from the Hull Rust Mahoning Mine, the world's largest open pit iron ore mine.
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Steam Shovel

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Description: Elevated view of a steam shovel scooping iron ore into cars at, the Hull Rust Mahoning Mine, the world's largest open pit iron ore mine.
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Steam Shovel

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Description: A 300 ton steam shovel scooping iron ore at the Hull Rust Mahoning Mine, the world's largest open pit iron ore mine.
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Iron Ore Mining

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Description: A Marion Shovel, Model 300, produced by the Winston-Dear Company, likely in Marion, Ohio, is put to use at the Hull Rust Mahoning Mine, in Hibbing, Minneso...
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Iron Ore Mining

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Description: A steam shovel loading ore at the Hull Rust Mahoning Mine, the world's largest open pit iron ore mine. Published by J.C. Congdon.
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Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Mine

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Description: The Buffalo and Susquehanna Iron Company, the owners of the rights to Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Mine, was created in 1902.
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Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mining

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Description: Two trains transporting taconite from Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mine, part of the Mesabi Iron Range, discovered in 1866.
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Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mining

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Description: Elevated view of steam shovels at work, removing taconite from Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Mine, functioning as an open cast mine because of its soft, shallo...
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Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mining

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Description: A view of the Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mine, with a residential area of Hibbing, Minnesota in the distance.

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