This early 1900s photo shows a pile of iron ore at a mine in the Mesaba country in northeastern Minnesota.

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This early 1900s photo shows a pile of iron ore at a mine in the Mesaba country in northeastern Minnesota. This region is noted as containing the greatest iron-ore deposit discovered up to that time in the world, and also because the ore is near the surface and easily mined. There are several hundred thousand tons of ore in that pile awaiting shipment. Appliances for loading was so perfect that the train of forty cars that you see standing there can be loaded in a few hours.

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Size: 4350px × 2775px
Location: East Chicago, Indiana
Photo credit: © Ivy Close Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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