Pictures, panoramas and links of Duluth and the Hibbing iron mine areas

Upper collection is Duluth/Superior

Lower collection is of the Iron Range

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Pictures from North Central Minnesota

	Click "Canal Point" below this table to view a panorama
Click "Hull-Rust Mine" below this table to view a mine panorama	The sequence at the right reflects the steps of the taconite pellet process	Shovels load trucks	Trucks haul out of pit to crusher	Ore dumped into crusher
Conveyor moves ore to agglomerator	Agglomerator mixes and heats ore	Loaders fill trains and take it to Duluth (trains run under large bins)	Water trucks carry 50,000 gallon loads for dust control	24-7 operation calls for constant repair
	Shovel buckets			Click on the titles below to view panoramas Pictures ™MAGE

Canal Point Panorama
(click mouse on picture then roll left/right)

Hull-Rust Iron Mine Panorama
(click mouse on picture then roll left/right)

Links to iron mining related information :
Clickable "iron trail" map: http://www.irontrail.org/Cities/Map/

Pictures of pits at different times: http://www.cpinternet.com/~loc2705/hullrust.htm

List of iron mines around the world. Lots of clickable information: http://www.ame.com.au/mines/fe/mines.htm

Article illustrating the problem of water dispersal after mine use:
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/mn/120704_great_lakes.htm

More information on the iron mining-taconite process: http://www.newsteel.com/2000/ns0006F2.htm