The tall smokestack of the Croft Mine Historical Park symbolizes the days when men worked with picks and shovels, sometimes more than six hundred feet below the surface, to meet daily production quotas of iron ore. In 1914, the Merrimac Mining . . . — — Map (db m278114) HM
In memory and honor of all veterans of all branches of service from all conflicts who defended our freedom.
Special recognition to the 6th Division Minnesota Naval Militia and the Cuyuna Range National Guard Unit 21th CA,AA and all Vietnam . . . — — Map (db m278602) WM
Near 1st Street NE at 1st Avenue NE, on the left when traveling east.
Around the 1900's this mail cart was used at the Deerwood Northern Pacific Railroad Depot to haul the mail from the depot to the Deerwood's US postoffice.
Funded in memory of the 1959 C-1 graduate Douglas Ray
Refurbished by the . . . — — Map (db m278412) HM
Near 1st Street NE at 1st Avenue NE, on the left when traveling east.
Fitger of Duluth used this location on the railroadsiding east of the Soo Line Depot as a storage place for its beer, which came in by freight train. The building was an icebox to keep the beer cold. The manager lived in the upper story. — — Map (db m278414) HM
On Cuyuna Lake Trail at Minnesota Highway 6 on Cuyuna Lake Trail.
The Portsmouth Mine, operated by Coates and Tweed, first shipped ore in 1920. It originally was composed of one 30 acre site and one mine. Over the life of the mine however, other adjacent mines were incorporated under the Portmouth name. These . . . — — Map (db m277087) HM
On the Cuyuna Lake Trail at State Highway 6 on the Cuyuna Lake Trail.
The Portsmouth was one of many iron and manganese mines that operated along the Cuyuna Range during the period 1911-1978. As much as 60 meters of glacial sediment cover the iron-bearing bedrock in this area; there are few natural rock exposures. . . . — — Map (db m277208) HM
On the Cuyuna Lake Trail at Minnesota Highway 6 on the Cuyuna Lake Trail.
The Portsmouth Mine was in operation from 1912 to 1960 and produced 12,370,260 tons of iron ore. The mine is located in Sections 1, 2, 11, T-46N, R-29W in the city of Crosby, MN.
On August 19, 1957 a balloon was launched from the mine which . . . — — Map (db m277793) HM
On 1st Street NE at 1st Avenue NE, on the left when traveling east on 1st Street NE.
The Cuyuna Range iron mining era began in 1907 when the Roger Brown Ore Company developed the Kennedy Mine north of Crosby. The mine began stockpiling in August 1908, but the lack of convenient and economical transportation slowed Cuyuna Range . . . — — Map (db m278545) HM
