Historical Markers in Mountain Iron

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Historical Markers in Mountain Iron

1 ► Minnesota, Saint Louis County, Mountain Iron — 1910 Baldwin Locomotive — Class S-4 Switcher —

On Locomotive Street at Mountain Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Locomotive Street.

Originally a road switcher for use at Proctor Yard and Duluth ore dock operations of the DM&N R.R. It was then transferred to the O.I.M. Co. for mining and stripping operations at various Iron Range mines. Last used in the Mt. Iron Open Pit Ore Mine . . . — — Map (db m155588) HM

2 ► Minnesota, Saint Louis County, Mountain Iron — Leonidas Merritt — 1844-1926 —

On Main Street (County Road 708) just east of Mountain Avenue, on the left when traveling east.

Pioneer Prospector Number One of the Seven Iron Men — — Map (db m155580) HM

3 ► Minnesota, Saint Louis County, Mountain Iron — Mountain Iron —

On Main Street (County Road 708) just east of Mountain Avenue, on the left when traveling east.

The Merritt Brothers made the first discovery of iron ore on the Mesabi Range in 1890, declaring it a "mountain of iron." With this find, their prospectors' camp lost its temporary aspect and began to swell in size and importance. On October 17, . . . — — Map (db m155585) HM

4 ► Minnesota, Saint Louis County, Mountain Iron — This is Magnetic Taconite —

On Main Street (County Road 708) just east of Mountain Avenue, on the left when traveling east.

This is magnetic TACONITE — part of Minnesota's iron formation and in many ways similar to other iron-bearing materials found in the United States and throughout the world. Forty years of work in mining firms' laboratories and at the University of . . . — — Map (db m155587) HM

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