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Mountain Iron is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States, in the heart of the Mesabi Range. The population was 2,878 at the 2020 census. [3] U.S. Highway 169 serves as a main route in Mountain Iron. The city's motto is "Taconite Capital of the World". The local mine, Minntac, is owned by the United States Steel Corporation (U.S ...
This mine is the largest open pit iron mine in the world. Located in the Mesabi Range, it supplied as much as one-fourth of all the iron ore mined in the United States during its peak production years of World War I and World War II. This area of the Mesabi Range was explored in 1893–1894, shortly after the Mountain Iron mine was established ...
West Virginia is a neighborhood of Mountain Iron, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.It was formally absorbed into the city of Mountain Iron in the 1970s. An unincorporated community before it was absorbed by Mountain Iron, it had a post office which opened as Hopper, changed its name to West Virginia in 1953, then closed in 1960.
According to the 2000 census, the Quad Cities had a population of 17,868, with 9,157 in Virginia, 3,865 in Eveleth, 2,999 in Mountain Iron, and 1,847 in Gilbert.As of 2020, the Quad Cities' population had declined to 16,479. 92.1% of the population is non-Hispanic white, 97.2% primarily speak English, and 18.4% have a Bachelor's degree or more.
The iron ore of the Mesabi Range and the Vermilion Range led to the development of the cities of Chisholm, Hibbing, Virginia, and Ely. Three of the iron mines are National Historic Landmarks: Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine , Mountain Iron Mine , and the underground Soudan Iron Mine .
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The discovery of a boulder of high-grade iron ore by Leonidas Merritt in 1887 during a railroad survey prompted he and his brothers to establish the Mountain Iron Mine in 1892. By 1893 the " Seven Iron Brothers " had claims on a significant portion of the Mesabi Range and had built the Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway (DM&IR).
The Seven Iron Men, also known as the Merritt brothers, were iron-ore pioneers in the Mesabi Range in northeastern Minnesota and the creation of the city that is now known as Mountain Iron. [1] In the late 1800s, the Merritt family founded the largest iron mine in the world and initiated the consolidation of the American railway system into ...