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Minnesota Museum of Mining

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Main open hearth furnace building at Minnesota Steel Company, Duluth, Minnesota
Main open hearth furnace building at Minnesota Steel Company, Duluth, Minnesota

The Minnesota Museum of Mining in Chisholm, Minnesota was established in 1953 on 15 acres within a walled sports complex built as a 1930s WPA project. Located on the Mesabi Iron Range, the museum houses a steam locomotive and shovel, large pieces of mining equipment, haul trucks, fire trucks, a replica underground mine drift, a steam railroad diorama by artist F. Lee Jaques, and exhibits from early life in a mining town. The images contributed to the Minnesota Digital Library illustrate miners and their equipment, mine safety, lowering a mule into an underground mine, and construction of the WPA-era sports complex.

Contact Information

Minnesota Museum of Mining
701 W Lake St.
P.O. Box 271
Chisholm, MN 55719
United States

Minnesota Museum of Mining website