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NameMinnesota Museum Of Mining
Address
701 W Lake Street
Memorial Park
Chisholm, MN 55719
Brief DescriptionThe Minnesota Museum of Mining gives visitors an opportunity to actually climb aboard equipment used to mine the Mesabi Range's rich iron ore.
TypeAttraction
CategoryMuseum
DescriptionClimb aboard mining trucks, see a 1907 steam locomotive, or tour replicas of an underground mine and mining town. Trucks displayed at the museum range from a 1930's white dump truck with a 2-ton capacity to a 127-ton WABCO Electrohaul. Climb aboard a 1910 Atlantic Steam Shovel, which was considered to be one of the fastest steam shovels ever made. Only six of these shovels were built and they were the prototype of the shovels used to dig tthe Pananma Canal and remove the soil overburden on the Mesabi Range.
Phone 1(218) 254-5543
Websitewww.ironrange.org/attractions/mining/mining-museum/
Last Updated4/15/2011
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