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The park is located off Minnesota State Highway 210, near the towns of Crosby, Ironton and Cuyuna. The Croft Mine Historical Park , formerly city-run, is now part of the state recreation area. The Cuyuna Lakes State Trail is a paved 6.1-mile (9.8 km) path that stretches through the multi-unit Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area.
Open pit mining started at the Rowe mine in 1912. In addition to the iron, the ore was rich in manganese, which was useful during World War I, with 32 mines operating. [1]: 6 At the height of the mining, the Cuyuna Range was the location of the worst mining disaster in Minnesota, the Milford Mine disaster. [3]
Lake Superior, over 700 feet deep off the north shore of the state, is technically deeper. The 120-acre (49 ha) artificial lake is a former iron mining pit in the Cuyuna Range that has since filled with water. It is part of the Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area, located in Crow Wing County. The lake is within Crosby city limits.
Cuyuna Lakes State Trail: Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area: 6 9.7: Paved: Wends through a regenerating open-pit mining area and connects with several mountain biking trails. [110] Douglas State Trail: Pine Island – Rochester: 13 21: Parallel paved and unpaved: Stretches through the rural scenery of a rich agricultural region. [111 ...
The Cuyuna Range mine is a mine located in the north of the United States in Minnesota. Cuyuna Range represents one of the largest manganese reserve in the United States having estimated reserves of 247 million tons of manganese ore grading 8% manganese metal.
Locality: iron mine in the Cuyuna North Range (probably near the town of Crosby), Crow Wing County, central Minnesota, USA: Date: 11 June 2015, 10:34: Source: Binghamite (Cuyuna North Range, Minnesota, USA) 5: Author: James St. John
A secret tunnel discovered last week on the U.S.-Mexico border will be sealed by Mexican authorities, an army official in Ciudad Juarez said Saturday. The tunnel, discovered on Jan. 10, connects ...
Gilbert (pop. 1,799) is the location of Lake Ore-be-gone, an artificial lake created by flooding three open-pit iron ore mines. Hibbing (pop. 16,361) is the largest city by area in the state of Minnesota. It is home to the Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine, one of the world's largest open pit iron mines.