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A resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history.
The first car of iron ore travels from Mountain Iron to Duluth and assays at 65 percent iron. Minnesota would lead the country in iron ore production for many years, and iron, in the form of taconite, is still a major export.
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