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NW129.4 km
Pillow Rocks – Ely, MN
in Minnesota Historical Markers
This historic 15’ rock outcrop is a wonderful example of Ely greenstone, a “rare ellipsoidal lava flow formed beneath primeval seas 2.7 billion years ago.”
posted by: wildernessmama
location: Minnesota
date approved: 11/2/2012
last visited: never
NW130.4 km
Pioneer Iron Mine Historical Markers – Ely, MN
The Pioneer Iron Mine was a major employer in Ely from 1888 to 1967.
date approved: 6/3/2011
last visited: 6/11/2012
NE132.6 km
Judge C. R. Magney State Park
Marker commemorating naming of state park after Judge Magney. Marker located on hiking path, not far from main entrance to the path.
posted by: bookworm1225
date approved: 8/12/2009
last visited: 9/27/2013
NW137.3 km
The Soudan Mine
Mennesotas iron mining industry was born here in 1864 and the opening of the mine was one of the great commercial events of tgeh nineteenth century.
posted by: MNSearchers
date approved: 8/6/2009
last visited: 7/23/2012
First Iron Ore Shipment – Tower, MN
A sign at the Soudan Mine tells about hand loading that first ore train in 1884.
date approved: 11/24/2012
NW137.8 km
Tower Train Museum Historical Marker – Tower, MN
The historical marker outside the Tower Train Museum tells the story of the locomotives that were used to transport iron ore.
Tower, MN
Historical marker and iron ore crusher in Tower, MN.
posted by: lenron
date approved: 7/2/2010
last visited: 9/29/2010
NW140.3 km
The Old Vermilion Trail and Winston City
On October 28, 1865, geologist Henry H. Eames returned to St. Paul after initiating a survey of the mineral wealth present in the Lake Vermilion area only to find an abundance of rumors concerning a valuable gold strike on the shores of that lake.
last visited: 9/21/2013