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| | Mt. Iron, Minnesota, MN - Mountain Iron - www.rangecities.com |
 | | The village of Mountain Iron is known as the "Birth-place of the Mesabi." It currently has a population of 2,000 and is the home of U.S. Steel's MINN-TAC, the largest taconite processing facility in the world. |
 | | From 1889 to 1892 Mountain Iron was an exploration camp "beyond the fringes of civilization." Wilbur Merritt, a teenager, had charge of the camp store, and in 1891, when the Merritts were exploring at Biwabik, he had charge of the company office. |
 | | During the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of iron ore on the Mesabi Range, a ten and one half foot granite and cement statue of Leonidas Merritt, leader of the Merritt family, was unveiled. |
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