Iron Ore Mining

Duration: 22

Year Published: 1950

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: First locates the iron deposits of the United States; then shows the process of open-pit mining in the Mesabi Range in Minnesota, with emphasis on the use of modern labor-saving machinery. After the ore is classified, it is shown being loaded into freight cars and later onto barges on the Great Lakes. A map then shows its many destinations.

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