Panoramic view of mining operation at the Webb Mine located east of North Hibbing, Minnesota. The left area of the photograph depicts the Webb Location and Webb Location school. The central portion of the photograph depicts a bridge in the background and mining operations in the foreground. The right portion of the photograph depicts the edge of North Hibbing and the North Street Power Plant. The foreground throughout the photograph is of mining operations at the Webb Mine.
Panoramic view of mining scene at the Webb Mine at Webb Location. The background of the photograph depicts the Webb location to include the water tower and Webb school. The foreground of the photograph depicts the mining operation including power shovels and railroad locomotive and railroad ore cars. There is a submerged power shovel in the foreground of this photograph.
Panoramic view of winter scene at the Webb Mine at Webb Location (east of North Hibbing). The photograph depicts mining operations in the foreground with steam shovel in operation. The left area of the photograph depicts the Webb Location housing and business area and the Webb Location School as one of the prominent buildings of interest.
Panoramic view of mining operations in Winter. The left area of the photograph depicts a mine drill. The center and right areas of the photograph depict mining shovels in various positions of mining operations. The photograph depicts the beginning stages of open pit mining possibly in or near North Hibbing, Minnesota.
Trout Lake beneficiation (or benefication) plant near Coleraine was completed in 1909-1910, to raise the iron content of lean, sandy ores. Beneficiation (or benefication) is one of a variety of process that treats the raw iron ore to separate the ore into the usable mineral and the part of the ore that is unusable (gangue).
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The Swallow and Hopkins Lumber Mill was the second largest mill in Winton. It opened in 1899 as the Fall Lake Lumber Company and continued operations until shortly after World War One.