Detail of the Strip Map of Eastern, Central and Western Mesabi Iron Range: local identifier 1983.0068.MAP.00002839. Including a cross section of the Mesabi (Biwabik) iron formation.
Two Iron Range women, Veda Ponikvar and Mrs. Lou Novak, recall working in the iron mines during World War II. Information from this oral history was later used and appeared in the article: Hemphill, Stephanie. “Women in the Mines,” Minnesota...
Chisholm, MN; Iron mining; Wars; Depressions; Social values; Country life; Fires; Disasters; Consumer rationing; Women; Emigration & immigration;