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Mesabi Range

American  
[muh-sah-bee] / məˈsɑ bi /

noun

  1. a range of low hills in NE Minnesota, noted for major iron-ore deposits mined by the open-pit method.


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He transferred to Mesabi Range College, a junior college in a small town in northern Minnesota, and that’s when the NFL first seemed like a possibility.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2021

In April 2020, she was named the head men’s basketball coach of Mesabi Range College, a Division III junior college in northern Minnesota.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2021

By 1912, the Wobblies had played a significant role in a number of major strikes, including the Paterson Silk Strike, the Lawrence Textile Strike, and the Mesabi Range Iron Strike.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

Because all steel producers bought iron ore from the Mesabi Range in Minnesota, U.S.

From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2012

Another method of approach, employed chiefly on the Mesabi Range, relates to the slumping of the ore layers which results from the leaching of silica during the concentration of the ore.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)

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