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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

Moore was the head coach of a high school girls’ program when Mesabi Range volleyball coach Sara Matuszak was recruiting one of her players.

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

Missiles are already working the economically unminable taconite ore of the Mesabi Range, have helped build the St. Lawrence Seaway, and are bringing down costs in quarrying.

From The Practical Values of Space Exploration Report of the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Eighty-Sixth Congress, Second Session by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics.

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