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Fast Facts:
Prentice Hall ranks Grand Rapids 49th in its 100 Best Small Towns in America report. |
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| Northland |
| Connection |
| 221 West First Street |
| Duluth, Minnesota |
| 55802-1909 |
| USA |
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| E-Mail |
| Phone: 218.529.7564 |
| Fax: 218.529.7592 |
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| Quality of Life: Culture |
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| Museums | 3 | Greyhound Bus Origin Center
Hibbing Historical Museum
Hull Rust Mahoning Mine |
| Dance | 0 | N/A |
| Symphonies | 0 | N/A |
| Operas | 0 | N/A |
| Theaters | 2 | Hibbing Community College Theater
Paulucci Space Theatre |
| Recreational Outlets | 12 | Featured Recreational OutletHull Rust Mahoning Mine Hibbing is the site of the world's biggest open pit iron ore mine, the Hull Rust or Hull Rust Mahoning Mine. The making of the Hull Rust group of open pit mines stands as a monument to the ingenuity - and just plain hard work - of man. Earth removed to create the mammoth open pit is said to be the equivalent of digging a small tunnel from Minnesota through the center of the earth and out the other side. Since ore shipping began in 1895, more than 1.4 billion tons of earth has been removed to form this "Man-Made" Grand Canyon. The present Hull Rust it, about 22,91 acres, embraces more than 30 individual mines which had been opened between 1895 and 1957. Although most of them are no longer in operation, a substantial amount of ore continues to be extracted from the pit by Hibbing Taconite Company. The vast pit yawns more than three miles long, up to two miles wide and 600 feet deep.
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