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Jul 25, 2023 · By the 80′s, Seraphine and several other volunteers plus the City of Ely started cleaning up the property and filling it with a mini-musuem. Today, this young man from the Cities finds the mine fascinating; especially the creation of Miner’s Lake from subsidence of the surface as the ore was removed from below.
Mar 18, 2008 · The Pioneer Mine. The Savoy, the Sibley and the Zenith. There was work aplenty at each of the Ely iron ore mines around the turn of the last century, and immigrants began flocking to the northern Minnesota town site.
Jun 29, 2024 · Ely has a long and proud mining heritage. From 1888 to 1967, the Pioneer Mine on the edge of the northern Minnesota city, shipped more than 41.1 million long tons of natural iron ore.
Oct 27, 2015 · MINING WAS AT THE HEART OF ELY’S SELFHOOD. The son of an Ely miner, Ely Mayor Chuck Novak fondly remembers Ely's mining past and looks forward to the possibility of a new era of mining. ELY — The Ely that Mayor Chuck Novak knew as a child was very different from the one he governs today. Several of its mines were active.
Dec 5, 2020 · Today, visitors to Ely can experience a variety of both local and mining history, ranging from a historic railroad to Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park and the White Pine Public...
Aug 6, 2024 · Whether it is the state’s first capital (Guthrie) or its second oldest city (Vinita), its Land Run communities, or its Cherokee Nation cornerstones, these historic small towns highlight the best of Oklahoma.
Ely’s Chandler mine was opened in 1888, Pioneer Mine in 1889, Savoy Mine in 1889, Zenith Mine in 1892 and Sibley Mine in 1899. The last active mine, the Pioneer, closed in April 1967.
