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The Taconite Breakthrough The taconite industry that sprang full-blown from the rust red hills of the Mesabi Range between 1955 and 1975 had its roots in scientific experiments conducted more than three-quarters
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Babbitt / New York / /

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Erie Mining Company / Reserve Mining Company / Stone & Company / Edison General Electric Company / Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. / /

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M&A / /

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University of Minnesota Mines Experiment Station / /

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large steel drums / taconite processing facility / taconite processing / hard steel balls / /

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Musconetcong Mountains / Taconic Mountains / Bingham Canyon / Silver Bay / /

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University of Minnesota Mines Experiment Station / Duluth Seaway Port Authority / US Federal Reserve / /

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Dwight E. Woodbridge / Daniel C. Jackling / Hayden / /

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Minnesota Commissioner / mining engineer / /

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New Jersey / Utah / Minnesota / Wyoming / /

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northern Minnesota / /

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