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gptkbp:instanceOf
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iron range
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gptkbp:contains
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open-pit mines
taconite
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gptkbp:contributedTo
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steel production
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gptkbp:crosses
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gptkb:U.S._Highway_169
gptkb:State_Highway_135
gptkb:State_Highway_37
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gptkbp:currentMining
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taconite processing
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gptkbp:discoveredBy
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1866
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gptkbp:economicImportance
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major employer in region
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gptkbp:environmentalImpact
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land reclamation projects
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gptkbp:exportedTo
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gptkb:Great_Lakes_ports
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gptkbp:featuredIn
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Iron Range tourism
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gptkbp:featureType
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gptkb:Precambrian
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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helped fuel U.S. industrialization
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Mesabi Range
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gptkbp:knownFor
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iron ore mining
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gptkbp:largestIronRangeIn
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:length
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about 110 miles
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Minnesota
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:majorCity
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gptkb:Virginia
gptkb:Chisholm
gptkb:Eveleth
gptkb:Hibbing
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gptkbp:miningDecline
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mid-20th century
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gptkbp:miningMethod
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open-pit mining
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gptkbp:miningStarted
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1892
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:Mesabi_tribe
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gptkbp:near
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gptkb:Lake_Superior
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:St._Louis_County
gptkb:Itasca_County
gptkb:Lake_Superior_Iron_Ranges
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:northeastern_Minnesota
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gptkbp:servedRailroads
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gptkb:Duluth,_Missabe_and_Iron_Range_Railway
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gptkbp:touristAttraction
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gptkb:Hull–Rust–Mahoning_Open_Pit_Iron_Mine
gptkb:Minnesota_Discovery_Center
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gptkbp:type
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magnetite
hematite
taconite
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Virginia,_Minnesota,_United_States
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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