Calumet’s water tower boasts of Hill Annex Mine. Essar Steel Minnesota, which is currently building a taconite mine near Nashwauk, released a statement today stressing that, despite having mineral rights in the area, the company does not want or plan to close the Hill Annex Mine State Park in Calumet. You may recall that there… Read More →

You can hear me on Minnesota Public Radio’s Daily Circuit this morning at 9:50. (Archived below) Co-host Tom Weber was up on the Range recently and met with me (in the rain) outside Hill Annex Mine State Park to talk about how mining continues to change the footprint of the Iron Range. The chat was… Read More →

Hill Annex Mine State Park in Calumet is the only one of only two Minnesota state parks that honor mining history. If you haven’t seen it yet, I’d recommend you check it out this summer. You should anyway, but this might be the last summer the park is open. Buried in the park’s charter is… Read More →