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The Hull Rust-Mahoning Mine, Hibbing, Minnesota

Peter Schawang (b. 1880)

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1930

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Published by Hibbing Daily Tribune

    Printed by Curt Teich Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 7/16 x 16 5/8 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    u.r. printed: THE HULL RUST-MAHONING MINE, HIBBING, MINNESOTA

    l.r. in image: © P. SCHAWANG, ST. PAUL, MINN

    l.r. printed: 2A712-N

    Verso:

    u.l. printed: The "Hull Rust-Mahoning Mine" is the \ world's largest open pit iron mine. It is re- \ ferred to as the "Grand Canyon" of Minne - \ sota. Total area of pit 1100 acres length of \ pit 2 1/2 miles. Width of pit 1/2 to 1 1/4 miles. \ Deepest point 375 feet. 75 miles of regular \ standard railroad tracks in pit. Pit stripping \ started in 1895. Total material removed from \ pit 487,081,508 tons, as compared to material \ originally removed from Panama Canal which \ totaled 480,000,000 tons.

    c.l. printed along left edge: HIBBING DAILY TRIBUNE, HIBBING, MINN.

    l.c. to u.c. printed transverse: GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.894

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection
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