HULL RUST MAHONING MINEVIEW

This is what Hibbing is all about. The immense lunar desert landscape stretching out before us is awe-inspiring. Between red and grey, the ground has been dug, drained and dried, and the ore extracted, tirelessly, for over a hundred years. Hibbing was built on this mine, and we drive through the old town to the viewpoint. Nothing remains of Old Hibbing. A park, Bennett Park, has been installed and a few historical signs refresh memories. We drive through Old Hibbing, an old town of which nothing remains, to get here. Bennett Park has been built over it, and a few historical signs placed. We learn that the town was moved in the early ^20th century to facilitate mining. The inhabitants gave in to the mining company, but demanded that it build them beautiful buildings in exchange for the forced relocation. That's why downtown Hibbing is so charming. At the end of 2017, the site moved - as the Hibbing Taconite company wanted to dig underneath - and was inaccessible for a while. The new site, which has been completely redesigned, including a brand-new panoramic observatory overlooking the mine, opened in spring 2019 (almost a year late). From the observatory, when the weather is clear, you can see forty miles around on all sides. By 2024, there may be no more accessible iron in the mine.