[DOC] [TLE] Mesabi Range - Wikipedia [PAR] The Mesabi Iron Range is an elongate trend containing very large deposits of 
iron ore, and the ... Most of the world's iron ore, including that contained in 
northern Minnesota, was formed during the .... plans to not only mine and process 
the taconite, but eventually to produce steel on-site ready for shipment around 
the world. [DOC] [TLE] History of the Mesabi Iron Range (through 1922)  Zenith City Online [PAR] Furthermore, the history of the Mesabi Iron Range of Minnesota indicates 
strikingly ... commands a wage far higher than that which rules in most other 
countries. .... across the Mesabi for the steel tracks of the Duluth and Iron Range 
railway, .... in specimens of lean ore chipped from a ledge of taconite in the 
Virginia district. [DOC] [TLE] Mesabi Range Mines, Minnesota 1939-1945 | Military History of the ... [PAR] Oct 11, 2015 ... The Mesabi Range, also known simply as the Iron Range to those who live ... of 
Europe into France, except Great Britain and a few other neutral countries. ... With 
its production doubling in that one year, the steel plants in Gary, Chicago, ... and 
Pittsburgh received most of the Range's ore, and refined it into... [DOC] [TLE] Mining in Minnesota - Digging into MN Minerals: Minnesota DNR [PAR] Information on which minerals are mined in Minnesota from the publication, 
Digging Into ... Minnesota is the largest producer of iron ore and taconite in the 
United States. ... Today, only the Mesabi Range still has iron ore/taconite mining 
taking place. ... Clay is used in making bricks, porcelain, tiles, and medicines. [DOC] [TLE] Minnesota-MInes - Mining Artifacts [PAR] The little bit of gold found was more expensive to extract than it was worth. ... rush 
did lead to the settlement of many communities in northern Minnesota, ... While 
the Mesabi Range had iron ore close enough to the surface to enable ... 
Minnesota taconite produces over half of the iron mined in Minnesota at the 
present date. [DOC] [TLE] M i n ne so ta's i r on Mi n i n g indus try - Taconite Rocks! [PAR] 1898              U S  becomes world's leading iron ore producer with 
... available, opens new markets for steel and creates new demand for .... The 
Mesabi Range, the largest of three iron ... Vermilion Iron Range, Minnesota 
became an iron ore producing state  .... produced in other countries Minnesota
, once. [DOC] [TLE] Years of Change on the Iron Range - Minnesota Humanities Center [PAR] nature of the iron ore resource ultimately leads to depletion and the aban- 
donment of ... producing and shipping more ore on an annual basis than the 
Vermilion. During the nineteenth century, the total output of the Mesabi Range ex
- ceeded that .... the steel-manufacturin g complex at Morgan Park (1915), and 
the taconite. [DOC] [TLE] Iron Country Programs | WDSE  WRPT - PBS 8 & 31 [PAR] From the fires of Iron Country's origin, to the ice bound world that the first nomadic 
... Marvin Lamppa leads us through an epic story, the story of Iron Country. ... "
The Mesabi Replaces the Vermilion as the Great Mining Frontier ... Within two 
years Minnesota's iron range ore production fell from thirty-five ... Get More Info. [DOC] [TLE] Iron Range: The Future | MAGE [PAR] Nearly all of the taconite on the Range eventually becomes steel. ... inability of 
the newly dominant type of steel production unit to use taconite pellets. ... As such
, Minnesota has more or less eschewed the DRI process and is putting all of its ... 
The exception is the Mesabi Nugget operation, a project that derives, once again,
... [DOC] [TLE] Iron Ore in 1996 - USGS Mineral Resources Program [PAR] and steel is made, its supply is critical to any industrial country. production. ... ore 
in 1996. The leading ... the taconite type mined in Michigan and Minnesota 
accounted for 99.7% of total ... on the Mesabi Range and in 1996 produced its 
100-millionth ton of ore. ...

Question: Minnesota leads the country in producing ore of this metal, most of it from taconite in the Mesabi Range
Answer: Iron