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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10(t)



                   SECOND AMENDMENT TO TRUST AGREEMENT NO. 4

       This Amendment No. 2 to Trust Agreement No. 4 is made on this 9th day of
March, 1992, by and between Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, an Ohio corporation
("Cleveland-Cliffs") and Ameritrust Company National Association, a national
banking association, as trustee (the "Trustee");

                                 WITNESSETH:
        WHEREAS, on October 28, 1987, Cleveland-Cliffs and the Trustee entered
into a trust agreement ("Trust Agreement No. 4");
        WHEREAS, on April 9, 1991, Cleveland-Cliffs and the Trustee entered
into Amendment No. 1 to Trust Agreement No. 4
        WHEREAS, Trust Agreement No. 4, as amended, is for the purpose of
providing benefits under the Cleveland-Cliffs Inc Plan for Deferred Payment of
Directors' Fees;
        WHEREAS, Cleveland-Cliffs has reserved the right, with the Trustee,
pursuant to Section 12 of Trust Agreement No. 4, to amend Trust Agreement No. 4
without the consent of any Trust Beneficiaries, as defined in Trust Agreement
No. 4.
        NOW, THEREFORE, Cleveland-Cliffs and the Trustee hereby agree that
Trust Agreement No. 4 shall be amended as follows:
        1.     The third sentence of Section 1(b) of Trust Agreement No. 4 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
        "The term "Change of Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of the
following events:


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       (i)    Cleveland-Cliffs shall merge into itself, or be merged or
consolidated with, another corporation and result of such merger or
consolidation less than 70% of the outstanding voting securities of the
surviving or resulting corporation shall be owned in the aggregate by the
former shareholders of Cleveland-Cliffs as the same shall have existed
immediately prior to such merger or consolidation;
       (ii)   Cleveland-Cliffs shall sell or transfer to one or more persons,
corporations or entities, in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions, more than one-half of the assets accounted for on the Statement
of Consolidated Financial Position of Cleveland-Cliffs as "properties" or
"investments in associated companies" (or such replacements for these accounts
as may be adopted from time to time) unless by an affirmative vote of
two-thirds of the members of the Board of Directors, the transaction or
transactions are exempted from the operation of this provision based on a good
faith finding that the transaction or transactions are not within the intended
scope of this definition for purposes of this instrument;
       (iii)  a person within the meaning of Section 3(a)(9) or of Section
13(d)(3) (as in effect on the date hereof) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, shall become the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) of 30% or more of the


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outstanding voting securities of Cleveland-Cliffs (whether directly or
indirectly); or
       (iv)   during any period of three consecutive years, including, without
limitation, the year 1991, individuals who at the beginning of any such period
constitute the Board of Directors of Cleveland-Cliffs cease, for any reason, to
constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the election, or the nomination
for election by the shareholders of Cleveland-Cliffs, of each Director first
elected during any such period was approved by a vote of at least one-third of
the Directors of Cleveland-Cliffs who are Directors of Cleveland-Cliffs on the
date of the beginning of any such period."
       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Cleveland-Cliffs and the Trustee have caused
counterparts of this Amendment No. 2 to Trust Agreement No. 4 to be executed on
March 9, 1992.

                                                   CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC


                                           By: R. F. Novak
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                                           Its: Vice President
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                                           AMERITRUST COMPANY NATIONAL
                                           ASSOCIATION


                                           By:  J. R. Russell
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                                           Its: Vice President
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