A 1906 vintage 50 ton ore car, one of the first all steel ore cars built for the Missabe, donated to the Soudan Underground State Park by the DMIR in 1972. This car was one of 4,250 cars of this ... (more)

The mining near Soudan, MN began operation in 1882 as a open pit mine operation, and moved to underground mining by 1900 for safety reasons. From 1901 until the end of active mining in 1962, the S... (more)

A half-mile below the surface at the Soudan Underground Mine State Park, home to Minnesota's oldest iron ore mine, visitors get to take a 3/4 mile train ride to the last and deepest area mined-lev... (more)

Part of the display at the Soudan Underground Mine State Park which is home to Minnesota's oldest iron ore mine. Once ore left the crusher house, it traveled up the conveyor (located in the encl... (more)