Stott, Roy G.2007-01-032022-02-032007-01-032022-02-03https://hdl.handle.net/11124/7405Date scanned: 2002-6-12.I.S.-4; Close-up view of east end of taconite island before blasting, showing the dip of the rock formation, the adit just under the rock capping on the right, halfway up the slope, and the location of the shop building, butane storage tank, and the electric railroad tail track on the left. Hill-Annex Mine, Inter-State Iron Company, Calumet, Minnesota. - R. G. Stott - July 30, 1947.Held in the Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive, Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines.Donor: United States Bureau of Mines.A car is parked at the base of a taconite island at the Hill-Annex Mine, with mine buildings in the background. The Hill-Annex Mine was an open pit iron mine in the Mesabi Range, Minnesota. The Mine started shipping ore in 1914 under Inter-State Iron Company and operated until 1978, producing some 63 million tons of ore. After the Hill-Annex was closed the pit flooded, and the site became a state park in 1988.Rights management statement available at: http://library.mines.edu/digital/rights.htmlInter-State Iron CompanyIron mines and miningOpen pit miningVehiclesStillImage