How innovation saved the Iron Range | Natural Resources .
WEBJun 3, 2018 · And just in time. By the 1950s, the last of the high grade lean ores were mined. The Iron Range was an important economic engine for Minnesota whose fate lies in just one thing: iron ore. So this is taconite Davis was introduced to the rock in 1913 as a young University of Mines mathematics professor when a University dean sent Davis a .