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Hibbing Minnesota Hull Rust Open Pit Iron Ore Mine Vintage Postcard 26670. Hull-Rust Mine, Hibbing, Minnesota (1949). Smoke rises from multiple points, and small ore trains and red machinery are visible at work, poised for loading by electric shovels. Hibbing Minnesota Hull Rust Open Pit Iron Ore Mine Vintage Postcard 26670 Hull-Rust Mine, Hibbing, Minnesota (1949) This vintage postcard, dated 1949, features a vivid illustration of the Hull-Rust Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine in Hibbing, Minnesota—once dubbed the “Grand Canyon of the North.” The image shows a vast, terraced mining operation with winding railroad tracks and dusty automobile roads snaking down into the pit. Smoke rises from multiple points, and small ore trains and red machinery are visible at work, poised for loading by electric shovels. The reverse side includes a printed description: “Winding railroad tracks and automobile roads with ore trains moving into position to be loaded by electric shovels.” Published by the Hibbing Daily Tribune, this card was printed by C.T. Art-Colortone and is signed at the bottom by William Sherman Berner, dated 1949.