SOUDAN UNDERGROUND MINE STATE PARK

Take U.S. Highway 169 to Soudan and follow the signs.

click here for more info from MN DNR website

THINGS TO KNOW:

Do the tour. Visitors wear hard hats and journey down 2,341 feet via a "cage." On the 27th level, the transportation shifts to a rail car for a ride back into the mine as you listen to the stories of the mining days.

PHOTOS:

Soudan, MN

Nice hard hat!

half of a mile underground

Iron Ore

The working conditions

Open Pit

Elevator