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Definition of Mesabi Range
1. Noun. A range of hills in northeastern Minnesota where rich iron ore deposits were discovered in 1887.
Generic synonyms: Chain, Chain Of Mountains, Mountain Chain, Mountain Range, Range, Range Of Mountains
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesabi Range
Literary usage of Mesabi Range
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Economic Geology by William Harvey Emmons (1918)
"Mesabi Range, Minnesota.—The iron deposits of the Mesabi range1 are formed by local
... SPURR, JE: The Iron-bearing Rocks of the Mesabi Range in Minnesota. ..."
2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1917)
"(New York Meeting, February, 1917) DURING the past 4 or 5 years, much has been
added to the detailed geologic knowledge of the Mesabi Range. ..."
3. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1902)
"THE IRON RANGES About 85 miles north of Duluth lies the Mesabi Range and about
... The Mesabi Range assumes an inverted S (S) form with the ends decidedly ..."
4. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1894)
"LIMITS OK THE Mesabi Range. The Mesabi range in Minnesota may be for convenience
separated into three geographical divisions, characterized by sufficient ..."
5. The Iron Ores of Lake Superior: Containing Some Facts of Interest Relating by Crowell & Murray (1920)
"... all of the Mesabi range; and the Norrie group on the Gogebic range, which shipped
... Mesabi Range."
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