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2011 Map of Kinney

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Kinney
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Kinney serves as the focal point for this Mesabi Range landscape, established around the heavy industrial footprint of the regional iron mining industry. The map illustrates a high density of mining operations concentrated south of the massive Minntac Tailings Basin Cell One, including the Forsyth Mine, Atkins Mine, and the New Pilot Mine. This industrial concentration is anchored by the Kinney Post Office and the small settlement of Lucknow to the southwest.

Surface water patterns are heavily influenced by these operations, most notably the West Two River Reservoir and the drainage of the Dark River and Timber Creek through the central corridor. For genealogists and researchers, the detailed road network including Streetcar Rd and Old Hwy 169 provides clues to the historical transit routes used by miners traveling between the pits and residential centers.