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1952 Map of Nashwauk

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Nashwauk
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

The Mesabi Iron Range dominates the southern portion of this landscape, where the intensive extraction of ore is visible through a dense cluster of operations including the Argonne Mine, Calbraith Mine, and Hawkins Mine. The town of Nashwauk serves as the primary hub, surrounded by a complex industrial geography of mine dumps, tailings ponds, and the tracks of the Great Northern railroad.

North of the industrial zone, the terrain shifts into a mosaic of wetlands and glacial lakes, including Harrison Lake, Shoal Lake, and Shafer Lake. Local civic life is marked by the Town Hall and Cloverdale Sch along the township lines, while the smaller settlement of Cooley sits near the western edge. This survey documents the mid-century peak of iron mining, showing the literal reshaping of the earth near the Nashwauk Cem and various pits like the Mace Mine and Halobe Mine.