I found it particularly interesting since both sides of my family were mining people -- my mother's side in Hibbing where I also lived close to the largest open pit iron mine in the world. Two of Oscar Lundwall's siblings also ended up in the Hibbing area as well.
Grandfather, Oscar Lundwall, and many many of our relatives worked in the Iron Mines in Commonwealth, Wisconsin; in Iron Mountain, Michigan; in Caspian, Stambaugh and Iron River, Michigan; in Michigamme, Michigan; near Marquette, Michigan; and also in or near Hibbing, Minnesota.
This is definitely a part of our family history!
More information can be found here:
Although we studied this in school, both in Hibbing and Kingsford, it's only as an adult that I have grown to appreciate this information.
