Taconite Tours
Get a close up view of the taconite industry as you take an exciting tour of a working mine. Visitors will slip on hard hats for a two-hour tour through the process of converting iron-bearing rocks into taconite pellets.A knowledgeable guide will lead you on an adventure where you may see mine workers and their mammoth equipment up close, including gigantic shovels loading 3-story 240-ton trucks, long trains filled with taconite pellets, drilling rigs, bulldozers and other tools of the modern iron mine.
Tours are available on Wednesdays and Thursdays at noon beginning mid-June through early August. The cost per person is $5.00 and is payable upon check-in at the Ironworld admissions desk.
* Tours depart from Ironworld and take approximately 2 hours. Children MUST BE 12 years of age or older and accompanied by an adult.
Advance reservations are required and can be made by calling 800.372.6437 or 218.254.7959.
*dates are subject to change without advance notice*