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Flour Milling
Lumber Industry
Iron Mining
People
Machines
100

A man who purchased a failing flour mill.(1869)

Who is Charles Pillsbury?

100

The job that Paul Bunyan had

What is a lumberjack?

100
Long hours, collapsing shafts, accidents with rail carts, paid by ore produced, and dark and dusty working conditions.
What is reasons why mine workers went on strike?
100

People who work to create flour

What are Mill workers?

100

Ground flour finer and fasters in the mills.

What are steel rollers?

200

Water power and fertile soil.

What are the natural resources for flour milling?

200
Rivers and trees.
What were some natural resources for the lumber industry?
200
Where in Minnesota was iron found?
What is "The Iron Range" in North East MN?
200
Men who dig out and collect iron ore.
Who are iron miners?
200
These made cutting lumber easier.
What are steam powered saws?
300

The name of the museum at the site of the mill the exploded.

What is Mill City?

300
Axes, hammers, and saws
What are simple tools for use in lumber industry?
300

Most of MN iron ore was located less than 100 miles from this lake.

What is Lake Superior?

300
Famous man in the flour milling business. He made lots of money in flour.
Who is Charles Pillsbury?
300
These were used to dig up ore more efficiently.
What were steam powered shovels & electric shovels?
400
The railroad, mid lings, and steel rollers.
What were some machines in flour milling?
400

This happened to most of the trees in Minnesota by 1905.

What is they had been cut down?

400

Bird used to warn miners of danger

What is a canary?

400
He controlled all parts of the lumber industry in MN.
Who is Fredrick Weyerhauser?
400
These kept water power sources running.
What are hot water pumps?
500

The type of land that was converted into farmland in Southern and Western MN

What is prairie?

500

1910

What is the year the lumber industry declined in MN?

500
Where iron sent and what it used for.
What is Pennsylvania and Ohio for Skyscrapers?
500

Duluth family who made a small fortune in the mining industry

Who is the Merritt family?

500
Removed brown specks from flour.
What were Middling's Purifiers?