EVELETH, a city of St. Louis county, Minnesota, U.S.A., 61m. N.N.W. of Duluth; served by the Duluth and Iron Range and the Duluth, Missabe and Northern railways. The population was 7,205 in 192o (37% foreign-born white) and was 7,484 in 193o by the Federal census. It is one of the iron-mining cities of the Mesabi range, which here makes a great bend, so that there are deposits south, south-west, west and north-west of the city. It has fine public schools, and a community recreation building with dance-hall and seating space for 4,000, a kitchen and dining-room, and a curling rink. Iron ore was discovered here in Oct. 1892, by David T. Adams, and the first shipment (5,600 tons) was made about two years later. Total shipments to 1927 amounted to 87, 954,165 tons. In the early years underground mining prevailed. Later the open-pit system was extensively used, and over 42, 000,000cu.yd. of material have been removed in stripping opera tions; but with the exhaustion of deposits near the surface the trend again turned to underground shafts. Eveleth was laid out in 1893, and was named after Erwin Eveleth, who visited the site in 1885, while exploring the timber resources of the region. In 1899-190o practically the entire village was moved, as the original site was found to be underlain with ore. The first mine office, a log-house, has been preserved. The city was incorporated in 1902.