EVELETH

city, St. Louis county, northeastern Minnesota, U.S., in the Mesabi (iron) Range, and gateway to the picturesque Arrowhead country of lakes and mines in the Superior National Forest. It was settled in 1892 and named for Edwin Eveleth, a Michigan lumberman who visited the site in 1885. Following the discovery of iron ore by David T. Adams in 1892, the city's population increased from 2,752 to 7,036 in 1910. Eveleth's taconite mines produce much of the nation's ore. The manufacture of men's underwear is another industry. Nearby is the Leonidas Mine, one of the world's deepest (650 ft ) underground iron mines. The U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame is in the city. Inc. village, 1893; city, 1902. Pop. (1990) 4,064.