[1] The city of Hibbing has long maintained a public overlook and visitor center on the rim of the mine, attracting tens of thousands of tourists each year.

The mine's sheer size led to many technological innovations as the open-pit method—pioneered at the nearby Biwabik Mine—was developed, such as the adoption of steam shovels.

[5] The town of Hibbing, founded in 1893 on word of the rich iron deposits, prospered considerably as the mine grew.

The town government agreed and in 1918 they accepted a proposal from the company to build a new downtown for Hibbing two miles (3 km) to the south.

[6] A total of 188 buildings ranging in size from small family homes to the large Colonial Hotel were moved by Hibbing's residents using horses, farm tractors, and a steam crawler provided by the mining company.

If it was too tall, they removed the chimney or had a worker stand on the roof with a long stick to lift up electrical lines as it passed underneath.

Iron-bearing taconite pellets are produced at the rate of 8.2 million tons annually (not counting tailings, waste rock, or overburden).

Hibbing Taconite was initially managed by Pickands Mather on behalf of owners Bethlehem Steel and Stelco.