A cave-in opened Milford Mine to a lake overhead. What happened next became Minnesota's worst mining disaster : vimarsana.com

The tragedy killed 41 Cuyuna Range miners nearly 100 years ago on Feb. 5, 1924 — losses still remembered in a memorial park near Crosby.

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