EVELETH

eveleth, a city of st louis county, minnesota, u.s.a., about 71 m. n.n.w. of duluth. pop. (1900) 2752; (1905, state census) 5332, of whom 2975 were foreign-born (1145 finns, 676 austrians and 325 swedes); (1910) 7036. eveleth is served by the duluth, missabe & northern and the duluth & iron range railways. it lies in the midst of the great red and brown hematite iron-ore deposits of the mesabi range--the richest in the lake superior district--and the mining and shipping of this ore are its principal industries. the municipality owns and operates the water-works, the water being obtained from lake saint mary, one of a chain of small lakes lying s. of the city. eveleth was first chartered as a city in 1902.