On Feb. 5, 1924, boggy water from Foley Lake flooded the Milford Mine about two miles north of Crosby, killing 41 miners in Minnesota’s worst mining disaster. With time, disasters become ...

CROSBY — None of the seven survivors of the worst mining disaster in Minnesota’s history are alive today to tell the tale. But the scope of the 1924 tragedy in Crosby makes it hard to forget.

The Milford Mine Memorial Park expansion will provide a trail system around Milford Lake and preserve the setting, which was the site of Minnesota's greatest mining tragedy when the lake broke ...

The Milford Mine story kicks off a series called Lakes Country Treasures, which will take readers down the roads and through some of the most unique must-see gems of Minnesota's lakes country.

Milford ceased production in 1932, but it wouldn't be until two decades later that mining operations would cease completely on the Cuyuna Range. According to the Minnesota Historical Society ...

February 5 is the 100th anniversary of what is called the worst mining disaster in Minnesota history. Forty one miners lost their lives when Foley Lake broke into the Milford underground mine in ...

CROSBY, Minn. — Stories of Minnesota’s mining disaster in 1924 are being memorialized in a new park dedicated to the miners. The Milford Mine Memorial Park opened Wednesday in Crow Wing County ...

The Milford Mine Memorial Park now sits at the site of the disaster, which county officials say happened at around 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 5, 1924. The Minnesota Historical Society says the mine was ...

The Milford Mine was a struggling underground ... By 1967, the last operating underground mine in Minnesota, the Armor #2 Mine near Crosby, was closed. By 1982, the last reported shipment of ...

Milford Mine Memorial Park north of Crosby offers a serene and poignant stroll across boardwalks and paths where interpretive signs commemorate Minnesota’s worst mining disaster. A shaft ...