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Tower at a glance
- County
- St. Louis County
- Population
- 430
- Local records
- St. Louis County offices
- ZIP codes
- 55790
About Tower public records
Tower is an incorporated place in St. Louis County, a place of 430 people, and keeps its own council and town business records. See our St. Louis County page for every county office.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in Tower
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the two federal mine files
Tower mine record counts
- Named mine sites in the mineral file
- 1
- Worked out or abandoned
- 0
- Mine features on the topographic sheets
- 3
- Shafts, adits and tunnels
- 0
- Kinds mapped
- open pit mine or quarry
- Sheets surveyed
- 1956
- Sources
- USGS mineral file and USGS topographic mine features
Is an old working under a property here?
The USGS mineral file records 1 named mine site inside the city or town limits, 0 of them worked out or abandoned; the USGS topographic mine features add 3 features mapped inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts, adits or tunnels, digitised from the old survey sheets.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. Minnesota has no coal AML program; its underground mines are iron mines on the Mesabi Range.
Minnesota mine map and abandoned mine records
- Minnesota DNR Underground Mine Mapping ProjectA GIS of the documented underground mine features of the Mesabi Iron Range built from over 3,000 scanned mine maps, with interactive maps; detailed questions to the Lands and Minerals office in Hibbing, 218-231-8484.
- Minnesota DNR Underground Mine Mapping, mapsHow the underground maps were gathered from the DNR, the Iron Range Research Center, the St. Louis County Inspector of Mines and the mining companies and scanned.
Please read: Everything here can be wrong. This is information, not a guarantee: the two federal files can be wrong, incomplete or out of date, the boundaries and the geocoder can be wrong, a point is a location and not a property line, and nothing on this page says that a mine is or is not under any particular property. Do not buy, sell, move, or make any decision about a home or about your safety on this alone. Ask the state mine map office named here for the maps, and have a qualified engineer look at the ground.
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How do I register to vote in Tower, Minnesota?
Voter registration in Minnesota is run by the Minnesota Secretary of State, and the county auditor keeps the roll for Tower. You can register online, by mail or in person. Same day registration is allowed, in person at your polling place on Election Day with proof of residence; registration ahead of time closes 20 days before a regularly scheduled election (Minnesota Statutes 201.061).
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Tower, Minnesota?
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Minnesota come from the Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Vital Records. The fee is $26 for a birth certificate ($19 for each added copy of the same one); $13 for a death certificate ($6 for each added copy). Any Minnesota county vital records office sells birth and death certificates, and for fastest service MDH points you to a county office, where most of the time you get the order while you wait.
How do I look up property records in Tower, Minnesota?
Deeds for property in Tower are recorded by the county recorder, the county assessor sets the assessed value, and the county treasurer sends the tax bill. Our St. Louis County page lists those offices.
How do I find business license records in Tower, Minnesota?
Businesses that operate in Tower register with the Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services, which runs the state business entity search. Minnesota DEED says many local governments require licenses for certain kinds of businesses, and in some cases cities and counties require a general business license.
How do I run a Minnesota criminal background check?
Minnesota criminal history checks are run by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). The fee is Free online public search; $8.00 for a Minnesota only check on yourself, plus $10.00 per card for fingerprinting service. Free name search of public criminal history (convictions public for 15 years after the sentence ends) online; for your own full record, send the BCA a notarized personal request form by mail or in person.
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