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Published November 08, 2009, 12:00 AM

Guy Gangl


In this photo taken Oct. 29, 2009, Guy Gangl, pictured at the Wauk-In Cafe in Nashwauk, Minn., has mined at Keewatin Taconite since 1976. He says the current downturn feels a lot like the 1980s -- a time when some mines closed altogether and a lot of people left the region. (AP Photo/Minnesota Public Radio, Bob Kelleher)
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