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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Directors
and officers of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, an Ohio corporation ("Company"), hereby
constitute and appoint John S. Brinzo, Cynthia B. Bezik, Joseph H. Ballway, Jr.,
and John E. Lenhard and each of them, their true and lawful attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution and revocation, for them and
in their name, place and stead, to sign on their behalf as a Director or officer
of the Company, or both, as the case may be, an Annual Report pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1997, and to sign any and all amendments to such
Annual Report, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorney or attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Executed as of the 10th day of March, 1998.
/s/ J. S. Brinzo /s/ M. T. Moore
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J. S. Brinzo M. T. Moore, Director
President and Chief
Executive Officer and Director /s/ J. C. Morley
(Principal Executive Officer) ---------------------------------------
J. C. Morley, Director and Chairman
/s/ R. C. Cambre /s/ S. B. Oresman
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R. C. Cambre, Director S. B. Oresman, Director
/s/ R. S. Colman /s/ A. Schwartz
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R. S. Colman, Director A. Schwartz, Director
/s/ J. D. Ireland /s/ A. W. Whitehouse
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J. D. Ireland, III, Director A. W. Whitehouse, Director
/s/ G. F. Joklik /s/ C. B. Bezik
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G. F. Joklik, Director C. B. Bezik
Senior Vice President-Finance
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ L. L. Kanuk
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L. L. Kanuk, Director
/s/ R. J. Leroux
/s/ F. R. McAllister --------------------------------------
- --------------------------------------- R. J. Leroux
F. R. McAllister, Director Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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