LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the

undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Traci L. Forrester, Donald J.

Gallagher, and George W. Hawk, Jr., and each of them, as the true and

lawful attorney or attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution and

revocation, for the undersigned and in the name, place and stead of the

undersigned, in any and all capacities, to execute, on behalf of the

undersigned, any and all statements or reports considered necessary or

advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and

the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to

time ("Exchange Act") with respect to the beneficial ownership of shares
of
Common Stock, par value $.50 per share, of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc

("Company"), including, without limitation, all initial statements of

beneficial ownership on Form 3; all statements of changes in beneficial

ownership on Form 4; all annual statements of beneficial ownership on
Form
5; and all notices of proposed sale of securities on Form 144; and
any and
all other documents that may be required, from time to time, to
be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to execute any and
all
amendments or supplements to any such statements or forms, and to
file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting to said
attorney or attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full
power and authority
to do so 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 the undersigned might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact or any of them or
their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.


	The undersigned acknowledges
that neither the Company nor such
attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any
liability for the undersigned's
responsibility to comply with the
requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any
liability of the undersigned
for any failure to comply with such
requirements, or (iii) any obligation
or liability of the undersigned for
profit disgorgement under Section
16(b) of the Exchange Act.  This Power of
Attorney does not relieve the
undersigned from responsibility for
compliance with the undersigned's
obligations under the Exchange Act,
including without limitation the
reporting requirements under Section 16 of
the Exchange Act.

	This
Power of Attorney shall remain in full force
and effect as long as the
undersigned is subject to the reporting
requirements of Section 16 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings and
transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by
the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

 	IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 10th day of May, 2005.


/s/ Randy L. Kummer


Randy L. Kummer