LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints John E. Lenhard, George W.
Hawk, and Donald J. Gallagher, 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 $1.00 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 20th day of August, 2003.


						/s/ William R. Calfee

					    William R. Calfee