FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
IRELAND JAMES D III
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CLEVELAND CLIFFS INC [CLF] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1801 EAST 9TH STREET, SUITE 1700		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/29/2005
(Street)

CLEVELAND, OH 44114		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 09/29/2005   S   10,273 D $ 85.1718 102,725 I Co-Trustee
Common Stock 09/30/2005   S   12,327 D $ 86.3447 90,398 I Co-Trustee (1)
Common Stock               7,477 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Units (2)               (3)   (3) Common Shares 5,606.3514   5,606.3523 (4) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
IRELAND JAMES D III
1801 EAST 9TH STREET
SUITE 1700
CLEVELAND, OH 44114		   X      

Signatures

 George W. Hawk, Jr. by Power of Attorney   10/03/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Shares are held in five trusts for the benefit of siblings and the Reporting Person who is a co-trustee of the trusts. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of 66,973.50 of these shares. The Reporting Person has an interest in the income or corpus with respect to 23,424.50 shares.
(2) Convertible into Common Shares on a 1-for-1 basis.
(3) Reflects number of Common Shares underlying deferred compensation credited to the account of the Reporting Person under the Cleveland-Cliffs Inc Nonemployee Directors Compensation Plan (the "Plan"). Each Stock Unit is generally distributable following termination of service as a Director.
(4) Reflects number of Common Shares underlying deferred compensation credited to the account of the Reporting Person under the Plan. On December 31, 2004 the Common Stock of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (the "Company")split 2-for-1, resulting in the reporting person's acquisition of 2,782.8309 additional shares. The amount also includes dividend reinvestment pursuant to the Plan. The number of deferred dividend reinvestment equivalent shares earned in the Plan is calculated using the closing market price at the end of each quarter for shares held in the Plan. The reporting person received 10.5286 dividend reinvestment shares in the Plan on January 3, 2005. On March 31, June 30, and September 30, 2005, the reporting person earned 7.6522, 9.6673 and 12.8424 dividend reinvestment equivalent shares respectively for Company dividend payments on March 1, June 1, and September 1, 2005.

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