EXHIBIT 24
                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned, being a
director or officer of Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints W. James McNerney,
Jr., Patrick D. Campbell, John J. Ursu, Janet L. Yeomans and Gregg M. Larson,
and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
name, place and stead in any and all capacities, to sign one or more Annual
Reports for the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, on Form 10-K
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or such other form as
any such attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or desirable, any amendments
thereto, and all additional amendments thereto, each in such form as they or
any one of them may approve, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done so that such Annual Report shall comply
with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the applicable Rules
and Regulations adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their
substitute or resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set his or her
hand this 11th day of February, 2002.

 /s/ W. James McNerney, Jr.                     /s/ Patrick D. Campbell
     W. James McNerney, Jr.,                        Patrick D. Campbell,
 Chairman of the Board and                     Senior Vice President and
 Chief Executive Officer                       Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Executive Officer                  (Principal Financial Officer)
 and Director)


 /s/ Linda G. Alvarado                          /s/ Ronald G. Nelson
Linda G. Alvarado, Director                    Ronald G. Nelson,
                                               Vice President and Controller


 /s/ Ronald O. Baukol                           /s/ Rozanne L. Ridgway
Ronald O. Baukol, Director                     Rozanne L. Ridgway, Director


 /s/ Edward A. Brennan                          /s/ Kevin W. Sharer
Edward A. Brennan, Director                    Kevin W. Sharer, Director


 /s/ Edward M. Liddy                            /s/ Frank Shrontz
Edward M. Liddy, Director                      Frank Shrontz, Director


 /s/ Aulana L. Peters                           /s/ Louis W. Sullivan
Aulana L. Peters, Director                     Louis. W. Sullivan, Director