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| − | {{#Badges: CoalSwarm}} '''Absaloka Mine''' is a surface operation in Hardin, Montana, owned by [[Westmoreland Coal Company]]. | + | {{#Badges: CoalSwarm}} '''Absaloka Mine''' is a surface operation in Hardin, Montana, owned by [[Westmoreland Coal Company]]. The expansion of the mine, which is on the Crow Indian Reservation, contains an enormous bone bed, which includes hundreds of projectile points that may have been used in a systematic killing of animals that took place more than 2,000 years ago. |
| − | {{#display_map:45.80,-107.05|width=600|height=400|type=satellite|zoom= | + | An an archaeological contractor spent two years working the site on the west side of the Little Wolf Mountains in the Sarpy Creek drainage area. The excavation has caused controversy within the Crow tribe, although the permitting of the mine had already been approved.<ref>[http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/year-old-bison-bone-site-mired-in-controversy/article_012f58bb-ae14-5dbd-ac4c-f57b6d4aa474.html#ixzz2AFpmR0TU "2,000-year-old bison bone site mired in controversy"] Lorna Thackeray, Billings Gazette, October 24, 2012.</ref> |
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==Mine Data== | ==Mine Data== | ||
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*'''Location''': Sarpy Rd, near Hardin, Montana | *'''Location''': Sarpy Rd, near Hardin, Montana | ||
*'''GPS coordinates''': 45.804333,-107.045116 | *'''GPS coordinates''': 45.804333,-107.045116 | ||
| − | *'''Production''': 7,704,556 short tons | + | *'''Status:''' Operating |
| + | *'''Production''': 7,704,556 short tons (2007), 3,573,755 short tons (2017) | ||
*'''Type of coal''': Sub-Bituminous | *'''Type of coal''': Sub-Bituminous | ||
*'''Mine type''': Surface | *'''Mine type''': Surface | ||
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To see a listing of coal mines in a particular state, click on the map: | To see a listing of coal mines in a particular state, click on the map: | ||
| − | + | {{USA imagemap state names existing coal mines}} | |
===References=== | ===References=== | ||
Latest revision as of 18:35, 27 September 2019
{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}} Absaloka Mine is a surface operation in Hardin, Montana, owned by Westmoreland Coal Company. The expansion of the mine, which is on the Crow Indian Reservation, contains an enormous bone bed, which includes hundreds of projectile points that may have been used in a systematic killing of animals that took place more than 2,000 years ago.
An an archaeological contractor spent two years working the site on the west side of the Little Wolf Mountains in the Sarpy Creek drainage area. The excavation has caused controversy within the Crow tribe, although the permitting of the mine had already been approved.[1]
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Mine Data
- Owner: Westmoreland Resources Inc.
- Parent company: Westmoreland Coal Company
- Location: Sarpy Rd, near Hardin, Montana
- GPS coordinates: 45.804333,-107.045116
- Status: Operating
- Production: 7,704,556 short tons (2007), 3,573,755 short tons (2017)
- Type of coal: Sub-Bituminous
- Mine type: Surface
- Equipment: 1 dragline
- Number of employees: 150
Articles and resources
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- Montana and coal
- Proposed coal mines
To see a listing of coal mines in a particular state, click on the map:
References
- ↑ "2,000-year-old bison bone site mired in controversy" Lorna Thackeray, Billings Gazette, October 24, 2012.
External links
- "Major U.S. Coal Mines," Energy Information Administration
