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*'''Parent company''': [[North American Coal]] | *'''Parent company''': [[North American Coal]] | ||
*'''Location''': Beulah, North Dakota | *'''Location''': Beulah, North Dakota | ||
| − | *'''GPS coordinates''': | + | *'''GPS coordinates''': 47.398117,-101.777687 |
*'''Production''': 14,955,989 short tons | *'''Production''': 14,955,989 short tons | ||
| − | *'''Type of coal''': | + | *'''Type of coal''': Lignite |
*'''Mine type''': Surface | *'''Mine type''': Surface | ||
*'''Equipment''': draglines | *'''Equipment''': draglines | ||
| − | *'''Number of employees''': | + | *'''Number of employees''': 400+ |
==Articles and resources== | ==Articles and resources== | ||
Revision as of 00:56, 15 December 2009
{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}}The Freedom Mine is operated by the Coteau Properties Company (a subsidiary of The North American Coal Corporation, Dallas, TX), Beulah, North Dakota. The mine supplies lignite to the Great Plains Synfuels Plant, Antelope Valley Station, Leland Olds Station and Stanton Station.
Freedom mine is the largest lignite mine in the United States, operating two 120-cubic-yard draglines and a fleet of 200-ton overburden trucks.[1]
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Mine Data
- Owner: Coteau Properties Company
- Parent company: North American Coal
- Location: Beulah, North Dakota
- GPS coordinates: 47.398117,-101.777687
- Production: 14,955,989 short tons
- Type of coal: Lignite
- Mine type: Surface
- Equipment: draglines
- Number of employees: 400+
Articles and resources
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- North Dakota and coal
- Proposed coal mines
References
- ↑ Lignite Energy Council, " The Coteau Properties Company's Freedom Mine", Lignite Energy Council website, accessed May 2009.
External links
- "Major U.S. Coal Mines," Energy Information Administration
- "Freedom Mine," North American Coal
