Trapper Mine
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{{#badges: CoalSwarm| Climate change}}The Trapper Mine is a coal mine near Craig in northwestern Colorado which supplies the Yampa Project, an adjoining 856 megawatt coal-fired power station.
On its website the Platte River Power Authority states that the mine "is the primary coal supplier" for the Yampa Project and "is jointly-owned by the participants" in the power station. The plant is jointly owned by Platte River, Tri-State Generation & Transmission, Inc., Xcel Energy, the Salt River Project and PacifiCorp.[1]
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- Owner: Trapper Mining Inc
- Parent company: NA
- Location: 25910 S Highway 13, Craig, CO 81625
- GPS coordinates: 40.428786,-107.539759
- Production: 1,900,000 tons
- Type of coal:Lignite
- Mine type: Surface Mine
- Equipment: 3 Draglines
- Number of employees:145-170
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