Big Brown Mine

{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}}Big Brown Mine is a surface mine in Freestone County, Texas, owned by Luminant and supplying the Big Brown Steam Electric Station, which also receives coal from the Powder River Basin.

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Mine Data

• MSHA ID: 4101192
• Owner: Luminant Mining Company, LLC
• Parent company: Luminant
• Controller: Energy Future Holdings Corporation
• Union: IBEW
• Location: Freestone County, Texas
• GPS coordinates: 31.817189, -96.105995
• Production: 3.6 million short tons (2008)
• Type of coal: Lignite
• Mine type: surface
• Equipment: draglines
• Number of employees: 250

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