Black Butte/Leucite Hills Mine
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{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}} Black Butte/Leucite Hills Mine is a surface coal mine located 38 miles east of Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The mine produces sub-bituminous coal. The mine is operated by Black Butte Coal Company, a joint venture by Level III/Anadarko. Coal is transported to MidAmerican Energy/Berkshire Hathaway's Jim Bridger Steam Plant.[1]
In November 2011 Ambre Energy said it bought a 50 percent interest in the Black Butte mine.[2]
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Mine Data
- MSHA ID: 4801180
- Operator: Black Butte Coal Company
- Controller: Kiewit Peter Sons' Inc; Andarko Petroleum Corporation
- Union:
- County: Sweetwater
- State: WY
- Latitude: 41.62
- Longitude: -108.67
- 2007 Production (short tons): 3,655,146
- Coal Type: Bituminous
- Mining Method: Surface
- Mine Status: Active
- Average No. of Employees: 170
Contact Details
Black Butte Coal Company
101 Black Buttes Road
Point of Rocks, WY 82942
Phone: (307) 382-6200
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References
- ↑ "Fatal Powered Haulage Accident" Mine Safety and Health Administration Website, July 29, 2000
- ↑ "Australian company buys stake in coal mines" Matt Gouras, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 25, 2011.