Freedom Mine (ND)
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{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}}Freedom Mine is a coal mine in North Dakota, United States.
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Location
The map below shows the location of the mine, near Beulah, in Mercer county, North Dakota.
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Background
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.[1]
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.[2]
Mine Data
- MSHA ID: 3200595
- 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+
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References
- ↑ North Dakota’s Freedom Mine: The largest lignite mine in the United States, Lignite Energy Council, 31 July 2017.
- ↑ 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
