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{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}}'''Dolet Hills Mine''' is a lignite mine in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, operated by the Dolet Hills Lignite Company, a subsidiary of [[SWEPCO]], with reserves also owned by [[Cleco]] Power. The mine is the fuel source for the [[Dolet Hills Power Station]].<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS181733+30-Apr-2009+PRN20090430 "Operations: Red River Mine"], Reuters, April 30, 2009.</ref>
Since 1985, more than 64 million tons of lignite have been extracted from the Dolet Hills Reserves, But SWEPCO officials say its days of surface-level extraction are coming to an end. Although 43 million tons of recoverable lignite are believed to remain at Dolet Hills, most lies more than 100 feet below the surface, according to Dennis Meyer, general manager of the Dolet Hills Lignite Co. Extra equipment - a hydraulic excavator, 100- to 150-ton dump trucks, bulldozers and a motorgrader - must aid the enormous draglines used to remove material, which Meyer says make extraction costs about five times as much as using the dragline by itself. SWEPCO believes that setween 2016 and 2019, mining the Dolet Hills Reserves will become uneconomical.<ref>Bill Hornaday, [http://www.allbusiness.com/energy-utilities/utilities-industry-electric-power/12755109-1.html "Utility to buy lignite mine in Louisiana Power company seeks fuel source for coal-fired plants"] Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, June 24, 2009</ref>
==Mine Data==
*'''Owner''': Dolet Hills Lignite Company
*'''Parent company''': [[SWEPCO]] and [[Cleco]] Power
*'''Location''': DeSoto Parish, Louisiana
*'''GPS coordinates''':
*'''Production''': 2.6 million tons
*'''Type of coal''': Lignite
*'''Mine type''': Surface
*'''Equipment''': Dragline, hydraulic excavator, dump trucks, bulldozers, motorgrader
*'''Number of employees''': 199
==Articles and resources==
===Related SourceWatch articles===
*[[U.S. coal politics]]
*[[Coal and jobs in the United States]]
*[[Coal phase-out]]
*[[Headquarters of U.S. coal mining companies]]
*[[Global list of coal mining companies and agencies]]
*[[Louisiana and coal]]
*[[Proposed coal mines]]
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Existing coal mines in the United States]]
[[Category:Louisiana]][[Category:Existing coal mines in Louisiana]]
Since 1985, more than 64 million tons of lignite have been extracted from the Dolet Hills Reserves, But SWEPCO officials say its days of surface-level extraction are coming to an end. Although 43 million tons of recoverable lignite are believed to remain at Dolet Hills, most lies more than 100 feet below the surface, according to Dennis Meyer, general manager of the Dolet Hills Lignite Co. Extra equipment - a hydraulic excavator, 100- to 150-ton dump trucks, bulldozers and a motorgrader - must aid the enormous draglines used to remove material, which Meyer says make extraction costs about five times as much as using the dragline by itself. SWEPCO believes that setween 2016 and 2019, mining the Dolet Hills Reserves will become uneconomical.<ref>Bill Hornaday, [http://www.allbusiness.com/energy-utilities/utilities-industry-electric-power/12755109-1.html "Utility to buy lignite mine in Louisiana Power company seeks fuel source for coal-fired plants"] Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, June 24, 2009</ref>
==Mine Data==
*'''Owner''': Dolet Hills Lignite Company
*'''Parent company''': [[SWEPCO]] and [[Cleco]] Power
*'''Location''': DeSoto Parish, Louisiana
*'''GPS coordinates''':
*'''Production''': 2.6 million tons
*'''Type of coal''': Lignite
*'''Mine type''': Surface
*'''Equipment''': Dragline, hydraulic excavator, dump trucks, bulldozers, motorgrader
*'''Number of employees''': 199
==Articles and resources==
===Related SourceWatch articles===
*[[U.S. coal politics]]
*[[Coal and jobs in the United States]]
*[[Coal phase-out]]
*[[Headquarters of U.S. coal mining companies]]
*[[Global list of coal mining companies and agencies]]
*[[Louisiana and coal]]
*[[Proposed coal mines]]
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Existing coal mines in the United States]]
[[Category:Louisiana]][[Category:Existing coal mines in Louisiana]]
