Coal – Wyoming Values https://wyomingvalues.com Information and commentary on issues of interest and concern to Wyoming citizens. Fri, 31 Dec 2021 20:25:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://i0.wp.com/wyomingvalues.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/cropped-WV_site_icon.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Coal – Wyoming Values https://wyomingvalues.com 32 32 157889110 Coal Mine, Gillette https://wyomingvalues.com/coal-mine-gillette/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 18:32:29 +0000 https://wyomingvalues.com/?p=545 Makes one wonder why you never see this picture on the news. The young Dry Fork Station running full bore on coal! Just look at all those harmful emissions.

The Dry Fork mine is a coal mine located 8 miles north of Gillette, Wyoming in the United States in the coal-rich Powder River Basin. The mine is an open pit mine that utilizes truck and shovel mining method to mine a low-sulfur, sub-bituminous coal that is used for domestic energy generation and shipped to customers via railroad. The mine is currently owned and operated by Western Fuels Association.

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