Coal Mine, Gillette

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.


Last Modified on December 31, 2021
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