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Sheridan Coal Mines
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Sheridan Coal mines include Spring Creek Coal and Decker Coal
just minutes from Sheridan north of the Montana Border. A new
mine is in the planning stages right now – the Young’s Creek mine
will start operations sometime in 2009. These mines are very
important for the Sheridan economy as they directly employee
hundreds of people, and indirectly employ thousands more.
The whole Powder River Basin is rich with fossil fuels and
methane gas. Swamps millions of years ago created thick seams
of coal, pockets of methane gas, and the oil that we are extracting
from the area today. The state of Wyoming is the nation’s number
one coal producer. Wyoming exports coal to 35 other states for
power plant usage.
Sheridan coal mines extract sub bituminous coal which burns
cleaner and has a low sulfur content compared to the bituminous
coal that is mined in the east. Wyoming coal mines are open pit
mines – the seams of coal are not that far under the surface. Of
course, strict federal and state regulations require the mines to
reclaim the land as is was before once they are done extracting
the coal, and the mines have done an excellent job of that.
The new Young’s Creek mine anticipates mining 15 million tons of
coal per year once in operation. The Decker and Spring Creek
operations are already extracting millions of tons per year. You
can see the mile long coal trains moving across Wyoming,
transporting the coal to power plants all over the country. Sheridan
Coal mines will be an important part of the town’s economy for
many years to come.
just minutes from Sheridan north of the Montana Border. A new
mine is in the planning stages right now – the Young’s Creek mine
will start operations sometime in 2009. These mines are very
important for the Sheridan economy as they directly employee
hundreds of people, and indirectly employ thousands more.
The whole Powder River Basin is rich with fossil fuels and
methane gas. Swamps millions of years ago created thick seams
of coal, pockets of methane gas, and the oil that we are extracting
from the area today. The state of Wyoming is the nation’s number
one coal producer. Wyoming exports coal to 35 other states for
power plant usage.
Sheridan coal mines extract sub bituminous coal which burns
cleaner and has a low sulfur content compared to the bituminous
coal that is mined in the east. Wyoming coal mines are open pit
mines – the seams of coal are not that far under the surface. Of
course, strict federal and state regulations require the mines to
reclaim the land as is was before once they are done extracting
the coal, and the mines have done an excellent job of that.
The new Young’s Creek mine anticipates mining 15 million tons of
coal per year once in operation. The Decker and Spring Creek
operations are already extracting millions of tons per year. You
can see the mile long coal trains moving across Wyoming,
transporting the coal to power plants all over the country. Sheridan
Coal mines will be an important part of the town’s economy for
many years to come.
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