Eagle Butte coal mine Gillette Wyoming aerial video
This video was taken at the public observation park with my Phantom 3 advanced. I used to work on the two-way radio gear out at several of the mines in the basin including this mine.
Eagle Butte Coal Mine: Easter Sunday
An external look into the operations at Eagle Butte Coal Mine in Gillette, WY. An observation platform for visitors is located north of Gillette/Campbell County airport on Rt 16.
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Wyoming Coal Mining
Since 1974, surfacing mining has occurred in the Powder River Basin when the first trains full of coal left en route to states across the nation. This short video, produced in 2014 by the WSGS, showcases operations at the Arch Coal's Black Thunder Mine.
The Basin: Where coal is life, Trump seen as savior
In the coal town of Gillette, Wyoming, residents feel hopeful with Donald Trump in the White House, but experts urge caution.
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Miners face uncertain future in coal changing markets
Miners left without jobs with the closure of two of Campbell County’s biggest coal mines are facing a changing reality in the nature of the coal industry, Gillette residents agree.
Residents said although the coal industry has traditionally been a stable source of income and employment, the dropping demand for coal has changed that.
“The coal jobs have historically been the stable jobs,” said Alison Gee, a Gillette attorney. “Now we’re shifting to an environment where we have to look to oil and gas to try and provide some of the stability for our families. And as you know, the oil and gas markets just aren’t that way. They’re very volatile because of the world economy.”
About 600 miners lost their jobs several weeks ago when Blackjewel closed the Belle Ayre and Eagle Butte mines. Efforts are being made to secure funding to return the mines to operation.
If those efforts fail, many of those who lost their jobs will probably leave the community, predicted Ken Anthony, a retired miner.
“You’ve got two to three kids at home and you’ve got a big old house payment and car payment and all of a sudden that stops,” he said. “It’s pretty scary. When they lose their jobs, it really makes a big effect on the whole county. If they can get the money and re-open (the mines), it will be fine. If they can’t, more than likely, most of (the miners) will leave.”
Gee noted that while some companies are offering jobs to Blackjewel’s former miners, most do not have the resources to offer the same level of salaries or benefits.
Tom Lubnau, a former speaker for Wyoming’s House of Representatives, said the mine closures show the state needs to work to offset the diminishing demand for coal.
“We have to, in some way, take control of our own destiny,” he said. “If we can boost the market in a certain way, develop the technologies that we need to use to market our resources, then we should do that.”
In the meantime, Gillette’s residents are doing what they can to ease the burden on the unemployed miners, said Trey McConnell, manager at the Railyard Restaurant.
“The people here, in bad times they bond together, they help one another out,” he said. “It’s one of these areas where you can kind of rely on your brothers and sisters. It’s just a very tight-knit community.”
Take a Virtual Tour of Black Thunder Coal Mine
Take a virtual tour of Black Thunder Mine, the largest single surface coal-mining complex in the world. Located in northeastern Wyoming, the mine's 1,600 highly skilled employees are proud to provide 12% of America's affordable coal supply each year while also operating safely, protecting the environment and enhancing local communities.
Black Butte Coal Mine
Black Butte Coal Mine east of Rock Springs supplies coal to the adjacent Jim Bridger power plant.
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Admiral Gold 20 acre placer mining claim on proven Tensleep Creek in Wyoming
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Fears for coal industry's future in US state of Wyoming
President Obama's plan to clean up the air in the US includes cutting carbon emissions by a third over the next 15 years.
But in coal producing states like Wyoming many say his clean power plan is a 'war' on their way of life.
Al Jazeera's Andy Gallacher reports.
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Governor Mead Press Conference - Coal Mine Layoffs
Wyoming Governor Matt Mead discussing the state's response to several hundred coal industry layoffs.
Union Pacific: Elkol Wyoming
Kemmerer local taking empties to Elkol, Wyoming
Kemmerer mine's Big Pit--one of three at the complex--was begun in 1971 and is the largest open pit coal mine in the United States. It measures 5,000 feet long, 4,000 feet wide and 1,000 feet deep. Coal is produced from the Adaville formation from multiple coal seams that dip from 17 to 23 degrees. Such mining requires unique engineering and operating plans to produce the coal competitively. Remaining reserves at Kemmerer are in excess of 100 million tons.
In March 1997, FMC's Skull Point mine, which was located adjacent to the Kemmerer mine, was acquired by Chevron Mining Inc. and has now been integrated into Kemmerer's operations.
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coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. Coal is extracted from the ground by coal mining, either underground by shaft mining, or at ground level by open pit mining extraction. Coal is the largest source of energy for the generation of electricity worldwide. At least 40% of the world's electricity comes from coal.
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Devils Tower to Yellowstone Wyoming Road Trip: Gillette, Mining Town
Tour the enormous Eagle Butte coal mine, then enjoy mead and craft beer at Big Lost Meadery in Gillette, Wyoming.
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Dig More Coal
How does our state's coal industry benefit YOU? the answer may surprise you. The average Montana coal train is worth around $30,000 in federal, state, and local taxes. This is money that helps fund a lot of programs and projects all over our state!
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Cloud Peak sells Montana, Wyoming coal mines
In Wyoming, Coal Culture Runs Deep
In some parts of the country, coal might seem like an endangered species, threatened by shiny new energy sources and the president’s new proposal to cut carbon emissions. But in Wyoming, coal’s culture runs deep. Miners there extract over one million tons of the hard black rock every single day. Inside Energy’s Leigh Paterson reports.
Day in the Life
Experience a day in the life at our North Antelope Rochelle Mine (NARM) as our employees celebrate “The New BTU.” NARM is the world’s largest coal mine with the cleanest coal in the United States. At 92.9 million tons shipped in 2016, NARM ships more coal annually than most countries.
Powder River Coal Beds
Wyoming's coal mines produce 400 millions tons of coal each year and are one of the states major industries.
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Coal Layoffs Ripple Through Wyoming
This spring, coal company giant Peabody Energy declared bankruptcy. It was the third major U.S. coal mining company to declare bankruptcy in the last year. As a result hundreds of coal miners have been laid off in towns like Gillette, Wyoming. Inside Energy's Leigh Paterson went to Gillette to find out how layoffs in one industry affect an entire town.