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Mine Attractions In Gillette

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Gillette is a city in and the county seat of Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. The population was estimated at 32,398 as of July 1, 2016. Gillette is centrally located in an area involved with the development of vast quantities of American coal, oil, and coalbed methane gas. The city calls itself the Energy Capital of the Nation, noting that the state of Wyoming provides nearly 35% of the nation's coal. Over the last decade Gillette saw a population increase of 48% from the 2000 census of 19,646 residents.
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  • 1. Eagle Butte Coal Mine Gillette
    The Eagle Butte mine is a coal mine located 7 miles north of Gillette, Wyoming in the United States in the coal-rich Powder River Basin. The mine is an open pit, truck and shovel, mine producing a low-sulfur, sub-bituminous coal from the Roland and Smith seams that is used for domestic energy generation. Coal produced by the mine is shipped to its customers via railroad. The mine is currently owned and operated by Alpha Natural Resources after being acquired in a merger with Foundation Coal in 2009. As of 2009, Eagle Butte had reserves of 471,000,000 short tons of sub-bituminous coal and a maximum permitted production capacity of 35,000,000 short tons per year. Typical annual production has been in 20-25 million ton range for the last several years though. The average quality of the coal s...
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