Belle Ayr Mine
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The Belle Ayr mine is a coal mine located 18 miles southeast 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 Wyodak-Anderson seam that is used for domestic energy generation. Coal produced by the mine is shipped to its customers via railroad. The mine is owned and operated by Eagle Specialty Materials LLC after being acquired from Blackjewel LLC in 2019.
1972 — 2019
Wikidata
United States,
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Location: 44.1025, -105.419, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
3 places
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Unknown ⓘ
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Wyodak Mine ⓘ
open-pit coal mine in Wyodak, Wyoming, United States in Powder River Basin. -
Belle Ayr Mine ⓘ
open pit coal mine near Gillette, Wyoming
1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
2019-01-01T00:00:00Z
1972 — 2019 Belle Ayr Mine
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Coal silos and pond at Belle Ayr mine entrance in Campbell County, Wyoming| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| site | mine | Unknown | mine, Peabody Energy, surface mine, coal mine | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | 1923 | Wyodak Mine | Black Hills Corporation, coal mine | Wikidata |
| site | mine | 1972 | Belle Ayr Mine | quarry | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Coal silos and pond at Belle Ayr mine entrance in Campbell County, Wyoming | Commons | ||
