coal mining

But Lignite Energy Council officials are still expressing frustration with the BLM

North Dakota’s coal mines were dangerous places a century ago, when blasts and equipment accidents could be fatal. The industry had swelled in North Dakota in the 1910s. In 1920, the state had 116 mines, most of them underground. They produced nearly 879,000 tons of coal, worth more than $2.1 million. That would be more than $33 million in today’s dollars.

The dragline was imported from MIssissippi, and cost $31 million.

It’s an unusual reclamation bond release.It involves 87 acres of land at the Falkirk Mine.The land that had been mined has become residential.North Dakota…

Officials across coal-rich states are cheering an announcement that the Environmental Protection Agency will withdraw the Clean Power Plan. Now, attention…