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Author Topic: Visit to a Nevada coal mine. (pic heavy)  (Read 3231 times)

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VegasJames

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Visit to a Nevada coal mine. (pic heavy)
« on: November 12, 2019, 12:49:19 AM »
As with many mines in Nevada this mine closed down when the railroad pulled out making transportation of ore too costly.

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Re: Visit to a Nevada coal mine. (pic heavy)
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2019, 05:13:30 AM »
Boy that place looks dangerous.  Great pics of Jax the Wonder Mine Dog, though!
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Re: Visit to a Nevada coal mine. (pic heavy)
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2019, 01:58:48 PM »
Is that Coal Canyon out by Lovelock?
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Re: Visit to a Nevada coal mine. (pic heavy)
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2019, 03:08:47 PM »
Quote from: Jhon P on November 12, 2019, 01:58:48 PM
Is that Coal Canyon out by Lovelock?

No. Coaldale Junction in Central Nevada.

Here is an article on the coal deposit:

https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0531k/report.pdf
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Re: Visit to a Nevada coal mine. (pic heavy)
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2019, 11:52:39 AM »
Western Washington is full of small coal beds like these.In most cases they were not of commercial size with a couple of extreme exceptions. In eastern Montana one can see vast clinker beds above coal seams where lightning strikes set the coal on fire which cooked the rock above it red. Same things in spots in Pennsylvania where at least one fire has been burning over 100 years.I wonder why so much ash?
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