Black Thunder Surface Mine: Electricity Begins in Places Like This

[BIGALTHEPROS]

Ya but it sure you like youre electricity, and the coal in the Powder River Basin contains a lot less sulfur then some of the mines back east.

[3Mudbone1]

Coal burns very dirty!

[bubba445100]

my step dad works there ive been there lol

[SonicFreak4]

This is a cool video!

[siedlikmasterek]

I like idea with the lake

[factualitytour]

Thanks for these comments, guys. Have you seen our videos of other plants yet?

[generationll]

The BE 3270 is biggest

[wildman24jg]

009 Dragline at Black Thunder

[generationll]

The largest dragline is the Bucyrus Erie 3270

[wildman24jg]

This Is The Biggest In The World

[mjfrahm]

I've toured this plant. Very cool. Antelope hanging out while huge trucks and trains go by.

Don't tell me we're running out of accessible resources!

[cowboy5934]

that a way cool vid I worked there for a year