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Black Thunder Surface Mine: Electricity Begins in Places Like This

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Uploaded by on May 4, 2009

Experience the mining process at Wyoming's Black Thunder Coal Mine, located in the Powder River Basin. Arch Coal Vice President External Affairs Greg Schaefer gives us a guided tour of the facilities, showing us how coal is mined, the heavy equipment used, and how it is loaded onto railcars for shipment. For more visit http://tour.americaspower.org.

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

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  • 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.

  • Coal burns very dirty!

  • my step dad works there ive been there lol

  • This is a cool video!

  • I like idea with the lake

  • This Is The Biggest In The World

  • 009 Dragline at Black Thunder

  • The BE 3270 is biggest

  • The largest dragline is the Bucyrus Erie 3270

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