COAL MINES

Reaching number eight on our list is the Caballo coal mine . Owned and operated by Peabody Energy , the surface mine is located 20 miles southeast of Gillette in Wyoming and first opened production in 1978 . Operating seven days per week with two 12-hour shifts daily , the Caballo mines extracts coal from two seams ( Smith and Wyodak- Anderson ). Coal production is transported by BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad to customers throughout North America . During 2007 , production for the site amounted to 31,172,396 tons , the sixth highest among coal mines in the United States .

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The Mt . Arthur mine is an open-cut coal mine located in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales , Australia . Located near the town of Muswellbrook , the Mt . Arthur mine produces thermal coal for power generation . As of June 2013 , the mine had 1,049 million tons of coal ( 585 million tons proven and 464 million tons probable ). Owned and operated by BHP Billiton , the mine consists of mainly two open cut mining areas – the Northern Open Cut and the Southern Open Cut . There are more than 20 coal seams mined at the site . The estimated reserve life of the mine is 40 years .

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