About Us
our mines
Black Thunder
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Mailing Address: Thunder Basin Coal Company P.O. Box 406 Wright, WY 82732 Phone: (307) 939-1300 |
Physical Address: 5669 Highway 450 Wright, WY 82732 |
| Region: | Powder River Basin |
| Location: | Campbell County, Wyoming |
| Mine Type: | Surface |
| Equipment: | Six draglines, 22 shovels, 130 haul trucks |
| Sales: | (2009) 81.2 million tons at Black Thunder |
| Prep Plant: | No |
| Transportation: | Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail systems |
| Quality: | 8,800 Btu/lbs. |
| 0.50-0.75 lbs. SO2/mmBtu | |
| Other: | Black Thunder is the largest single coal mining complex in the world and the first coal mine in the world to ship 1 billion tons |
| Brochure: | Click Here to View Brochure (1MB PDF) |