Jurisdiction: Coal Mining
List of Companies
Beulah Mine
- Location:
- East and west of ND Highway 49, three miles south of Beulah, Mercer and Oliver Counties
- Established:
- 1963; expanded to its present capability in late 1970s
- Owner/Operator:
- Dakota Westmoreland Corporation (a subsidiary of Westmoreland Coal Company)
- Approximate Tons Mined Per Year
- 3,000,000
- Customers:
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- Coyote Station (mine-mouth facility)
- Heskett Station, Mandan (coal is shipped by rail to this facility)
- Remarks:
- The Beulah Mine was formerly owned and operated by the Knife River Corporation. In May of 2001 Knife River sold the mine to Dakota Westmoreland. The Beulah Mine also sells oil-treated stoker coal to smaller retail customers.
- Mine Office:
- Dakota Westmoreland Corporation
Beulah Mine
PO Box 39
Beulah ND 58523-0039
701.873.4333
- Home Office:
- Westmoreland Coal Company
9540 Maroon Circle
Englewood CO 80112
303.922.6463
Website: http://westmoreland.com
Center Mine
- Location:
- South of Center, south of ND Highway 25, Oliver County
- Established:
- 1970
- Owner/Operator:
- BNI Coal, Ltd. (a subsidiary of ALLETE, formerly Minnesota Power and Light)
- Approximate Tons Mined Per Year
- 4,000,000
- Customers:
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- Minnkota Power Cooperative (mine-mouth facility)
- Center Coal Company (mine-mouth facility)
- Remarks:
- The Center Coal Company crushes the lignite it receives from BNI and then re-sells oil-treated stoker coal and lump coal to smaller retail customers.
- Mine Office:
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BNI Coal, Ltd.
Center Mine
2360 35th Ave SW
Center ND 58530-9499
701.794.8734
- Home Office:
- BNI Coal, Ltd.
1637 Burnt Boat Drive
PO Box 897
Bismarck ND 58502-0897
701.222.8828
Website: http://www.bnicoal.com
Falkirk Mine
- Location:
- Directly south of Underwood, east and west of US Highway 83, McLean County
- Established:
- 1977
- Owner/Operator:
- Falkirk Mining Company (a subsidiary of The North American Coal Corporation)
- Approximate Tons Mined Per Year
- 7,000,000
- Customer:
- Great River Energy's Coal Power Creek (mine-mouth facility)
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- Mine Office:
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Falkirk Mining Company
PO Box 1087
Underwood ND 58576-1087
701.442.5751
Website: http://www.nacoal.com/operations/falkirk.html
Freedom Mine
- Location:
- North of Beulah and Hazen, Mercer County
- Established:
- 1978
- Owner/Operator:
- Coteau Properties Company (a subsidiary of The North American Coal Corporation)
- Approximate Tons Mined Per Year:
- 14,000,000
- Customers:
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- Dakota Gasification Company (mine-mouth facility)
- Basin Electric Power Cooperative's Antelope Valley Power Station, Stanton (mine-mouth facility)
- Basin Electric Power Cooperative's Leland Olds Power Station, Stanton (coal is shipped by rail to this facility)
- Mine Office:
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Freedom Mine
204 County Road 15
Beulah ND 58523
701.873.2281
Website: http://www.nacoal.com/operations/coteau.html
Page/Perkins.Thompkins Mine *(Leonardite Mine)
- Location:
- Between Reeder and Gascoyne, south US Highway 12, Bowman County
- Established:
- 1950s
- Owner/Operator:
- American Colloid Company
- Tons Mined Per Year:
- 70,000
- Remarks:
- The leonardite is trucked to American Colloid's processing plant located south of US Highway 12 between Reeder and Gascoyne. The leonardite is crushed, dried and then shipped for processing into soil amendments and use in other products.
- Home Office:
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American Colloid Company
HCR 69 Box 135
Belle Fourche SD 57717
307.896.3305
- Mine Office:
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American Colloid Company
PO Box 158Highway 12
Reeder ND 58649-0158
701.275.8201
Stony Creek Mine *(Leonardite Mine)
- Location:
- 3 miles east of Williston, Williams County
- Established:
- 2008
- Owner/Operator:
- Leonardite Products, LLC
- Approximate Tons Mined Per Year:
- 15,000
- Customer:
- The leonardite is crushed, dried and shipped out for processing into soil amendments and use in other products.
- Home Office:
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Leonardite Products, Inc.
501 East Broadway
Williston ND 58801
701.572.7659
Website: http://www.leonarditeproducts.com
* Leonardite is an oxidized form of lignite, high in humic and fulvic acids. It burns poorly or not at all and is not mined for use as a fuel.
