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Feds shut down 6 Kentucky coal mines, issue 16 citations to Colorado mine

By | 05.07.10 | 8:16 am

Federal regulators shut down operations at six Kentucky coal mines targeted by surprise inspections in the wake of last month’s deadly West Virginia mine explosion. The only Colorado mine targeted – Twentymile’s Foidel Creek Mine in Routt County –…

Colorado’s most productive coal mine is also its most dangerous

By | 04.27.10 | 1:09 pm

The Foidel Creek Mine in Routt County is one of Colorado’s most productive coal mines, churning out more than a quarter of all the coal mined in the state. But it’s also one of the state’s most dangerous mines, accounting for nearly a third of Colorado’s coal-mining injuries in 2009.