Foidel Creek coal mine tallies fourth injury in 2010

Another accident last week at Twentymile Coal Company’s Foidel Creek Mine between Hayden and Oak Creek brought the number of accidents so far this year to four, according to the Steamboat Today newspaper.

The mine last month was the…

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

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.