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Canyon
Fuel Company - Skyline Mine
The Skyline mine, located in Eccles Canyon south of Scofield, began production
in the early 1980s when Coastal Corp. bought the leases from Energy Fuels
Co. and developed three sets of mine entries, the #1 mine, #2 mine and
#3 mine. The #2 mine closed in the mid to late 1980s, the #1 in the 1990s
and the #3 mine has been operating almost the entire time.
Due to water infiltration problems, the entire facility became idle
in early 2004 and is expected to remain this way indefinitely. The Skyline
mine produced coal from the Upper and Lower O'Connor seams.
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| Skyline mine operations |
Skyline mine portals |
Skyline mine operations |
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| Skyline mine operations |
Skyline mine operations |
Conveyor leading to Skyline loadout |
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| Conveyor leading to storage silos and loadout |
Conveyor leading from silos to loadout |
Skyline loadout |
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