North Dakota Mining
North Dakota mine
Discovered
1873
Address
Coyote Creek Mining Company, LLC. 6502 17th Street SW Zap, ND 58580
Contact Number
(701) 873-7800
The North American Coal Corporation is engaged in the surface mining of lignite as fuel for power generation by electric utilities, with current operations in North Dakota, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. The company also provides dragline mining services for independently owned limerock quarries in Florida through its North American Mining division.Coal from this operation supplies the fuel requirements for the adjacent 427 megawatt Coyote Generating Station. Coyote is a low-cost, base-load generation facility that utilizes emission control technologies and purchases all of its lignite from the Beulah Mine. Dakota Westmoreland also owns and controls a four-mile rail spur that connects the mine and plant to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad’s Stanton line, which it uses to supply the two-unit 75 megawatt Heskett Station, located 74 miles away.
