Beulah Coal Mine
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Beulah Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Beulah, Mercer County, North Dakota, United States.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Beulah Coal Mine | Beulah, Mercer County, North Dakota, United States[1] | 47.193353, -101.815601 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating[1] | – | 1950[1] | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 0[1] | 2025[1] | Surface[1] | Open Pit | 36.42[2] | 75* | 35[3] |
Table 4: Coal resources and destination
| Total Reserves (Mt) | Year of Total Reserves Recorded | Total Resources (Mt) | Coalfield | Coal Type | Coal Grade | Primary Consumer/ Destination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | Other Western | Lignite | Thermal | Coal Plant[2] |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Westmoreland Mining LLC [100.0%][2] | Westmoreland | USA |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0[1] |
Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker August 2026 release.
Ownership Tree
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Background
Beulah Mine is a surface lignite coal mine complex located 75 miles northwest of Bismarck, North Dakota, owned by Westmoreland Coal Company.
The mine supplies the Heskett Station, a power plant expected to close in 2021. The Beulah Mine produced approximately 3.0 million tons of lignite annually from three active pits around 2009.[4]
According to the EIA 2019 the Beulah Mine only supplied 414,006 tons of lignite in 2019.
Coal Deliveries
Lignite from this operation supplied the adjacent 427 MW Coyote Station, a base-load generation facility that purchased 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 MW Heskett Station, located 74 miles away.[4]
According to the EIA 2019 fuel receipt database the Beulah mine does not longer supply lignite to the Coyote Station but only to the Heskett Station. [5] The loss of Coyote Station as a customer and the scheduled closure of Heskett Station in 2021 could leave the mine without any customers forcing the mine to close. Coyote Station is now beëing supplied by the nearby Coyote Creek Mine instead.
- MSHA ID: 3200043
- Owner: Westmoreland Beulah Mining LLC
- Parent company: Westmoreland Coal Company
- Location: Beulah, North Dakota
- GPS coordinates: 47.193353, -101.815601
- Production: 414,006 tons (2019)
- Type of coal: Lignite
- Mine type: Surface
- Equipment: Draglines
- Number of employees: 157
- Coal Reserves: 47,000,000 tons
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Mine Data Retrieval System". Mine Health and Safety Administration. Archived from the original on 2024-07-17. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://westmoreland.com/westmoreland-beulah-mining-llc/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20260701051244/https://www.msha.gov/data-and-reports/statistics/mine-employment-and-coal-production. Archived from the original on 01 July 2026.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Mining: Beulah Mine", Westmoreland Coal Company website, November 2009.
- ↑ "EIA 923 april 2019" EIA 923 2019.
