Colowyo Mine
Owner
TriState/Western Fuels-Colorado LLC
Rail Loading Point
Axial, Colorado (Moffat County)
Mine Type
Surface--dragline and truck/shovel operation
Recoverable Reserves
22 million tons
Annual Production
2007--5.6 million tons
2008--4.9 million tons
Current Annual Production Capacity
Permitted for 9.0 million tons/year
Rail Loading Point Storage Capacity
300,000 tons. Preload 60,000 tons in overtrack storage pile.
Loadout Description and/or Configuration
Locomotive pulls train under loading chutes. Train loads in tension.
Weighing System
One tare weight and one gross weight coupled weigh-in-motion track scales.
Loading Rate per Hour
7,000 tons
Load Track Configuration and Capacity
Single track loop profiled for pull through loading mode. Can handle 115 cars each side of loadout.
Coal Specifications
10,250 Btu/lb., 0.37% Sulphur
| Proximate analysis (%) | |
| Typical as received: | |
| Moisture | 17.4 |
| Ash | 6.8 |
| Volatile Matter | 32.3 |
| Fixed Carbon | 43.45 |
| fusion temperature of ash (°F) | |
| Reducing: | |
| Initial Deformation | 2,263 |
| Fluid | 2,466 |
| other characteristics | |
| Sodium as % of Ash | 0.8% |
| Size | 2" x 0" |