Life beneath the earth in Wyo''s only underground coal mine ...
Sep 03, 2019· In 2003, the miners began highwall mining. Highwall mining utilizes an automated miner to drive into the earth along the coal seam at the bottom of a surface mining pit. The miner brings out coal but is limited in how far it can dig. By 2004, the company had opened the underground mine to follow the seam under the earth.