Knife River Coal Mine & Bucket Site

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Location:	Beulah. Scenic overlook located 5km south of Beulah.
Open:	All year Mon-Fri after appointment, 24-hour notice required. [2005]
Fee:
Classification:	Coal Mine (underground lignite mine)
Light:	n/a.
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Address:	Knife River, Beulah, Tel: +1-701-873-4333.
Last update:	$Date: 2008/10/09 18:39:14 $


1917		first ton of coal produced by Beulah Coal Company in underground mining.
1945		MDU Resources Group, Inc. acquired Knife River.
1950		underground mining discontinued, lignite production increased dramatically by larger surface mining equipment.
1950s		mine at Gascoyne, North Dakota, puchsed and a third operation near Sidney, Montana, opened.
1970s		Beulah and Gascoyne mines expanded.
2001		Knife River sold its coal mining operations.

Knife River Coal Mine was one of the largest underground mines in North Dakota. Between 1917 and 1950 over 10 million tons of coal were mined.