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Colorado
- Colorado has 17 billion tons of coal reserves, or 3.6% of the country's reserves.
- Colorado ranks fourth in mining wages. Miners here earn about $64,800 per year.
- The combined direct and indirect contributions of the coal industry to Colorado's economy are more than $2 billion.
- Using more than 17 million tons, Colorado ranks 22nd in coal use.
- Federally owned lands in Colorado produced more than 22 million tons of coal in 1997.
- The Colorado Plateau Region (Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico) has about 40 active coal mines.
- Colorado employs more than 1,800 miners.
- Colorado distributes more than 30 million tons of coal each year.
- Colorado has eight underground mines and four surface mines.
- About 83% of the electricity used in Colorado is produced by coal.
- Colorado produces about 3% of the country's coal supply.
- Colorado has 13 coal-fired power plants.
Sources:
- Coal: Ancient Gift Serving Modern Man, page 6
- Facts about Coal and Minerals, page 29
- Coal Today, page 21
- Coal Today, page 29
- http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/energy/coal/
FS145-99/index.html
- http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/energy/coal/
FS145-99/index.html
- http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/coal/statepro/
imagemap/co1p1.html
- http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/coal/statepro/
imagemap/co1p1.html
- http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/coal/cia/
html/tbl03p01p1.html
- http://www.epa.gov/air/clearskies/state/co.html
- http://www.epa.gov/air/clearskies/state/co.html
- http://www.catf.us/publications/fact_sheets/
children_at_risk/Colorado_Kids_Facts.pdf
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