The mine started in 1984. [gem]
"Local Sabine Mine Annual Production: Approximately 4 million tons. Sabine's lignite is sold to SWEPCO's H.W. Pirkey Power Plant, a 675 megawatt generating plant." [MarshallTexas]
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| Bill Drotar Jr. posted Sabine Mine Marion 8200 heading to her most recent mining area. November 15, 2019 Harrison County, Texas. Mark Masters: Is that machine parked now? Bill Drotar Jr.: Mark Masters yes sir. Bruce Pennington: What were the names of all 4 drags at Sabine Mine? |
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| Bill Drotar Jr. posted October 1st [2024] was shutdown day for the draglines at NaCCo Sabine Mine near Tatum, TX. Not sure which of the two B/E 1570s was the last to work, but it was the end of an era. A decade ago would have found a dozen machines in operation within a 25 mile radius. Today there are none operating, with 1 machine relocated and three that have vanished completely. Here's B/E 1570 "Texas Star" in March of this year. Randy Hollingsworth: I believe 101 “Iron Eagle” was the last to finish her portion of the reclamation. |
Bill Drotar Jr. posted two photos with the comment: "3 blown out discs notwithstanding, I spent an hour or so up on the roof of my Exploder watching some Sabine Mine reclamation work, with the decommissioned H.W. Pirkey power plant in the background. Rusk County, Texas."
Kent Zinger: Looks like a BE1570W. First Dragline I worked on was a machine identical to this machine.
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I'm saving images of the land tattoos because the mine stopped production in Mar 2023, and the land is supposed to be reclaimed by 2037. "Oxidized material" is pre-stripped using an 19-yd excavator and 105-ton haul trucks before the draglines can strip the overburden. [MiningDataOnline]
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Southern pit, east
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Southern pit, west It looks like they barely got started on this one before the mine shutdown.
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