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Westland Mine


Here are the maps for Westland Mine. Note that Westland was on the south side of the Cross Creek Syncline and the coal seam is back up to almost 1100 MSL. That's why Westland had horizontal entries instead of a shaft. I'm pretty sure the two surface entries were only for mantrips and supplies. It looks like the car dump was underground and the coal was lifted to the surface on conveyor belts.


The Westland Mine in 1956

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