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| Description | To facilitated mining of a coal seam in Gillette, Wyoming, blasting was used to loosen the coal after the overburden was removed. Approximately half a million tons of coal in a seam 80 feet thick was loosened by this single blast. |
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| current | 14:49, 10 May 2006 | | 252 × 260 (26 KB) | Zimbres | {{Information| |Description=To facilitated mining of a coal seam in Gillette, Wyoming, blasting was used to loosen the coal after the overburden was removed. Approximately half a million tons of coal in a seam 80 feet thick was loosened by this single bla |
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