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Texas Chapter Meeting
Saturday, May 06, 2023, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
Category: Chapters

North American Coal Corporation's Sabine Mine

Hallsville, TX - May 6th, 2023, 8 am - 5 pm

Brush up on your coal geology during a tour of the Sabine Mine in Hallsville, TX with Clint Roberts, Engineering Manager. Significant changes have occurred at the mine site within the past several years. The Pirkey Power Plant is slated to close this year and this may be the last chance to visit before operations shift to reclamation processes.

The meeting will include presentations on Geology, Operations and Permitting of the mine and a bus tour of the Sabine Mine. We will be able to exit the bus and look around, and we will visit one of the active pits (depending on access/weather conditions). The presentations will include a history of the Sabine Mine, including areas mined, a discussion of mine closure activities, a general description of local geology, including the age of the strata being recovered and a diagram of the splitting seams within the mine, the exploration program used to determine where the mineable lignite is located, and the techniques used to develop a computer model of the drilling results. The presentations will also describe the operation of the mine from employee numbers and their Safety Record through each phase of the mining process.

Space is limited by bus occupancy (~35 people). Payment can be made on Saturday morning during check in. Earn 6 PDHs by attending.

Members: $50, Non-members: $70, Students: $20

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