The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety has released the numbers relevant to mining in western Colorado for 2018. According to the summary provided on
mining.state.co.us
, approximately 1.4 million tons of coal was produced at the Colowyo Coal Mine in 2018. In 2017, production was almost a million tons more at approximately 2.3 million tons. Even with the drop, Colowyo continued to employ around 190 miners. In 2018, Trapper mine produced approximately 2.1 million tons, which is up from 2017 when Trapper produced approximately 1.5 million tons. Trapper employed an average of 170 miners since 2017. You can link to the full report through
BasinNow.com
.
https://mining.state.co.us/SiteCollectionDocuments/Detail18.pdf
