Coal Basin Mine

• Locations: News By Olivia Emmer Published Apr. 6, 2022

  CORE seeks to measure escaping methane from Coal Basin

  Scientist Chris Caskey points out thermal oxidizers near the methane power plant in Somerset. These oxidizers, sometimes called flares, are similar to what he is proposing to destroy methane from the abandoned mines in Coal Basin near Redstone. Photo by James Steindler

  On Thursday, March 31, approximately 70 people gathered at the Third Street Center for a presentation about a potential methane capture project in Coal Basin, near Redstone. Coal Basin was once the site of a large coal mining operation that removed an estimated 22 million tons of coal… read more →