. Bull Mountains coal field study : final report. Coal mines and mining; Animal ecology; Wildlife management. INTRODUCTION The history of coal development in the Bull Mountains dates back to 1908. Until the early 1970's all coal production from this area came from underground mines. The last of the large commercial mines closed in 1962 due to a decreased demand for coal. During the early 1970's coal in the Bull Mountains again received widespread attention, as did strippable deposits throughout the Fort Union region. The scope of potential development was perhaps not fully realized by resident
. Bull Mountains coal field study : final report. Coal mines and mining; Animal ecology; Wildlife management. INTRODUCTION The history of coal development in the Bull Mountains dates back to 1908. Until the early 1970's all coal production from this area came from underground mines. The last of the large commercial mines closed in 1962 due to a decreased demand for coal. During the early 1970's coal in the Bull Mountains again received widespread attention, as did strippable deposits throughout the Fort Union region. The scope of potential development was perhaps not fully realized by residents of the region until publication of The Northcentral Power Study in 1971, which proposed stripping of coal reserves in the northern great plains in addition to construction of many massive coal- fired electric generating plants (Toole 1976). It became readily apparent that wildlife habitat in that portion of Montana that occurs in the Fort Union region could be seriously reduced, much of it permanently destroyed, if all or even part of the awesome proposals emanating from that document were to actually â ::A^:~w>M>>y Early in 1971 Consolidation Coal Company (Consol), a subsidiary of Continental Oil Company, expressed an interest in developing strippable reserves from the Mammoth-Rehder seams in the Bull Mountains. They received a permit under the Montana Open Cut or Strip Mine Reclamation Act, enacted by the 1971 legislature, that same year, and extracted 39,000 tons of coal to be tested near Chicago, Illinois for burning qualities. Consol has not been engaged in actual mining in the area Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dusek, Gary L; Montana. Department of Fish and Game; Consolidation Coal Company. [s. l. : s. n. ]
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