The Greenhill Mine was a

coal mine Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from ...

north of Blairmore, Alberta, Canada.

History

Started by the

West Canadian Collieries West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some R ...

in 1913, the mining site became the mainstay of Blairmore. The tipple of the mine, located on the side of Bluff Mountain, is now considered a historic site. The Greenhill hit its peak of production in 1946 when 759,000 tons (3,000 tons per day) was processed through the tipple. With the end of the

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and the substitution of oil for coal, Blairmore's mining industry slipped into retirement. The Greenhill mine closed April 30, 1957 and West Canadian Collieries closed its offices about a year later.

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