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Near Route 24 near Owl Creek Road, on the left when traveling east.
The adit, a horizontal entrance (located north of you), was extended into the sandstone cliff face with cut native sandstone blocks. The blocks were capped with large log beams spanned with small diameter ponderosa pine decking and then cover with . . . — — Map (db m98066) HM
Near State Highway 24, 1 mile west of Oak Creek Road, on the right when traveling west.
The Aladdin Tipple in Crook County, Wyoming, was constructed as part of the Aladdin coal mining operations. In 1898, an 18-mile-long short line known as the Wyoming and Missouri River Railroad was built to connect coal mines near Aladdin with the . . . — — Map (db m34833) HM
Near State Highway 24 near Owl Creek Road, on the left when traveling east.
The gray substance that you see surrounding the tipple, and upon which this sign is located, is coal waste known as "coal slack". Coal slack provides a unique site for land surface healing by natural life processes (bioremediation). Interaction of . . . — — Map (db m98092) HM
Near State Highway 24 near Owl Creek Road, on the left when traveling east.
Coal Production
The Aladdin Coal Mine began operation in 1898. One of the earliest descriptions of the coal operations at Aladdin is provided by this 1899 Wyoming Coal Mine Inspector report:
Aladdin No. 1 - This mine is situated at . . . — — Map (db m98065) HM
On State Highway 24, 0.2 miles west of Oak Creek Road, on the left when traveling west.
During the summer of 1874, General George Armstrong Custer led the first official government expedition to the Black Hills, which the Sioux Indians claimed as their territory. Although the United States Government officially sent this expedition of . . . — — Map (db m34586) HM
Near State Highway 24 near Owl Creek Road, on the left when traveling east.
By 1911 the industrial production of coal at the Aladdin Mine was dwindling. Later coal mining at the site was for domestic coal for heating and cooking. The coal was reportedly "a good coal which burned so hot it made the stove top rattle." The . . . — — Map (db m98061) HM
Near State Highway 24 near Owl Creek Road, on the left when traveling east.
The hoist house (directly west) is a later addition to the coal mine. An internal combustion engine replaced the beasts of burden who originally hauled the coal from within the depths of the hillside. The hoist house is a simple 2 x 4 framed shed . . . — — Map (db m98091) HM
Near Wyoming Route 24 near Owl Creek Road, on the left when traveling east.
The structure before you is one of the last historic wooden coal tipples left in the west. The wooden tipple structure is an example of mine engineering technology used in the late 1800's and early 1900's. This type of structure is no longer used in . . . — — Map (db m98064) HM
Near State Highway 24 near Owl Creek Road, on the left when traveling east.
The tilt of the tipple shown in the photos was the result of time and the elements. The degree of tilt and the fact that this structure did not completely collapse is remarkable. The corrosive nature of the coal slack waste piles caused the buried . . . — — Map (db m98063) HM
On Old U.S. 14, 2.8 miles east of Wyoming Highway 111.
Plains Indians depended upon buffalo for many of their material needs - food, shelter, clothing, tools, fuel, ceremonial objects, even toys. Prior to acquiring horses in the 18th century, hunting individual animals on foot with bows and arrows was . . . — — Map (db m45545) HM
