While there are still five active coal mines in Alberta, only one sells coal to the general public — Dodds Coal Mine, located near the village of Ryley, about 100 kilometres southeast of Edmonton.
While there are still five active coal mines in Alberta , only one sells coal to the general public — Dodds Coal Mine , located near the village of Ryley, about 100 kilometres southeast of Edmonton. Barry Wilchiw has hauled coal for decades — coal to heat greenhouses, barns and industrial shops. In winter, it can be mixed with straw and burned to melt frozen ground to build pipelines or dig graves. "It basically ends my era of coal. It's a dying thing," Wilchiw said.
"I cannot afford to run my truck with the plates and the insurance and the safety. I don't have enough customers to keep it going." While Wilchiw no longer uses coal to heat his home near Redwater, Alta., he still uses it to heat the remaining buildings at Thorhild Mine — where he is the caretaker — to stop water pipes from freezing. Dodds Coal Mine resembles a large gravel pit as the coal is near the ground surface
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