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 Special
Award
The U.S. Department of the Interior presented special
awards in 2002 for the three most outstanding examples of
coal mine reclamation since the Surface Mining Law was
enacted in 1977. The Indian Head Mine in Beulah, North
Dakota, was honored with the Special 25th Anniversary
Silver Award for Excellence in Surface Coal Mine Reclamation
for complete reclamation of the mine site into cropland and
native grassland for cattle grazing.
At the Awards Ceremony, Donn Steffen, senior mining
engineer, remarked , “Our activities at the Indian Head
Mine have been at the forefront of mine reclamation in the
western United States since the enactment of the reclamation
act.” He added, “Accordingly, the Indian Head Mine has
probably received more reclamation awards than any other
single coal mine in the nation in the past 25 years.”
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