1929 - 1936: Colorado Coal Corporation's Red Mountain Underground Coal Mine
at Kent, Wyoming - Also Known as the Kent Mine.
Corporation and Mine Address Listed in State Mine Inspector Report as Hanna, Wyoming.

Page by  Bob Leathers with contributions from Daryl Billings

Colorado Coal Corporation's Red Mountain Underground Mine at Kent, Wyoming
​ also know as the Kent Mine
1929 – 1936 Coal Production Years

The Colorado Coal Corporation's Red Mountain underground mine - located south of Hanna in the Elk Moutain area - started coal production in 1929. The company abandoned the mine in 1936. The mine produced 16,942 tons of coal over a 7 year period with a peak of 12 workers in 1932. No deaths were reported in the Red Mountain mine at Kent, Wyoming.

Colorado Coal Corporation’s Red Mountain Underground Mine at Kent , Wyoming. 2025. (Image from Dary Billings)

The Valley, Coal Bank and Elk Mountain Viewed from the Dump at Kent, Wyoming. (Not Dated) (Image from Daryl Billings)

Colorado-Wyoming Coal Company's Red Mountain Unerground Mine.. Not Dated (Image from Daryl Billings. Not Dated)

Developing the 18-foot vein. Mine No. 1 of the Colorado-Wyoming Coal Company.Not Dated (Image from Daryl Billings. Not Dated)

Tunneling in Solid Coal - Mine No. 1. Kent, Wyoming.(Not Dated) (Image from Daryl Billings)

Colorado Coal Corporation's Red Mountain Mine Map

Map of The Colorado Coal Corporation's Red Mountain underground mine (Map Collection at the Hanna Basin Museum Website)