1936 - 1958: The Nugget Coal Company at Elmo, Wyoming

Notes from Bob Leathers with contributions from Gary Milliken

Nugget Coal Company
1936 – 1958 Coal Production Years

The Nugget Coal Company's Nugget No. 1 open pit mine near Elmo opened in 1936 and closed in 1958 after 23 years of coal production. The mine produced a total of 2,845,603 tons of coal with a peak work force of 41 workers in 1951. The mine produced only 5,621 tons of coal with a work force of 4 workers in 1940.  The mine’s highest year of coal production was 1952 when it produced 378,103 tons of coal with 41 workers. One miner, Edward Tynsky, was killed in 1952 at the Nugget mine.

View the name: 1 man killed in the Nugget mine

Nugget Coal Company's Nugget Mine at Elmo

Nugget Mine at Elmo (Gert Milliken Collection from Gary Milliken)

Nugget Coal Company's Mine Map

Nugget Coal Company (Map Collection from the Hanna Basin Museum)

Hanna and Elmo. Nugget Mine. Sampo Mine. UP No. 3 and 3.5 (Map Collection from the Hanna Basin Museum Website)

The Union Pacific Coal Company Proposed Strip Mining Development. Location of 4A Tipple. Nugget Mine. Monolith Mine (Map Collection from the Hanna Basin Museum)

2018: Nugget Coal Company's Mine Today

​Long time resident of Elmo, Gary Milliken and long time resident of Hanna, Bob Leathers, explored the Nugget Coal Company's Nugget surface mine at Elmo. The following pictures by Bob Leathers were taken on that visit.

Nugget Coal Company Tipple Site with Elmo in the background (While Family Collection by Bob Leathers)

Nugget Coal Company Tipple Site at Elmo (While Family Collection by Bob Leathers)

Tipple Foundation Cement Blocks at the Nugget Coal Company Mine Tipple Site South of Elmo (While Family Collection from Bob Leathers)

Nugget Coal Company Tipple Site (While Family Collection by Bob Leathers)

Nugget Coal Company Tipple Site (While Family Collection by Bob Leathers)

Nugget Coal Company Tipple near Elmo (While Family Collection by Bob Leathers)