Telford Cut

Telford Cut
Telford Cut
Telford Cut
Location
LocationLeigh Creek
StateSouth Australia
CountryAustralia
Coordinates30°29′00″S 138°25′00″E / 30.48333°S 138.41667°E / -30.48333; 138.41667
Production
Productssub-bituminous coal
History
Opened1943 (1943)
Closed2015 (2015)
Owner
Company

Telford Cut was an open-cut coal mine, now closed, in the Leigh Creek Coalfield in South Australia. For the 72 years between its opening in 1943 and its closure, the mine supplied sub-bituminous coal to fire power stations first in Adelaide then, from 1954, Port Augusta.  Production ceased in November 2015 but stockpiled product was transported to Port Augusta until the last power station closed down in May 2016.