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GCC Superintendent Wade Wymore pauses to watch a truck get filled with coal at the King Coal Mine recently. Photo by Shaun Stanley/ Durango Herald

Wade Wymore explains the operations of a conveyor system that carries coal from the King Coal mine to a sorting facility. Photo by Shaun Stanley/ Durango Herald

GCC Underground Mine Superintendent Chris Dorenkamp walks up past a coal conveyor system at King Coal Mine. Photo by Shaun Stanley/ Durango Herald

A GCC worker walks up a coal conveyor system at the King Coal Mine recently.Photo by Shaun Stanley/ Durango Herald

GCC Superintendent Wade Wymore walks down stairs of a coal sorting complex at King Coal Mine. Photo by Shaun Stanley/ Durango Herald

Coal from the GCC King Coal Mine is carried by conveyor systems to piles after being sorted for size. Photo by Shaun Stanley/ Durango Herald

GCC Superintendent Wade Wymore observes coal sorting systems at King Coal Mine. Photo by Shaun Stanley/ Durango Herald

A truck filled with coal from The GCC King Coal Mine heads down La Plata County Road 120, also known as Hay Gulch Road. Photo by Shaun Stanley/ Durango Herald

As a truck is filled with coal, GCC Superintendent Wade Wymore walks towards a conveyor system at the Mine. Photo by Shaun Stanley/ Durango Herald

GCC Superintendent Wade Wymore pauses to watch a truck get filled with coal at the King Coal Mine. Photo by Shaun Stanley/ Durango Herald