Jacobs Ranch

Jacobs Ranch

Location
Jacobs Ranch Location in Wyoming
State	Wyoming
Country	United States
Coordinates	43°44′52″N 105°16′49″W / 43.74778°N 105.28028°W / 43.74778; -105.28028Coordinates: 43°44′52″N 105°16′49″W / 43.74778°N 105.28028°W / 43.74778; -105.28028
Production
Products	Coal (38,100,000 tons per annum)
Owner
Company	Rio Tinto Energy America (Rio Tinto Group)

Jacobs Ranch is a large open-pit coal mine located 15 miles southwest of Wright, Wyoming in the coal-rich Powder River Basin. In 2007, the mine produced 38.1 million short tons of coal, making it the fourth-largest coal mine by production in the United States.

Until 2009 the Jacobs Ranch mine was owned by Rio Tinto Energy America, an American-based subsidiary of the international mining giant Rio Tinto Group. In early 2009, Rio Tinto reached an agreement to sell the Jacobs Ranch mine to Arch Coal for $761 million.