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Atlas Coal Mine

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Hike up the underground, climb the tipple, ride the train, explore amazing machines, and uncover Drumheller’s salacious past at the Atlas Coal Mine National Historic Site.

The Atlas preserves the last of the 139 mines which operated in the Drumheller Valley from 1911-1979 when “Coal was King” in the Drumheller Valley.

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