Telford Cut

Telford Cut
Location
Telford Cut
Telford Cut
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.:18  Production ceased in November 2015 but stockpiled product was transported to Port Augusta until the last power station closed down in May 2016.