Telford Cut
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Leigh Creek |
| State | South Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 30°29′00″S 138°25′00″E / 30.48333°S 138.41667°E |
| Production | |
| Products | sub-bituminous coal |
| History | |
| Opened | 1943 |
| Closed | 2015 |
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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.