An Award for Sabine Mining Company
Posted/updated on: February 27, 2019 at 2:03 pm
AUSTIN – The Texas Railroad Commissioners has awarded the Sabine Mining Company the commission’s 2019 Reclamation Award. The company was recognized for restoring more than 3,400 contiguous acres in Harrison County. The operator replanted native grasses. The mined land has become a native grass habitat for quail, grassland songbirds, Monarch butterflies, pollinating insects and grazing livestock. The restored acreage south of Hallsville is part of the South Hallsville No. 1 Mine. It is a lignite surface mine which has been in continuous operation since 1984. The mine and the adjacent Rusk Mine produce around 4 million tons of lignite annually.
