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Cloud Peak

American  

noun

  1. a mountain in N central Wyoming: highest peak in the Bighorn Mountains. 13,175 feet (4,018 meters).


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The mine is owned by a Navajo corporation that became the third largest U.S. coal producer when it took over bankrupt Cloud Peak Energy three years ago.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2022

At least four mining firms, including Cloud Peak Energy and Blackjewel, have gone bankrupt this year, laying bare the decline of a fuel that once accounted for more than half of all U.S. power generation.

From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2019

Cloud Peak Energy Corp.’s recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing has local and state officials worried about the future of the company’s three basin mines and the 1,200-some-odd people who work at them.

From Washington Times • Jun. 9, 2019

Westmoreland Coal Co. filed for bankruptcy in October, and Cloud Peak Energy Inc. could soon follow.

From Scientific American • Jan. 2, 2019

Mary Isabel, who was eleven, accompanied me on a ride to Cloud Peak Lake, a matter of twenty miles over a rough trail, and came into camp almost unwearied.

From A Daughter of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin