Industrial Tours

The Four Corners Power Plant is operated by Arizona Public Service at the turn-off just over 11 miles west on Hwy. 64 to County Road 6675. Visitors can view major operating components of a 2-million kilowatt coal-fired power plant providing energy for the Southwest and state-of-the-art environmental control equipment. Please call to arrange a tour. Contact Four Corners Power Plant, P.O. Box 355, Fruitland, NM, 87416, (505) 598-8201. www.aps.com

The San Juan Generating Station, operated by Public Service Company of New Mexico, offers group presentations and tours of the coal-fired power plant that supplies electricity to the Southwest and California. The station is 15 miles west on Hwy. 64. To arrange a tour, please contact San Juan Generating Station, PO Box 227, Waterflow, NM 87421, (505) 598-7200.

Two coal mines in the area, the Navajo and San Juan Mines, operated by BHP Billiton, deliver coal to the two large power plants generating electricity for New Mexico, the Southwest and California. The La Plata Mine is now a reclamation operation. Tours are offered by appointment only by calling Navajo Mine, (505) 598-3396; San Juan Mine, (505) 598-2000; and La Plata Mine, (505) 598-2800. Picnic facilities are adjacent to La Plata Mine at Tally Park with fees charged by calling Upper La Plata Water Users Association (505) 326-1751.