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{{Infobox/Location
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|image = [[File:RegionAtlas-resources.assets-562 (4).png]]
|map = Cinder Hills Coal Mine map.png
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|region = Coastal Highway
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|description = explorable mine and transition connected to [[Pleasant Valley]]
|type = cave
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|firebox =
|forge =
|workbench = yes
|shelter = yes
|missions = [[Aftermath]]
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}}'''Cinder Hills Coal Mine, '''also known as "Abandoned Mine", is a series of mine tunnels located in [[Coastal Highway]], with one section that acts as a connection to [[Pleasant Valley]].
== Overview ==
This mine has three levels: in [[Survival Mode]] these levels are separate areas, and in [[Wintermute]] all three mine sections are interconnected.
*The Upper Level of the mine connects northern [[Coastal Highway]] (near [[Abandoned Lookout]]) to southern [[Pleasant Valley]] (near [[Thomson's Crossing]]).
*The Lower Level of the mine is in [[Coastal Highway]] near the [[Log Sort]] and is relatively small. An electric-powered elevator in its depths leads up to the Middle Level of the mine, which becomes useable only when powered at night during an active [[Aurora]].
*The Middle Level offers a series of interconnected tunnels with rich loot, but also [[Burns|electrified hazards]]. It can only be accessed via entering the Lower Level and using the elevator during an active [[Aurora]].

The Feels Like temperature inside of mines is very warm on all Game Modes, and since no animals spawn inside they can serve as dark but safe shelter.

Cinder Hills Coal Mine is similar to [[Abandoned Mine No. 3]]. They both have long, dark tunnels that connect the two regions together.

Caution should be taken when exploring the Middle Level of the mine: electrified wires and electrified water can kill the reckless, and those who take too long will become trapped when the [[Aurora]] ends and the elevator becomes unpowered.

=== Supplies ===
The Cinder Hills Coal Mine is an abundant and renewable source of [[Coal]] fuel. Coal is highly valuable to heat a [[Furnace]] hot enough to forge [[Arrowhead]]s, [[Improvised Hatchet|Improvised Hatchets]], and [[Improvised Knife|Improvised Knives]]. Coal is also useful on Stalker and Interloper in extremely cold survival situations, to increase Ambient Temperature hotter than wood fires. Coal respawns inside mines after several days.

[[Tools]], First Aid supplies, and [[Clothing]] can be found on Corpses, in [[Prybar|Lockers]], or scattered about. A [[Work Bench]] can also be found in a room in the center of the mine, though it requires a light source to use.

[[Revolver|Firearms]] and other high-quality loot can spawn in the Middle Level.

=== Navigating ===
Mines are not large but are pitch black beyond their entrances at all hours of day, and feature numerous dead ends or circuits. They can make navigation extremely difficult without a light source. It is advised to bring a [[Storm Lantern]], [[Torch]], or [[Flare]] while exploring them.

Caution should be taken when exploring the Middle Level of the mine during an [[Aurora]]. Live wires and electrified water will kill in seconds, and if the Aurora ends, the elevator will become unpowered, trapping the player inside until the next Aurora. This hazard can be partially offset by leaving a stockpile of food, water, and a [[Bedroll]] inside the middle level beyond the elevator.

If you get trapped within the mine, there will always be another aurora scripted to start at 8:30pm the following night, allowing the player to escape.

=== Trivia ===

* If you plan to explore the level accessible only during an Aurora (middle level) and want to create emergency stockpile of supplies in case you do not manage to leave before the Aurora ends, do not put the supplies on the elevator floor at the lower level where you start. The game mechanics make it so you get "teleported" to another location when you press the elevator button, but the elevator itself does not move. That means all supplies you put on the elevator floor prior to pressing the button will remain at their location at lower level, and will not appear near you on the elevator floor at the middle level. The supplies will still be there when (if) you return. Similarly, any supplies or items you drop on the elevator ground on the middle level will remain on that level and will not travel with you to the lower level when you press the elevator button to leave. You need to have the items in your inventory.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
SS-PV-CHCM (1).jpg|Road sign to the entrance 1 (Pleasant Valley)
SS-PV-CHCM (3).jpg|Road sign to the entrance 2 (Pleasant Valley)
SS-PV-CHCM (2).jpg|The entrance (Pleasant Valley)
Costal highway Abandoned mine leads to Pleasant valley map zpslvkwlyyp.jpg|A map of the mines (outdate with Episode 3)
Map-CinderHillsCoalMine-SV.png|Abandoned mine Map (Top layer) v.1.62
Map-AuroraMine-SV.png|Abandoned mine (Middle layer and Bottom layer) v.1.62
SS-AM-Aurora-1F.jpg|Elevator (bottom layer)
SS-AM-Aurora-2F.jpg|Elevator (middle layer)
SS-AM-Aurora-01.jpg|Middle layer (During Aurora)
</gallery>

[[ru:Угольная шахта "Пыльные холмы"]]
[[es:Mina de carbón del incendio]]

{{Coastal Highway}} {{Pleasant Valley}}
[[Category:Locations in Coastal Highway]]
[[Category:Locations in Pleasant Valley]]
[[Category:Transition zones]]

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