List of coal mines in the United States
The following table lists the coal mines in the United States that produced at least 4,000,000 short tons of coal.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), there were 853 coal mines in the U.S. in 2015, producing a total of 896,941,000 short tons of coal.[1]
Name | Owner | Type | State | Short Tons (2017) [2] | Image |
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North Antelope Rochelle Mine | Peabody Energy Corporation[3] | Surface | Wyoming | 101,595,323 | ![]() |
Black Thunder Mine | Arch Coal[4] | Surface | Wyoming | 99,450,689 | |
Cloud Peak Energy[5] | Surface | Wyoming | 28,503,504 | ||
Eagle Butte Mine | Foundation Coal[6] | Surface | Wyoming | 17,264,483 | ![]() |
Cordero Rojo Mine | Cloud Peak Energy [5] | Surface | Wyoming | 16,393,569 | |
Belle Ayr Mine | Foundation Coal[6] | Surface | Wyoming | 15,826,344 | |
North American Coal Corporation[7] | Surface | North Dakota | 14,716,777 | ||
Kiewit Corporation[8] | Surface | Wyoming | 14,517,853 | ||
Underground | Illinois | 12,812,197 | |||
Cloud Peak Energy [5] | Surface | Montana | 12,725,656 | ||
CONSOL Energy[9] | Underground | Pennsylvania | 12,123,618 | ||
Marshall County Coal Company | Underground | West Virginia | 11,653,535 | ||
Peabody Energy Corporation[3] | Surface | Wyoming | 11,125,949 | ||
Luminant Mining | Surface | Texas | 10,997,088 | ||
Rawhide Mine | Peabody Energy Corporation[3] | Surface | Wyoming | 10,346,144 | |
CONSOL Energy[9] | Underground | Pennsylvania | 9,180,468 | ||
Arch Coal[4] | Surface | Wyoming | 8,963,048 | ||
River View Coal | Underground | Kentucky | 8,961,616 | ||
[10] | Surface | Montana | 8,630,002 | ||
Peabody Bear Run Mining | Surface | Indiana | 7,271,178 | ||
North American Coal Corporation[7] | Surface | North Dakota | 7,219,086 | ||
Luminant Mining | Surface | Texas | 7,186,478 | ||
Harrison County Mine | CONSOL Energy[9] | Underground[11] | West Virginia | 7,131,341 | |
Tunnel Ridge | Underground | West Virginia | 6,988,112 | ||
Foundation Coal[6] | Underground | Pennsylvania | 6,769,916 | ||
Mach Mining | Underground | Illinois | 6,335,835 | ||
CONSOL Energy[9] | Underground | West Virginia | 6,114,799 | ||
Ohio County Mine | Ohio County Coal | Underground | West Virginia | 6,046,582 | |
Dry Fork Mine | Western Fuels Association[12] | Surface | Wyoming | 6,045,618 | |
Gibson County Coal | Underground | Indiana | 5,955,676 | ||
Arch Coal[4] | Underground | Utah | 5,883,975 | ||
Signal Peak Energy | Underground | Montana | 5,883,820 | ||
Murray Energy Corporation[13] | Underground | Ohio | 5,676,639 | ||
Buchanan Minerals | Underground | Virginia | 5,352,731 | ||
San Juan Coal | Underground | New Mexico | 5,327,442 | ||
Warrior Met Coal Mining | Underground | Alabama | 4,864,828 | ||
El Segundo | El Segundo Coal | Surface | New Mexico | 4,855,010 | |
Arch Coal[4] | Underground | Colorado | 4,821,281 | ||
Consol Pennsylvania Coal | Underground | Pennsylvania | 4,805,028 | ||
Canyon Fuel Company | Underground | Pennsylvania | 4,374,500 | ||
Bni Coal | Surface | North Dakota | 4,288,404 | ||
Chevron Corporation[14] | Surface | Wyoming | 4,224,426 | ||
Wyodak Mine | Black Hills Corporation[15] | Surface | Wyoming | 4,182,800 | ![]() |
Decker Coal Company | Surface | Montana | 4,158,338 |
See also[]
- Coal mining in the United States
- List of coal mines in Australia
- List of coal mines in Canada
References[]
- ^ ""Coal Production and Number of Mines by State and Mine Type, 2014-2015"]" (PDF). EIA Report. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- ^ United States Department of Energy (November 2018). Annual Coal Report 2017 (PDF). p. 15.
- ^ a b c "Peabody Coal Operations". Peabody Energy website. Peabody Energy Corporation. Archived from the original on 2009-02-16. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
- ^ a b c d "Arch Coal: Our Mines". Arch Coal website. Arch Coal. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
- ^ a b c "Cloud Peak Energy website". Cloud Peak Energy. 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ a b c "Foundation Coal Operations Overview". Foundation Coal website. Foundation Coal. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
- ^ a b "North American Coal Operations". North American Coal website. North American Coal Corporation. Archived from the original on 2007-04-27. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
- ^ "Kiewit Projects - Mining". Kiewit website. Kiewit Corporation. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
- ^ a b c d "CONSOL Energy: Map of Mines". CONSOL Energy website. CONSOL Energy. Archived from the original on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
- ^ "Westmoreland Coal Company: Coal". Westmoreland Coal website. Westmoreland Coal Company. Archived from the original on 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
- ^ National Geographic. 221 (5): 37. May 2012. Missing or empty
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(help)[dead link] - ^ "Western Fuels Association: Our Mine Operations". Western Fuels website. Western Fuels Association. Archived from the original on 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
- ^ "Murray Energy Corporation: Coal Operations". Murray Energy website. Murray Energy Corporation. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
- ^ "Chevron: Our Businesses - Mining". Chevron website. Chevron Corporation. Archived from the original on 2009-04-17. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
- ^ "Wyodak Resources Development Home Page". Wyodak website. Black Hills Corporation. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
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