Coal Facts 2006

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The Friends of Coal
It’s frequently noted that “every coal mining job cre- nation’s second largest coal producer. There is no danger
ates another five to eight jobs somewhere in the economy.” that the demand for energy will cease.
Anyone who has ever visited a coal oriented commu- But, in a shrinking world community, competi-
nity in West Virginia would have no hesita- tion for West Virginia’s traditional coal markets
tion in believing that statistic. It is likely is increasing every year. States with less
that no state and industry are as closely sensitive environmental concerns, and na-
identified with one another as West tions with low safety and environmental
Virginia and coal. standards, low pay and government
Friends of Coal is based on the subsidies, are threats to the Appalachian
simple premise that West Virginia coal market.
is full of people who understand and West Virginia’s biggest edge has
appreciate the value and the importance always been the quality of its coal, along
of the coal industry to the Mountain State with its relative proximity to the markets. But,
and its people. It is a grass roots movement involving as transportation systems have gotten more sophisti-
thousands of West Virginians who consider coal to be the cated, and the production cost differential has grown, these
lifeblood of the state’s economy. mitigating factors have been diminished.
These people have always been around. But they have In other words, with the best coal miners in the world,
never before been organized into a cohesive force capable with the best coal in the world and with a growing demand
of demonstrating just how many West Virginians are di- for energy, West Virginia’s coal industry is still plagued by
rectly and indirectly involved with the coal industry. the uncertainties of the shifting marketplace.
Friends was also born out of a desire to correct the mis- As the industry streamlines and adapts to meet these
impression that coal’s time has passed in West Virginia. challenges, it is increasingly important that the Friends of
In the 140 year history of the state’s coal industry, some- Coal in West Virginia unite to speak with one voice. It up
thing like 13 billion tons of coal have been extracted. The to Friends to clearly demonstrate that coal must be a major
state’s remaining mineable reserves amount to about 52 billion consideration in the establishment of public policy in the
tons. West Virginia is in no danger of running out of coal. state and in the nation.
Coal still supplies more than 50% of this country’s For more information, visit the Friends of Coal website
growing electrical power demand, and West Virginia is the at www.friendsofcoal.org
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U.S. Coal Production by State
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2005 Rank
Alabama 19.4 18.9 20.1 22.3 21.3 15
Alaska 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.5 23
Arizona 13.4 12.8 12.1 12.7 12.1 16
Colorado 33.4 35.1 35.8 39.9 38.5 7
Illinois 33.8 33.3 31.6 31.9 32.1 9
Indiana 36.7 35.3 35.4 35.1 34.4 8
Kansas 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 25
Kentucky 133.8 124.1 112.8 114.3 119.8 3
Louisiana 3.7 3.8 4.0 3.8 4.2 19
Maryland 4.6 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.2 18
Mississippi 0.6 2.3 3.7 3.6 3.6 20
Missouri 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.6 24
Montana 39.1 37.4 37.0 40.0 40.4 6
New Mexico 29.6 28.9 26.4 27.2 28.5 12
North Dakota 30.5 30.8 30.8 29.9 30.0 10
Ohio 25.4 21.2 22.0 23.2 24.7 13
Oklahoma 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.8 22
Pennsylvania 74.1 68.4 63.7 66.0 67.3 4
Tennessee 3.3 3.2 2.6 2.9 3.2 21
Texas 45.0 45.2 47.5 45.9 45.9 5
Utah 27.0 25.3 23.1 21.7 24.5 14
Virginia 32.8 30.0 31.6 31.4 27.7 11
Washington 4.6 5.8 6.2 5.7 5.3 17
West Virginia 175.0 163.3 145.9 153.6 159.5 2
Wyoming 368.7 373.2 376.3 396.50 406.4 1
U.S. TOTAL 1,127.7 1,094.3 1,071.8 1,112.1 1,133.3
source: Energy Information Agency, expressed by million tons
U.S. Coal Facts At A Glance

*Total Production 1,133,000,000
Useful Contacts
Underground 375,000,000
Surface 758,000,000
Phone (304) 342-4153
East 522,000,000 FAX 342-7651
West 611,000,000 Web Site wvcoal.com
Number of mines 1,357 National Mining Association
Underground 630 Phone (202) 463-2600
Surface 727 FAX (202) 463-2666
Web Site nma.org
Employment 73,801
Underground 42,016 WV Department of Environmental Protection
Surface 31,785 Phone (304) 926-0440
FAX (304) 926-0446
Recoverable Reserves 507,739,700,000 Web Site dep.state.wv.us
Leading Coal Producers - 2004 WV Office of Miners’ Health, Safety & Training
Peabody Energy Corp. 192,484,000 Phone (304) 558-1425
Kennecott Energy Co. 124,479,000 FAX (304) 558-1282
Arch Coal, Inc. 115,244,000 Web Site state.wv.us/mhst
CONSOL Energy, Inc. 65,222,000
Foundation Coal Group 60,428,000 Office of Surface Mining - Charleston
Massey Energy Company 40,373,000 Phone (304) 347-7162
FAX (304) 347-7170
Vulcan Partners, L.P. 35,502,000
Web Site osmre.gov
North American Coal Group 30,648,000
source: Energy Information Agency
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Coal Facts 2006
The Friends of Coal 2 WV Coal Production By Seam 12
WV Coal Producing Regions 4 WV Coal Reserves 13

WV Coal Facts at a Glance 4
WV Coal Production
U.S. Coal Production by State 5 and Employment 1900 - 2005 14
U.S. Coal Facts At A Glance 5
Useful Contacts 5 The Severance Tax 15
Severance Tax Receipts 15
WV Coal Producing Counties 6
WV Coal Production By County 6 WV Mining Permits Issued - 2005 20
County Ranking - Total Production 7 Surface Permit Acreage 21

County Ranking - Direct Employment 7
County Ranking - Underground Production 7 You Need To Know 22
County Ranking - Surface Production 7
County Profiles of
Largest WV Coal Companies 8 West Virginia’s Coal Country 23
Million Ton Mines - Underground 8
The Origin of Coal 38
Largest WV Coal Producers 9 Fast Facts 38
Million Ton Mines - Surface 9 Average BTU Values for Major Fuels 38
WV Coal Production by Month 10 Coal In West Virginia 39

WV Coal Production By Method 10
Glossary of Coal Industry Terms 40
Transportation of WV Coal 11
Coal Use at WV Power Plants 11 The West Virginia Coal Association 44
Coal Facts 2006 is published by Chairman Andrew Jordon

the West Virginia Coal Association President Bill Raney
P.O. Box 3923, Charleston, WV 25339 Senior Vice President Chris Hamilton
Telephone (304) 342-4153 Vice President Dan Miller
Fax (304) 342-7651 Vice President Jason Bostic
www.wvcoal.com Assistant to the President Sandi Davison
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West Virginia Coal Facts At A Glance

Total Production 159,498,069 Leading Coal Producing County
Underground 98,606,407 Total Tonnage - Boone 30,648,389
Surface 60,891,662 Underground - Boone 15,058,730
Surface - Boone 15,589,659
Coal Companies Operating in WV 270
Highest Employment by County - Boone 3,614
Number of Mines 574
Underground 329 County With Most
Surface 245
Coal Reserves - Boone 3,704,444,703
Record Production Year - 1997 181,914,000
Leading Coal Producing Corporate Group
Recoverable Coal Reserves 52,466,3990,580 CONSOL Energy, Inc. 31,748,814
West Virginia Coal Employment 42,744 Leading Coal Producing Company

Underground 12,365 Consolidation Coal Co. 21,329,688
Surface 5,627
Contractors 24,752 Largest Underground Mine
McElroy Mine, McElroy Coal Co. 10,419,126
Transportation
Rail 89,379,561 Largest Surface Mine
River 18,192,222 Samples Mine, Catenary Coal Co. 4,156,379
Truck 29,831,771
Largest Mine Employment
Estimated Average Annual Coal Wage $62,700 McElroy Mine, McElroy Coal Co. 731
Estimated Production Value 2005 $6,500,000,000
Estimated Coal Severance Tax $280,000,000 Largest Producing Mining Method
Continuous Miner 55,361,829
Largest Producing Coal Seam

all values expressed in tons except
for dollar figures & employment Pittsburgh 36,788,801
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West Virginia Coal Production by County - 2005

Mines Employees Underground Surface Total
Barbour 15 176 752,190 146,579 898,769
Boone 103 3,614 15,058,730 15,589,659 30,648,389
Braxton 5 118 1,153,785 0 1,153,785
Brooke 4 34 0 220,638 220,638
Clay 2 146 0 3,942,353 3,942,353
Fayette 21 507 1,432,766 2,240,474 3,673,240
Grant 10 127 269,207 0 269,207
Greenbrier 1 77 401,573 0 401,573
Harrison 14 650 6,716,569 109,852 6,826,421
Kanawha 42 1,512 8,692,381 5,632,859 14,325,240
Lincoln 3 88 839,743 22,174 861,917
Logan 49 1,347 3,431,698 9,508,489 12,940,187
Marion 16 568 6,359,281 94,369 6,453,648
Marshall 2 1,189 13,924,916 0 13,924,916
McDowell 63 947 2,636,742 2,240,730 4,877,472
Mercer 2 7 48,534 17,738 66,272
Mineral 4 12 0 93,316 93,316
Mingo 66 1,551 6,165,813 7,276,897 13,442,710
Monongalia 17 1,064 10,229,601 432,756 10,662,357
Nicholas 16 459 641,339 3,420,643 4,061,982
Preston 4 236 1,509,216 20,144 1,529,360
Raleigh 44 1,136 6,507,617 3,374,763 9,882,380
Randolph 2 61 473,571 0 473,571
Tucker 6 30 114,582 0 114,582
Upshur 13 327 1,191,323 7,101 1,198,424
Wayne 6 422 4,191,105 813,279 5,004,384
Webster 11 347 1,462,088 3,403,298 4,865,386
Wyoming 31 1,240 4,402,037 2,283,553 6,685,590
Total 574 17,992 98,606,407 60,891,662 159,498,069
source: WV Office of Miners’ Health Safety & Training
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County By County Rankings - 2005
Total Production Direct Employment
County Production County Employees
01 Boone 30,648,389 01 Boone 3,614
02 Kanawha 14,325,240 02 Mingo 1,551
03 Marshall 13,924,916 03 Kanawha 1,512
04 Mingo 13,442,710 04 Logan 1,347
05 Logan 12,940,187 05 Wyoming 1,240
06 Monongalia 10,662,357 06 Marshall 1,189
07 Raleigh 9,882,380 07 Raleigh 1,136
08 Harrison 6,826,421 08 Monongalia 1,064
09 Wyoming 6,685,590 09 McDowell 947
10 Marion 6,453,648 10 Harrison 650
11 Wayne 5,004,384 11 Marion 568
12 McDowell 4,877,472 12 Fayette 507
13 Webster 4,865,386 13 Nicholas 459
14 Nicholas 4,061,982 14 Wayne 422
15 Clay 3,942,353 15 Webster 347
16 Fayette 3,673,240 16 Upshur 327
17 Preston 1,529,360 17 Preston 236
18 Upshur 1,198,424 18 Barbour 176
19 Braxton 1,153,785 19 Clay 146
20 Barbour 898,769 20 Grant 127
21 Lincoln 861,917 21 Braxton 118
22 Randolph 473,571 22 Lincoln 88
23 Greenbrier 401,573 23 Greenbrier 77
24 Grant 269,207 24 Randolph 61
25 Brooke 220,638 25 Brooke 34
26 Tucker 114,582 26 Tucker 30
27 Mineral 93,316 27 Mineral 12
28 Mercer 66,272 28 Mercer 7
Total 159,498,069 Total 17,992
Underground Production Surface Production

County Production County Production
01 Boone 15,058,730 01 Boone 15,589,659
02 Marshall 13,924,916 02 Logan 9,508,489
03 Monongalia 10,229,601 03 Mingo 7,276,897
04 Kanawha 8,692,381 04 Kanawha 5,632,859
05 Harrison 6,716,569 05 Clay 3,942,353
06 Raleigh 6,507,617 06 Nicholas 3,420,643
07 Marion 6,359,281 07 Webster 3,403,298
08 Mingo 6,165,813 08 Raleigh 3,374,763
09 Wyoming 4,402,037 09 Wyoming 2,283,553
10 Wayne 4,191,105 10 McDowell 2,240,730
11 Logan 3,431,698 11 Fayette 2,240,474
12 McDowell 2,636,742 12 Wayne 813,279
13 Preston 1,509,216 13 Monongalia 432,756
14 Webster 1,462,088 14 Brooke 220,638
15 Fayette 1,432,766 15 Barbour 146,579
16 Upshur 1,191,323 16 Harrison 109,852
17 Braxton 1,153,785 17 Marion 94,369
18 Lincoln 839,743 18 Mineral 93,316
19 Barbour 752,190 19 Lincoln 22,174
20 Nicholas 641,339 20 Preston 20,144
21 Randolph 473,571 21 Mercer 17,738
22 Greenbrier 401,573 22 Upshur 7,101
23 Grant 269,207 Total 60,891,662
24 Tucker 114,582
25 Mercer 48,534
Total 98,606,407
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Largest West Virginia Coal Companies - 2005
Company Production Corporate Affiliation
1 Consolidation Coal Co. 21,329,688 CONSOL Energy, Inc.
2 McElroy Coal Co. 10,419,126 CONSOL Energy, Inc.
3 Independence Coal Co., Inc. 8,543,590 Massey Energy Co.
4 Eastern Associated Coal Corp. 6,001,981 Peabody Energy Corp.
5 Alex Energy, Inc. 4,930,130 Massey Energy Co.
6 Elk Run Coal Co., Inc. 4,829,383 Massey Energy Co.
7 Brooks Run Mining Co., LLC 4,459,824 Alpha Natural Resources, Inc
8 Catenary Coal Co. 4,322,393 Magnum Coal Co.
9 Fola Coal Co., Inc. 3,942,353 AMVEST Mineral Co., LLC
10 Hobet Mining, Inc. 3,904,836 Magnum Coal Co.
11 Speed Mining, Inc. 3,399,986 Magnum Coal Co.
12 Rockspring Development, Inc. 3,018,448 Riverton Coal Production, Inc.
13 Mingo Logan Coal Co. 2,784,939 Arch Coal, Inc.
14 Arch of West Virginia 2,758,922 Magnum Coal Co.
15 Pinnacle Mining Co., LLC 2,688,662 PinOak Resources
16 Marfork Coal Co., Inc. 2,628,200 Massey Energy Co.
17 Appalachian Fuels, LLC 2,447,617
18 Newtown Energy, Inc. 2,434,427
19 Performance Coal Co. 2,240,612 Massey Energy Co.
20 Argus Energy WV LLC 1,985,936
21 Aracoma Coal Co., Inc. 1,832,040 Massey Energy Co.
22 Evergreen Mining Co. 1,753,655 International Coal Group, Inc.
23 Legacy Resources, LLC 1,728,006
24 Spartan Mining Co. 1,720,899 Massey Energy Co.
25 Long Branch Energy 1,712,496
West Virginia Million Ton Mines - Underground 2005

Mine Company County Production Employees
1 McElroy McElroy Coal Co. Marshall 10,419,126 731
2 Loveridge Consolidation Coal Co. Marion 6,359,281 508
3 Robinson Run No. 95 Consolidation Coal Co. Harrison 6,188,130 512
4 Blacksville No. 2 Consolidation Coal Co. Monongalia 5,276,487 479
5 Federal No. 2 Eastern Associated Coal Corp. Monongalia 4,100,022 468
6 Shoemaker Consolidation Coal Co. Marshall 3,505,790 458
7 American Eagle Speed Mining, Inc. Kanawha 3,346,454 123
8 Camp Creek No. 1 Rockspring Development, Inc. Wayne 3,018,448 271
9 Mountaineer Alma A Mingo Logan Coal Co. Mingo 2,716,257 352
10 Pinnacle Pinnacle Mining Co., LLC Wyoming 2,688,662 349
11 UBBMC Montcoal Eagle Performance Coal Co. Raleigh 2,240,612 207
12 Harris No. 1 Eastern Associated Coal Corp. Boone 1,897,591 330
13 Aracoma Alma No. 1 Aracoma Coal Co. Logan 1,671,486 185
14 Rivers Edge Rivers Edge Mining, Inc. Boone 1,629,398 205
15 Whitetail Kittanning Kingwood Mining Co., LLC Preston 1,509,216 227
16 Upper Mercer Brooks Run Mining Co., LLC Webster 1,462,088 67
17 Eagle Newtown Energy, Inc. Kanawha 1,446,515 174
18 Big Mountain No. 16 Pine Ridge Coal Co. Boone 1,082,250 132
19 No. 2 Dakota Mining, Inc. Boone 1,053,830 145
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Largest West Virginia Coal Producers- 2005
CONSOL Energy, Inc. 31,748,814 Peabody Energy Corp. 8,713,629
Consolidation Coal Co. 21,329,688 Eastern Associated Coal Corp. 6,001,981
McElroy Coal Co. 10,419,126 Rivers Edge Mining, Inc. 1,629,398
Pine Ridge Coal Co. 1,082,250
Massey Coal Co., Inc. 31,615,996
Independence Coal Co. 8,543,590 Riverton Coal Production, Inc. 7,007,134
Alex Energy, Inc. 4,930,130 Rockspring Development, Inc. 3,018,448
Elk Run Coal Co., Inc. 4,829,383 Laurel Creek Co., Inc. 1,443,474
Marfork Coal Co. 2,628,200 Simmons Fork 1,394,501
Performance Coal Co. 2,240,612 Kingston Mining, Inc. 1,150,711
Aracoma Coal Co., LLC 1,832,040
Spartan Mining Co. 1,720,899 Arch Coal, Inc. 5,787,758
Road Fork Development Co., Inc. 1,384,417 Mingo Logan Coal Co. 2,784,939
Highland Mining Co. 1,008,090 Coal-Mac, Inc. 1,544,910
Mammoth Coal Co. 908,043 Phoenix Coal-Mac Mining, Inc. 963,579
White Buck Coal Co. 812,642 Point Mining, Inc. 494,330
Bandmill Coal Corp. 707,588
Rum Creek Coal Sales, Inc. 70,362 AMVEST Mineral Co., LLC 4,833,915
Fola Coal Co., Inc. 3,942,353
Magnum 16,971,663 Powellton Coal Co., LLC 736,941
Catenary, LLC 4,322,393 Little Eagle Coal Co. 154,621
Hobet , LLC 3,904,836
Speed Mining, Inc. 3,399,986 International Coal Group, Inc. 4,562,306
Apogee, LLC 2,758,922 ICG Eastern 2,662,242
Dakota Mining, Inc. 1,053,830 Anker WV Mining Co., Inc. 1,157,419
Mystic , LLC 960,042 Baylor Mining 544,351
Remington Coal Co., Inc. 571,654 Patriot Mining Co., Inc. 198,294
Alpha Natural Resources Services, LLC 9,091,236

Brooks Run Mining Co., LLC 4,459,824
Calloway Natural Resources 3,122,196
Kingwood Mining Co., LLC 1,509,216 source: WV Office of Miners’ Health Safety & Training
West Virginia Million Ton Mines - Surface 2005

Mine Company County Production Employees
1 Samples Magnum Coal Co. Kanawha 4,156,379 352
2 No. 1 Fola Coal Co., Inc. Clay 3,942,353 146
3 No. 1 Alex Energy, Inc. Nicholas 3,393,672 236
4 Twilight Independence Coal Co. Boone 3,358,228 194
5 Westridge Surface Magnum Coal Co. Boone 3,092,177 250
6 Guyan Magnum Coal Co. Logan 2,758,922 211
7 Edwight Surface Independence Coal Co. Raleigh 1,984,711 132
8 Valley Fill 2&3 ICG Eastern Webster 1,753,655 228
9 Synergy No. 1 Legacy Resources, LLC Boone 1,728,006 76
10 No. 5 Coal-Mac, Inc. Mingo 1,544,910 105
11 Rockhouse Branch Surface Roadfork Development Co., Inc. Logan 1,384,417 74
12 Twilight II Independence Coal Co. Boone 1,129,152 70
13 Big Creek No. 2 Appalachian Fuels, LLC Fayette 1,085,548 123
14 Freeze Fork Surface Highland Mining Co. Logan 1,008,090 66
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West Virginia Coal Production by Month - 2005
Underground Surface Total
January 7,480,334 4,460,804 11,941,138
February 8,275,181 4,452,934 12,728,115
Marsh 9,570,470 4,822,533 14,393,023
April 8,193,499 4,883,842 13,077,341
May 8,492,557 5,396,387 13,888,944
June 8,440,573 5,394,847 13,835,420
July 6,731,041 4,820,582 11,551,623
August 9,041,894 6,072,732 15,114,626
September 7,883,472 5,478,833 13,362,305
October 8,367,110 5,359,326 13,726,436
November 7,866,405 4,824,698 12,691,103
December 8,263,871 4,943,243 13,207,114
Totals 98,606,407 60,891,662 159,498,069
West Virginia Coal Production by Method - 2005

County Continuous Longwall Auger Mountaintop Other Surface Total
Barbour 752,190 0 0 0 146,579 1,108,384
Boone 13,148,161 1,906,201 4,368 11,110,094 4,479,565 30,648,389
Braxton 1,153,785 0 0 0 0 1,153,785
Brooke 0 0 0 0 220,638 220,638
Clay 0 0 0 3,942,353 0 3,942,353
Fayette 1,432,766 0 0 1,357,055 883,419 3,673,240
Grant 269,207 0 0 0 0 269,207
Greenbrier 401,573 0 0 0 0 401,573
Harrison 1,225,265 5,488,235 3,069 0 109,852 6,826,421
Kanawha 5,715,432 2,976,949 0 4,744,013 888,846 14,325,240
Lincoln 839,743 0 0 0 22,174 861,917
Logan 2,342,684 1,089,014 0 6,302,549 3,205,940 12,940,187
Marion 644,522 5,714,759 0 0 94,367 6,453,648
Marshall 1,521,318 12,403,598 0 0 0 13,924,916
McDowell 2,615,931 20,811 0 252,133 1,988,597 4,877,472
Mercer 0 0 48,534 0 17,738 66,272
Mineral 0 0 0 0 93,316 93,316
Mingo 4,849,296 1,316,517 0 4,968,823 2,308,074 13,442,710
Monongalia 2,078,784 8,150,817 0 0 432,756 10,662,357
Nicholas 641,339 0 0 3,409,297 11,346 4,061,982
Preston 1,509,216 0 0 0 20,144 1,529,360
Raleigh 4,705,315 8,150,817 0 2,748,604 626,159 9,882,380
Randolph 473,571 0 0 0 0 473,571
Tucker 114,582 0 0 0 0 114,582
Upshur 1,191,323 0 0 0 7,101 1,198,424
Wayne 4,191,105 0 0 0 813,279 5,004,384
Webster 1,462,088 0 0 3,403,298 0 4,865,386
Wyoming 2,082633 2,319,404 0 495,045 2,283,553 6,685,590
TOTAL 55,361,829 43,188,607 55,971 42,733,264 18,158,398 159,498,069
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Transportation of West Virginia Coal - 2005
County Rail River Truck Belt Stock-Piled
Barbour 512,399
Boone 8,920,399 131,535 3,467,907 806,789
Braxton 701,443
Fayette 524,764
Grant 269,657
Greenbrier 272,648 71,981 11,166
Harrison 462,959 415,912 482,241
Kanawha 541,539 2,392,183 1,053,195 3,762
Logan 2,594,414 223,420 7,869
Marion 6,214,593
Marshall 308,031 13,616,885
McDowell 1,208289 6,981 1,053,195 3,762
Mercer 48,534
Mingo 3,197,015 2,075,702 52,332
Monongalia 9,431,516 853,685
Nicholas 440,763 74,435 2,841
Preston 88,673 60576
Raleigh 5,066,636 814,991 718,162
Randolph 449,248
Tucker 108,113
Upshur 757,630 320,450
Wayne 2,996,133 1,184,795
Webster 938,701
Wyoming 3,424,702 941,699 16,882
Total 89,379,561 18,192,222 29,831,771 1,343,502 4,448,708
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Coal Use at West Virginia Power Plants - 2005

Capacity in
Facility County Utility Megawatts 1999 2005
John Amos Putnam AEP 2,900 6,955,609 7,707,204
Harrison Harrison Allegheny 1,920 5,365,292 5,237,660
Mount Storm Grant Dominion 1,575 4,224,035 5,475,000
Mitchell Marshall AEP 1,460 3,602,513 4,201,055
Mountaineer Tyler AEP 1,300 3,296,708 3,212,393
Pleasants Mason Allegheny 1,223 3,283,885 3,517,896
Fort Martin Mason Allegheny 1,107 3,032,453 2,690,192
Philip Sporn Monongalia AEP 1,050 2,354,822 2,163,753
Kammer Wetzel AEP 630 1,654,614 1,462,488
Kanawha River Kanawha AEP 425 870,776 911,489
Albright Preston Allegheny 292 516,124 464,671
Willow Island Pleasants Allegheny 243 594,921 282,464
Rivesville Marion Allegheny 142 173,982 85,667
Total West Virginia 14,267 35,925,734 37,411,932
sources: AEP, Allegheny, Dominion
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West Virginia Coal Production by Seam - 2005
Underground Surface Total
Alma 1,661,427 492,763 2,174,190
Alma A 2,716,257 0 2,716,257
Bakerstown 269,207 20,144 289,351
Beckley 1,181,654 140,064 1,321,718
Buffalo Creek 240,714 0 240,714
Cedar Grove 1,785,958 717,759 2,503,717
Chilton 0 778,600 778,600
Chilton A 254 0 254
Chilton Rider 93,447 0 93,447
Clarion 0 5,542,734 5,542,734
Coalburg 6,919.739 17,888,687 24,808,426
Douglas 862,386 0 862,386
Eagle 6,535,039 0 6,535,039
Eagle A 0 346,468 346,468
Elk Lick 0 29,546 29,546
Fire Creek 1,219,288 372,005 1,591,293
Gilbert 120,046 0 120,046
Glenalum Tunnel 662,377 0 662,377
Hernshaw 224,632 0 224,632
Iaeger 276,688 0 276,688
Little Alma 191,355 0 191,355
Little Chilton 413,042 0 413,042
Little Coalburg 0 5,486 5,486
Little Eagle 154,621 0 154,621
Little Fire Creek 0 56,677 56,677
Lower Campbell Creek 680,658 0 680,658
Lower Cedar Grove 1,293,035 331,888 1,624,923
Lower Kittanning 3,582,886 11,470,110 15,052,996
Lower War Eagle 300 0 300
Lower Winifrede 881,560 0 881,560
Middle Kittanning 799,893 4,728,048 5,527,941
No. 2 Gas 1,971,158 1,287,543 3,258,701
Peerless 4,590,760 0 4,590,760
Pittsburgh 36,449,027 339,774 36,788,801
Pocahontas 2 111,997 0 111,997
Pocahontas 3 4,080,254 619,506, 4,699,760
Pocahontas 4 0 75,812 75,812
Pocahontas 5 0 75,557 75,557
Pocahontas 6 312,723 114,993 427,716
Pocahontas 8 0 835,860 835,860
Powellton 4,669,000 135,570 4,804,570
Redstone 815,341 160,492 975,833
Refuse Processing 48,534 89,381 137,915
Sewell 1,538,523 210,305 1,748,828
Sewickley 853,092 4,937 858,029
Stockton-Lewiston 2,890,063 7,105,085 9,995,148
Upper Freeport 364,437 87,138 451,575
Upper Kittanning 1,509,216 2,474,058 3,983,274
Upper Mercer 1,462,088 0 1,462,088
Washington 0 61,519 61,519
Waynesburg 0 378,782 378,782
Williamson 196,657 2,046,852 2,243,509
Williamson Rider 0 521,393 521,393
Winifrede 3,957,074 1,104,952 5,062,026
Total 98,606,407 60,891,662 159,498,069
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West Virginia Coal Reserves

Original Estimated Original Estimated
County Mineable Tons Recoverable Tons County Mineable Tons Recoverable Tons
Barbour 3,585,619,298 1,564,055,319 Mercer 506,829,312 99,766,723
Boone 8,142,970,465 3,704,444,703 Mineral 809,34,066 360,980,866
Braxton 2,323,332,633 1,112,185,157 Mingo 6,332,263,181 3,032,909,414
Brooke 360,000,000 55,838,108 Monongalia 3,748,630,971 988,419,278
Cabell 44,167,156 0 Nicholas 6,172,807,449 3,367,718,550
Calhoun 251,017,114 0 Ohio 910,000,000 336,292,256
Clay 3,237,869,854 1,833,623,052 Pocahontas 508,644,743 299,843,805
Doddridge 1,119,317,757 671,587,864 Preston 3,212,323,508 1,394,498,044
Fayette 4,420,505,039 1,854,024,987 Putnam 433,090,336 238,231,342
Gilmer 1,019,245,455 495,526,312 Raleigh 4,283,368,282 1,639,193,973
Grant 969,014,155 482,413,381 Randolph 4,183,643,819 2,415,847,817
Greenbrier 1,220,293,321 634,546,359 Roane 674,768,973 0
Hancock 500,000,000 246,659,014 Summers 18,678,528 10,676,345
Harrison 2,172,730,581 494,648,502 Taylor 1,327,673,239 613,961,430
Kanawha 5,901,324,612 2,673,562,642 Tucker 486,964,209 177,941,316
Lewis 2,776,037,160 1,364,763,631 Tyler 948,133,232 474,066,616
Lincoln 1,770,813,665 1,045,431,780 Upshur 3,554,551,754 1,673,838,377
Logan 8,149,879,105 3,508,733,672 Wayne 1,471,495,778 794,291,751
Marion 4,317,089,326 1,427,823,611 Webster 6,305,536,510 3,658,911,372
Marshall 4,448,857,374 1,879,579,377 Wetzel 3,321,923,236 1,660,868,193
Mason 339,976,480 150,789,532 Wirt 22,302,720 11,151,360
McDowell 5,340,598,171 1,650,126,076 Wyoming 5,061,292,844 2,416,618,675
TOTAL 116,705,415,411 52,466,3990,580
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West Virginia Coal Production and Employment 1900-2005
Production Employment Production Employment
1900 22,647,207 29,017 1953 131,872,563 84,093
1901 24,088,402 32,386 1954 113,039,046 64,849
1902 24,570,826 36,147 1955 137,073,372 54,321
1903 29,337,241 39,452 1956 150,401,233 68,318
1904 32,406,752 45,492 1957 150,220,548 66,792
1905 37,791,580 49,950 1958 115,245,791 55,065
1906 43,290,350 53,769 1959 117,770,002 52,352
1907 48,091,583 56,256 1960 120,107,994 48,696
1908 49,000,000 60,189 1961 111,370,863 42,557
1909 49,697,018 62,189 1962 117,018,419 43,456
1910 59,274,708 68,135 1963 128,924,165 44,854
1911 60,517,167 70,644 1964 139,361,204 44,205
1912 66,731,587 69,611 1965 149,236,013 44,885
1913 69,182,791 70,321 1966 148,826,592 43,344
1914 73,666,981 76,041 1967 152,461,567 42,742
1915 71,812,917 81,328 1968 145,113,560 41,573
1916 89,165,772 80,058 1969 139,315,720 41,941
1917 89,383,449 88,665 1970 143,132,284 45,261
1918 90,766,636 92,132 1971 118,317,785 48,858
1919 84,980,551 91,566 1972 122,856,378 48,190
1920 89,590,271 97,426 1973 115,239,146 45,041
1921 90,452,996 116,726 1974 101,713,580 46,026
1922 79,394,786 107,709 1975 109,048,898 55,256
1923 97,474,177 121,280 1976 108,793,594 59,802
1924 156,570,631 115,964 1977 95,405,977 61,815
1925 123,061,985 111,708 1978 84,697,048 62,982
1926 144,603,574 120,638 1979 112,380,883 58,565
1927 146,088,121 119,618 1980 121,583,762 55,502
1928 133,866,587 112,715 1981 112,813,972 55,411
1929 139,297,148 107,393 1982 128,778,076 53,941
1930 122,429,767 107,832 1983 115,135,454 35,831
1931 102,698,420 97,953 1984 131,040,566 39,950
1932 86,114,506 86,829 1985 127,867,375 35,913
1933 94,130,508 95,367 1986 130,787,233 32,329
1934 98,441,233 106,590 1987 137,672,276 28,885
1935 99,441,233 109,779 1988 144,917,788 28,100
1936 118,965,066 111,625 1989 151,834,721 28,323
1937 118,965,066 115,052 1990 171,155,053 28,876
1938 93,511,099 103,735 1991 166,715,271 27,479
1939 108,515,665 104,022 1992 163,797,710 27,065
1940 126,619,825 130,457 1993 133,700,856 22,386
1941 140,944,744 112,875 1994 164,200,572 21,414
1942 156,752,598 112,817 1995 167,096,211 21,602
1943 160,429,576 105,585 1996 174,008,217 18,939
1944 164,954,218 103,146 1997 181,914,000 18,165
1945 151,909,714 97,380 1998 180,794,012 17,382
1946 143,977,874 102,393 1999 169,206,834 14,845
1947 173,653,816 116,421 2000 169,370,602 14,281
1948 168,589,033 125,669 2001 175,052,857 15,729
1949 122,913,540 121,121 2002 163,896,890 15,377
1950 145,563,295 119,568 2003 144,899,599 14,871
1951 163,448,001 111,562 2004 153,631,633 16,037
1952 142,181,271 100,862 2005 159,498,069 17,992
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The Severance Tax
In 1987, West Virginia enacted a severance tax on All incorporated communities receive a share, based
coal. The tax amounts to 5% of the sale price of mined on population. All counties receive an additional share,
coal. based on the population of the unincorporated areas of
Of this amount, the State retains 93%. The remain- the county.
ing 7% is apportioned among the state’s 55 counties and The total severance tax collections for 2005 amount-
its 230 incorporated municipalities. ed to more than $280 million. A total of $16,692,890.15
Three fourths of the 7% share is divided among the was distributed to all counties and municipalities. Of this
coal producing counties. This money is apportioned amount, $11,242,408.70 represented coal production in
according to each county’s coal production. The remain- the 26 coal producing counties.
ing quarter of the 7% is divided among all counties and
municipalities, according to population.
2005 Severance Tax Receipts

County Unincorporated Production County Total Municipalities Grand Total
Barbour $33,583.71 $83,883.49 $117,467.20 $16,372.96 $133,840.16
Berkeley $194,542.50 $0.00 $194,542.50 $37,927.06 $232,469.56
Boone $69,213.20 $4,150,294.88 $4,219,508.08 $12,635.54 $4,232,143.62
Braxton $38,339.24 $44,834.56 $83,173.80 $8,785.92 $91,959.72
Brooke $45,365.38 $0.00 $45,365.38 $25,732.60 $71,097.98
Cabell $141,157.37 $0.00 $141,157.37 $182,269.18 $323,426.55

Calhoun $22,491.99 $0.00 $22,491.99 $1,811.03 $24,303.02
Clay $31,210.50 $298,165.18 $329,375.68 $1,900.74 $331,276.42
Doddridge $21,145.71 $0.00 $21,145.71 $2,583.51 $23,729.22
Fayette $98,244.09 $296,871.25 $395,115.34 $56,068.05 $451,183.39
Gilmer $17,437.14 $0.00 $17,437.14 $5,513.24 $22,950.38

Grant $29,292.29 $103,095.15 $132,387.44 $8,724.95 $141,112.39
Greenbrier $73,543.61 $158,681.42 $232,225.03 $37,553.94 $269,778.97
Hampshire $57,898.31 $0.00 $57,898.31 $6,859.44 $64,757.75
Hancock $37,922.54 $0.00 $37,922.54 $77,255.45 $115,177.99
Hardy $32,207.35 $0.00 $32,207.35 $8,401.28 $40,608.63

Harrison $109,177.52 $75,350.50 $184,528.02 $110,976.26 $295,504.28
Jackson $66,370.07 $0.00 $66,370.07 $23,379.82 $89,749.89
Jefferson $109,549.35 $0.00 $109,549.35 $25,684.54 $135,233.89
Kanawha $313,130.76 $880,388.34 $1,193,519.10 $330,087.20 $1,523,606.30
Lewis $39,092.47 $0.00 $39,092.47 $15,138.87 $54,231.34

Lincoln $65,046.25 $642,702.14 $707,748.39 $5,817.72 $713,566.11
Logan $106,994.71 $1,538,856.57 $1,645,851.28 $13,849.15 $1,659,700.43
Marion $86,124.66 $1,174,214.35 $1,260,339.01 $85,278.44 $1,345,617.45
Marshall $61,199.81 $1,564,683.92 $1,625,883.73 $61,909.55 $1,687,793.28
Mason $56,802.04 $0.00 $56,802.04 $26,399.19 $83,201.23

McDowell $64,959.70 $719,961.22 $784,920.92 $22,639.10 $807,560.02
Mercer $138,455.26 $0.00 $138,455.26 $63,417.88 $201,873.14
Mineral $60,350.41 $10,387.48 $70,737.89 $26,444.14 $97,182.03
Mingo $74,495.62 $1,360,171.74 $1,434,667.36 $16,065.32 $1,450,732.68
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2005 Severance Tax Receipts
County Unincorporated Production County Total Municipalities Grand Total
Monongalia $156,411.64 $651,774.76 $808,186.40 $106,436.94 $914,542.38
Monroe $42,474.14 $0.00 $42,474.14 $3,355.98 $45,830.12
Morgan $44,092.85 $0.00 $44,092.85 $3,804.76 $47,897.61
Nicholas $66,642.50 $542,701.10 $609,343.60 $18,498.13 $624,784.73
Ohio $33,550.43 $0.00 $33,550.43 $116,922.93 $150,473.36
Pendleton $23,716.42 $0.00 $23,716.42 $2,554.63 $26,271.05

Pleasants $14,299.09 $0.00 $14,299.09 $9,785.97 $24,085.06
Pocahontas $23,790.14 $0.00 $23,790.14 $5,477.92 $29,268.06
Preston $70,639.58 $171,091.33 $241,730.91 $23,386.33 $265,117.24
Putnam $126,460.82 $0.00 $126,460.82 $35,211.89 $161,672.71
Raleigh $218,173.49 $835,290.70 $1,053,464.19 $65,754.62 $1,119,218.81

Randolph $61,449.82 $0.00 $61,449.82 $29,139.93 $90,589.75
Ritchie $20,495.01 $0.00 $20,495.01 $12,658.01 $33,153.02
Roane $41,336.26 $0.00 $41,336.26 $8,173.66 $49,509.92
Summers $32,434.98 $0.00 $32,434.98 $9,231.43 $41,666.41
Taylor $33,056.82 $0.00 $33,056.82 $18,514.12 $51,570.94

Tucker $13,516.99 $3,830.70 $17,347.69 $9,949.43 $27,297.12
Tyler $19,517.41 $0.00 $19,517.41 $8,388.40 $27,905.81
Upshur $56,667.44 $192,763.35 $249,430.79 $18,350.65 $267,781.44
Wayne $101,612.88 $307,425.82 $409,038.70 $22,706.74 $431,745.44
Webster $26,415.32 $458,005.20 $484,420.52 $4,737.50 $489,158.02

Wetzel $27,209.96 $200,473.00 $227,682.96 $32,332.27 $260,015.23
Wirt $15,638.93 $0.00 $15,638.93 $3,186.10 $18,825.03
Wood $128,694.91 $0.00 $128,694.91 $153,331.28 $282,026.19
Wyoming $69,472.83 $898,260.14 $967,732.97 $12,930.41 $980,663.38
Total $3,731,473.22 $17,389,144.25 $21,120,617.47 $2,064,908.20 $23,185,525.67
2005 Severance Tax Receipts by Local Government

County/Municipality Revenue for 2005 County/Municipality Revenue for 2005
Barbour County $1117,467.20 Braxton County $83,173.80

Philippi $9,199.37 Sutton $3,240.64
Belington $5,731.16 Gassaway $2,888.04
Junior $1,442.43 Burnsville $1,541.78
Flat Woods $1,115.46
Berkeley County $194,542.50
Martinsburg $37,157.77 Brooke County $45,365.38
Hedgesville $769.29 Follansbee $9,984.68
Wellsburg $9,266.68
Boone County $4,219508.08 Bethany $3,157.30
Madison $8,580.74 Beech Bottom $1,942.43
Danville $1,762.96 Windsor Heights $1,381.51
Whitesville $1,666.80
Sylvester $625.04 Cabell County $141,157.37
Huntington $164,995.55
Barboursville $10,202.62
Milton $7,071.01
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Calhoun County $22,491.99 Harrison County $184,528.02

Grantsville $1,811.03 Clarksburg $53,667.13
Bridgeport $23,418.31
Clay County $329,375,38 Shinnston $7,456.30
Clay $1,900.7 Salem $6,429.92
Stonewood $5,817.71
Doddridge County $21,145.71 Nutter Fort $5,404.20
West Union $2,583.51 Lumberport $3,003.40
Anmore $2,195.67
Fayette County $395,115.34 West Milford $2,086.70
Oak Hill $24,325.45 Lost Creek $1,496.92
Fayetteville $8,827.54
Montgomery $6,224.80 Jackson County $66,370.07
Ansted $5,051.66 Ravenswood $12,920.77
Mount Hope $4,766.36 Ripley $10,459.05
Smithers $2,897.61
Gauley Bridge $2,365.57 Jefferson County $109,549.35
Meadow Bridge $1,028.91 Ranson $9,459.01
Pax $557.72 Charles Town $9,317.97
Thurmond $22.43 Bolivar $3,349.61
Gilmer County $17,437.14 Shepherdstown $2,573.89
Glenville $4,949.07 Harpers Ferry $984.06
Sand Fork $564.17
Kanawha County $1,193,519,10
Grant County $132,387.44 Charleston $171,233.16
Petersburg $7,766.57 South Charleston $42,919.65
Bayard $958.38 St. Albans $37,076.32
Dunbar $26,136.13
Greenbrier County $232,225.03 Nitro $21,873.34
Lewisburg $11,616.18 Marmet $5,426.68
White Sulphur Springs $7,420.41 Chesapeake $5,266.42
Ronceverte $4,990.75 Belle $4,035.55
Rainelle $4,952.25 Clendenin $3,577.19
Alderson $3,497.05 East Bank $2,990.58
Rupert $3,013.02 Cedar Grove $2,763.02
Quinwood $1,394.33 Glasgow $2,509.78
Falling Springs $669.95 Pratt $1,766.16
Jefferson $1,352.89
Hampshire County $57,898.31 Handley $1,160.33
Romney $6,218.36
Capon Bridge $641.08 Lewis $39,092.47
Weston $13,837.52
Hancock County $37,922.54 Jane Lew $1,301.35
Weirton $65,424.45
Chester $8,308.30 Lincoln County $707,748.39
New Cumberland $3,522.70 Hamlin $3,586.81
West Hamlin $2,230.91
Hardy County $32,207.35
Moorefield $7,612.74
Wardensville $788.54
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Logan County $1,645,851.28 Mercer County $138,455,26

Logan $5,224.74 Bluefield $36,704.49
Chapmanville $3,851.67 Princeton $20,344.38
Man $2,468.11 Athens $3,532.32
West Logan $1,339.83 Bramwell $1,365.45
Mitchell Heights $964.80 Matoaka $1,016.10
Oakvale $455.14
Marion County $1,260,339.01
Fairmont $61,212.64 Mineral County $70,737.89
Mannington $6,808.20 Keyser $16,998.01
Barracksville $4,128.47 Piedmont $3,250.20
Monongah $3,009.82 Carpendale $3,057.88
Rivesville $2,926.48 Ridgely $2,442.48
Grant Town $2,105.93 Elk Garden $695.57
White Hall $1,907.18
Fairview $1,394.33 Mingo County $1,434,667.36
Farmington $1,240.48 Williamson $10,943.10
Worthington $544.91 Matewan $1,596.27
Delbarton $1,519.35
Marshall County $1,625,883.73 Gilbert $1,336.65
Moundsville $32,047.15 Kermit $669.95
Pleasant Valley $9,713.54
McMechen $6,208.80 Monongalia County $808,186.40
Benwood $5,080.47 Morgantown $85,932.34
Glen Dale $4,974.68 Westover $12,632.29
Cameron $3,884.91 Star City $4,378.53
Granville $3,493.78
Mason County $56,802.04 Blacksville $560.92
Pt. Pleasant $14,863.21
New Haven $4,997.13 Monroe County $42,474.14
Mason $3,410.47 Union $1,756.53
Hartford $1,663.56 Peterstown $1,599.45
Henderson $1,041.73
Leon $423.09 Morgan County $44,092,85
Bath (Berkeley Springs) $2,125.13
McDowell County $784,920.92 Paw Paw $1,679.63
Welch $8,599.97
Gary $2,939.29 Nicholas County $609,343.60
War $2,525.82 Summersville $10,558.47
Northfork $1,663.56 Richwood $7,939.66
Keystone $1,452.05
Kimball $1,317.40 Ohio County $33,550.43
Davy $1,195.35 Wheeling $100,708.94
Bethlehem $6,497.38
Iaeger $1,147.50 West Liberty $3,910.53
Bradshaw $926.32 Triadelphia $2,618.73
Anawalt $871.84 Clearview $1,891.19
Valley Grove $1,298.16
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Pendleton County $23,716.42 Summers County $32,434.98

Franklin $2,554.63 Hinton $9,231.43
Pleasants County $14,299.09 Taylor County $33,056.82

St. Marys $6,465.23 Grafton $17,594.17
Belmont $3,320.74 Flemington $919.95
Pocahontas County $23,790.14 Tucker $17,347.69
Marlinton $3,859.23 Parsons $4,689.45
Durbin $839.78 Davis $2,000.15
Hillsboro $778.91
Thomas $1,448.81
Preston County $241,730.91 Hendricks $1,022.48
Kingwood $9,436.56 Hambleton $788.54
Terra Alta $4,667.01
Masontown $2,073.88 Tyler County $19,517.41
Rowelsburg $1,964.85 Sistersville $5,090.09
Reedsville $1,657.18 Middlebourne $2,788.63
Newburg $1,153.95 Friendly $509.68
Tunnelton $1,077.03
Albright $791.72 Upshur County $249,430.79
Brandonville $326.97 Buckhannon $18,350.65
Bruceton Mills $237.18
Wayne County $409,038.70
Putnam County $126,460.82 Kenova $11,170.67
Hurricane $16,768.32 Ceredo $5,368.95
Winfield $5,955.55 Wayne $3,541.93
Eleanor $4,311.18 Fort Gay $2,625.19
Buffalo $3,753.45
Poca $3,247.02 Webster County $484,420.52
Bancroft $1,176.37 Webster Springs $2,589.93
Cowen $1,644.32
Raleigh County $1,053,464.19
Camden-On-Gauley $503.25
Beckley $55,305.19
Mabscott $4,497.12
Sophia $4,170.15 Wetzel County $227,682.96
Lester $1,032.10 New Martinsville $19,180.80
Rhodell $750.06 Paden City $9,167.32
Pine Grove $1,820.26
Randolph County $61,449.82 Hundred $1,102.64
Elkins $22,540.05 Littleton $493.90
Mill Creek $2,121.94 Smithfield $567.35
Beverly $2,086.70
Coalton $791.72 Wirt County $15,638.93
Huttonsville $695.57 Elizabeth $3,186.10
Montrose $500.06
Harman $403.89 Wood County $128,694.91
Parkersburg $106,094.01
Ritchie County $20,495.01 Vienna $34,813.36
Harrisville $5,904.25 Williamstown $9,603.21
Pennsboro $3,843.23 North Hills $2,820.70
Ellenboro $1,195.62
Cairo $843.02 Wyoming County $967,732.97
Pullman $541.73 Mullens $5,670.25
Auburn $330.16
Oceana $4,968.32
Pineville $2,291.84
Roane County $41,336.26
Spencer $7,539.00
Reedy $634.66 Total $23,185,525.67
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West Virginia Mining Permits Issued 2005
Permit No. Company Acres County Nearest P.O.
UNDERGROUND
U500804 Hampden Coal, Inc. 17.00 Logan Lyburn
U200504 Marion Docks, Inc. 7.55 Harrison Shinnston
U501801 Delbarton Mining Co. 26.91 Mingo Delbarton
U400204 Riverside Energy Co., LLC 0.70 McDowell Iaeger
U501304 Black Stallion Coal Co., LLC 7.00 Boone Wharton
U300504 Appalachian Fuels, LLC 26.36 Fayette Cannelton
U401105 Road Fork Development Co., Inc. 16.87 Wyoming Pineville
U200403 Buffalo Coal Co., Inc. 30.00 Grant Mount Storm
U300604 Catenary Coal Co. 13.45 Kanawha Blount
U501204 Coal-Mac, Inc. 8.00 Logan Omar
U501004 Kanawha Eagle Coal LLC 0.52 Boone Comfort
U400304 Consolidation Coal Co. 7.31 McDowell Vallscreek
U400404 Consolidation Coal Co. 1.00 McDowell Vallscreek
U500505 Marion Docks, Inc. 19.53 Barbour Volga
U300904 Appalachian Fuels, LLC 11.00 Fayette Boomer
U400505 Vansant Coal Corp. 5.08 McDowell Jolo
U400704 Brooks Run Mining Co., LLC 6.69 Raleigh Basin
U500405 Eastern Associated Coal Co., LLC 9.00 Boone Wharton
U300804 Peachtree Ridge Mining Co., Inc. 14.70 Nicholas Swiss

SURFACE
S502701 Coal-Mac, Inc. 6.01 Logan Ragland
S500404 Hobet Mining, Inc. 345.70 Boone Turtle Creek
S500402 Consol of Kentucky, Inc. 797.59 Mingo Myrtle
S200604 NESCO, Inc. 161.00 Upshur Adrian
S200303 Buffalo Coal Co., Inc. 266.00 Grant Mount Storm
S200305 Coalex, Inc 63.65 Harrison Shinnston
S301003 Appalachian Fuels, LLC 322.00 Fayette Pax
S500904 Arch of West Virginia, Inc. 49.28 Logan Amherstdale
S201004 Patriot Mining Co., Inc. 72.00 Monongalia Cassville
S200904 American Bituminous Power Partners, L.P. 141.00 Marion Barrackville
S200804 Marion Docks, Inc. 17.49 Barbour Volga
S500802 Southern West Virginia Resources, LLC 354.54 Mingo Breeden
S500604 Snap Creek Mining, Inc. 227.70 Logan Man
S400305 Bluestone Coal Corp. 60.78 McDowell Welch
S301502 Catenary Coal Co. 334.00 Boone Eskdale
S400104 JMAC Leasing, Inc. 322.27 Wyoming Cyclone

OTHER
O501104 Alex Energy, Inc. 52.34 Mingo Holden
O500903 Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. 3.37 Boone Ashford
O300205 Catenary Coal Co. 109.60 Kanawha Dorothy
O501604 Mingo Logan Coal Co. 151.40 Logan Sharples
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Surface Permit Acreage
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Boone 0.00 2,758.95 1,330.89 6,314.24 2,049.88 679.70
Logan 504.54 898.00 235.00 3,346.60 1,168.90 282.99
Mingo 1,270.00 2,567.21 0.00 2,519.77 1,703.86 1,152.13
Kanawha 0.00 1,373.78 199.00 2,637.19 992.74 0.00
Nicholas 2,563.78 0.00 1,152.49 72.32 1,205.70 0.00
Clay 0.00 385.70 0.00 1,743.08 0.00 0.00
Webster 0.00 0.00 0.00 600.00 1,233.22 0.00
McDowell 680.67 214.16 0.00 889.15 248.69 60.78
Wyoming 611.59 2,150.22 0.00 0.00 512.76 322.27
Fayette 14.42 385.70 0.000 0.00 1,118.05 322.00
Raleigh 0.00 1,446.16 0.00 1,976.06 579.15 0.00
Wayne 113.94 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Lincoln 0.00 46.74 626.660 0.00 479.72 0.00
Mercer 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
South 5,758.94 12,226.62 2,917.38 20,098.41 11,292.67 2,819.87
Monongalia 100.25 67.20 125.85 90.50 66.00 72.00

Barbour 0.00 43.00 326.34 0.00 0.00 17.49
Marion 58.96 0.00 207.95 0.00 0.00 141.00
Harrison 37.56 30.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 63.65
Mineral 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Preston 137.00 0.00 40.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Upshur 849.28 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 161.00
Brooke 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 441.78 0.00
Grant 0.00 152.00 281.00 0.00 0.00 266.00
North 383.05 292.20 981.14 90.50 507.78 721.14
State Total 6,141.99 12,518.82 3,898.52 20,188.91 11,800.45 3,541.01
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Surface Permits 18 34 17 36 26 16
Underground Permits 34 20 33 22 21 21
source: WV Department of Environmental Protection
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You Need To Know
• West Virginia coal is shipped to 33 states and the District of Columbia.
• West Virginia coal is shipped to 25 countries.
• West Virginia provides 50% of all American coal exports.
• West Virginia is the national leader in underground mining production.
• West Virginia is second only to Wyoming in U.S. coal production.
• West Virginia coal is second to none in the value of its coal production at $5
billion.
• The coal industry and the coal burning electric generating industry together rep-
resent nearly 60% of the business taxes paid to the State of West Virginia.
• West Virginia coal miners earn an average of more than $50,0000 annually,
more than twice the amount of the statewide average for all workers.
• West Virginia’s coal industry pays nearly One Billion Dollars in annual direct
wages.
• Every coal mining job generates between five and six other jobs in the local
economy.
• Since 1863, West Virginia has mined nearly 13 Billion tons of coal.
• West Virginia’s estimated recoverable coal reserves amount to nearly 53 Bil-

lion tons.
• Coal is responsible for more than $3.5 Billion to West Virginia’s gross state
product, nearly 13% of the total.
• 20% of New York electricity is generated by coal, at an average cost of 13 cents

per kilowatt/hour.
• 99% of West Virginia electricity is generated by coal, at an average cost of 5

cents per kilowatt/hour.
• More than half of American electricity is generated by coal, at an average cost

of 8 cents per kilowatt/hour.
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County Profiles of West Virginia’s
Coal Country
Barbour County
Founded – 1843
Named For – Virginia Judge Philip Pendleton Barbour
County Seat – Philippi
Area/State Rank – 343 square miles – 30th
Population (2000)/State Rank – 15,557 – 36th
Incorporated Communities – Philippi, Belington, Junior
Principal Waterways – Tygart River, Buckhannon

River, Middle Fork River
Mines 15
Employees 176
Estimated Direct Wages $11,040,800
Severance Tax Receipts $133,840
Production 898,769 20th
Underground 752,190 19th
Surface 146,579 15th
Recoverable Reserves – Tons 1,564,055,319
Major Seams
Bakerstown, Kittanning, Pittsburgh, Redstone,
Sewickley
Primary Producers
Roblee Coal Co. 461,474
Anker Mining Co., Inc. 239,791
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Boone County
Founded – 1847
Named For – Frontiersman Daniel Boone
County Seat – Madison
Incorporated Communities – Madison, Danville,

Primary Producers
Independence Coal Co. 5,018,338
Whitesville, Sylvester
Hobet Mining, Inc. 3,870,928
Elk Run Coal Co. 4,438,364
Principal Waterways – Coal River, Little Coal River
Eastern Associated Coal Corp. 1,901,959
Legacy Resources, LLC 1,728,006
Mines 103
Long Branch Energy 1,712,496
Employees 3,614
Rivers Edge Mining, Inc. 1,629,398
Independence Coal Co. 1,440,897
Severance Tax Receipts $4,232,143
Pine Ridge Coal Co. 1,082,250
Production 30,648,389 1st
Dakota Mining, Inc. 1,053,830
Underground 15,058,730 1st
Spartan Mining Co. 963,647
Surface 15,589,659 1st
Mystic Energy, Inc. 960,042
IO Coal Co., Inc. 894,599
Miller Brothers 846,554
Coal River Mining, LLC 752,454
Major Seams
Mountain Edge Mining Inc. 438,978
Cedar Grove, Chilton, Coalburg, Dorothy, Eagle,
Thunderhill Coal Co., Inc. 336,818
Hernshaw, Kittanning, No. 2 Gas, Peerless, Powellton,
Appalachian Fuels, LLC 326,482
Stockton-Lewiston, Winefrede
Pritchard Mining Co., Inc. 324,315
Hollow Mountain Resources 317,870
3-D Management Services, Inc. 250,488
Point Mining, Inc. 242,754
Mason Mining, LLC 242,068
Steven R. Mullins Excavating 241,174
HMC Mining, LLC 232,683
Mid-Atlantic Minerals, Inc. 202,949
Old Country Mining, Inc. 129,006
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Braxton County Brooke County
Founded – 1836 Founded – 1797
Named For – American founding father Carter Braxton Named For – Virginia Governor Robert Brooke
County Seat – Sutton County Seat – Wellsburg
Area/State Rank – 516 square miles – 14th Area/State Rank – 92 square miles – 54th
Population (2000)/State Rank – 14,702 – 39th Population (2000)/State Rank – 25,447 – 29th
Incorporated Communities – Sutton, Gassaway, Incorporated Communities – Follansbee, Wellsburg,

Burnsville, Flat Woods Bethany, Beech Bottom, Windsor Heights
Principal Waterways – Elk River, Little Kanawha River, Principal Waterway – Ohio River
Holley River, Birch River
Mines 4
Mines 5 Employees 34
Employees 118 Estimated Direct Wages $2,132,900
Estimated Direct Wages $7,402,300 Severance Tax Receipts $71,098
Severance Tax Receipts $91,959 Production 220,638 25th
Production 1,153,785 19th Underground 0
Underground 1,153,785 17th Surface 220,638 14th
Surface
Recoverable Reserves – Tons 55,838,108
Major Seam
Major Seams Pittsburgh
Bakerstown, Lower Kittanning, Pittsburgh
Primary Producer
Primary Producer Valley Mining, Inc. 220,638
Brooks Run Mining Co., LLC 1,153,785
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Clay County Fayette County
Named For – U.S. Senator Henry Clay Named For – French General Marquis de Lafayette
County Seat – Clay County Seat – Fayetteville
Area/State Rank – 344 square miles 37th Area/State Rank – 668 square miles – 6th
Population (2000)/State Rank – 10,330 45th Population (2000)/State Rank – 47,579 – 11th
Incorporated Communities – Clay Incorporated Communities – Oak Hill, Fayetteville,

Montgomery, Ansted, Mount Hope, Smithers, Gauley
Principal Waterway – Elk River Bridge, Meadow Bridge, Pax, Thurmond
Mines 2 Principal Waterways –Kanawha River, Gauley River,

Employees 146 New River
Severance Tax Receipts $331,276 Mines 21
Production 3,942,353 15th Employees 507
Underground 0 Estimated Direct Wages $31,805,000
Surface 3,942,353 5th Severance Tax Receipts $451,183
Production 3,673,240 16th
Recoverable Reserves – Tons 1,833,623,052 Underground 1,432,766 15th
Surface 2,240,474 11th
Major Seams
Coalburn, Lower Kittanning, Upper Kittanning Recoverable Reserves – Tons 1,854,024,987
Primary Producer Major Seams

Fola Coal Co., Inc. 3,942,353 Bradshaw, Coalburg, Eagle Firecreek, Gilbert,
Kittanning, No. 2 Gas, Peerless, Powellton, Sewell,
Stockton-Lewiston
Primary Producers
Kingston Mining, Inc. 1,150,711
Appalachian Fuels, LLC 1,085,548
Powellton Coal Co., LLC 736,941
New Land Leasing Co., Inc. 253,093
Relgis, Inc. 210,104
Frasure Creek Mining, LLC 135,570
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Grant County Greenbrier County
Named For – U.S. President and General Ulysses S. Named For – Reference to local foliage
Grant
County Seat – Lewisburg
County Seat – Petersburg
Area/State Rank – 1,024 square miles – 2nd
Area/State Rank – 480 square miles – 19 th

Population (2000)/State Rank – 11,299 – 43 rd
Incorporated Communities – Lewisburg, White Sulphur

Incorporated Communities – Petersburg, Bayard Springs, Ronceverte, Rainelle, Alderson, Rupert,
Quinwood, Falling Springs
Principal Waterways – North Branch Potomac River
Principal Waterways – Greenbrier River, Meadow
Mines 10 River
Employees 127
Estimated Direct Wages $7,966,900 Mines 1
Severance Tax Receipts $141,112 Employees 77
Production 269,207 24th Estimated Direct Wages $4,830,300
Underground 269,207 23rd Severance Tax Receipts $269,779
Surface 0 Production 401,573 23rd
Underground 401,573 22nd
Recoverable Reserves – Tons 482,413,381 Surface 0
Major Seams Recoverable Reserves – Tons 634,546,359

Bradshaw, Elk Lic,k Freeport
Major Seams
Primary Producer Beckley, Eagle, Pocahontas, Sewell
Buffalo Coal Co. 177,967
Primary Producer
White Buck Coal Co. 401,573
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Harrison County Kanawha County
Named For – American founding father Benjamin Named For – Indian term meaning “place of the white
Harrison rock,” referring to local salt deposits
County Seat – Clarksburg County Seat – Charleston

Population (2000)/State Rank – 200,073 – 1st
Incorporated Communities – Charleston, South
Incorporated Communities – Clarksburg, Bridgeport, Charleston, St. Albans, Dunbar, Nitro, Marmet,
Shinnston, Salem, Stonewood, Nutter Fort, Chesapeake, Belle, Clendenin, East Bank, Cedar
Grove, Glasgow, Pratt, Handley
Lumberport, Anmore, West Milford, Lost Creek
Principal Waterways – Kanawha River, Elk River, Coal
Principal Waterway – West Fork River River, Pocatalico River
Mines 14 Mines 42
Employees 650 Employees 1,512
Estimated Direct Wages $40, 775,600 Estimated Direct Wages $94,850,400
Severance Tax Receipts $1,523,606
Production 14,325,240 2nd
Production 6,826,421 8th Underground 8,692,381 4th
Underground 6,716,569 5th Surface 5,632,859 4th
Surface 109,852 16th
Major Seams
Cedar Grove, Coalburg, Eagle, Hernshaw, Kittanning,
Major Seams
No. 2 Gas, PeerPowellton, Stockton-Lewiston,
Pittsburgh, Redstone Winefrede
Primary Producers Primary Producers

Consolidation Coal Co. 6,188,130 Catenary Coal Co. 4,322,393
Fairfax Mining Co., Inc. 453,286 Speed Mining, Inc. 3,399,986
Newtown Energy, Inc. 2,434,427
Selah Corp. 898,927
Pritchard Mining Co. 587,634
Remington LLC 571,654
Keystone Development 349,202
Upper Kanawha Valley Development314,499
Point Mining, Inc. 219,883
Wildcat LLC 173,175
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Lincoln County Logan County
Named For – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln Named For – Mingo Indian Chief
County Seat – Logan

County Seat – Hamlin
Area/State Rank – 456 square miles – 22nd
Population (2000)/State Rank – 22,108 – 31 st
Incorporated Communities – Logan, Chapmanville,

Incorporated Communities – Hamlin, West Hamlin Man, West Logan, Mitchell Heights
Principal Waterways – Guyandotte River Principal Waterways – Guyandotte River
Mines 3 Mines 49
Employees 1,347
Employees 88
Estimated Direct Wages $5,520,400 Severance Tax Receipts $1,659,700
Severance Tax Receipts $713,566 Production 12,940,187 5th
Production 861,917 21st Underground 3,431,698 11th
Underground 839,743 18th Surface 9,508,489 2nd
Surface 22,174 19th
Major Seams
Major Seam Alma, Belmont, Buffalo Creek, Cedar Grove, Chilton,
Lower Kittanning Coalburg, Dorothy, Eagle, Kittanning, Stockton-
Lewiston, Winifrede
Primary Producer Primary Producers
Coal river Mining, LLC 839,743 Arch of West Virginia, Inc. 2,758,922
Aracoma Coal Co., Inc. 1,832,040
Alex Energy, Inc. 1,511,089
Roadfork Development Co., Inc. 1,384,417
Highland Mining Co. 1,008,090
Bandmill Coal Corp. 707,588
Phoenix Coal-Mac Mining, Inc. 554,912
Rio Group, Inc. 453,417
Rockhouse Creek Development Co. 369,404
Stollings Trucking Co., Inc. 346,412
Chafin Branch Coal Co. 317,322
Contractors Enterprise, Inc. 280,115
Laurel Coal Corp. 218,005
Spartan Mining Co., Inc. 127,221
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Marion County Marshall County
Named For – American Revolution Officer Francis Named For – U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall
Marion
County Seat – Moundsville
County Seat – Fairmont
Area/State Rank – 312 square miles – 43rd
Area/State Rank – 311 square miles – 44 th

Population (2000)/State Rank – 56,598 – 9 th
Incorporated Communities – Moundsville, Pleasant

Incorporated Communities – Fairmont, Mannington, Valley, McMechen, Benwood, Glen Dale, Cameron
Barracksville, Monongah, Rivesville, Grant Town,
White Hall, Fairview, Farmington, Worthington Principal Waterway – Ohio River
Principal Waterways – Monongahela River, Tygart Mines 2

River, West Fork River Employees 1,189
Mines 16 Severance Tax Receipts $1,687,793
Employees 568 Production 13,924,916 3rd
Estimated Direct Wages $35,631,600 Underground 13,924,916 2nd
Severance Tax Receipts $1,345,617 Surface 0
Underground 6,359,281 7th
Surface 94,369 17th Major Seam
Pittsburgh
Primary Producers
Major Seams McElroy 10,419,126
Kittanning, Pittsburgh, Redstone Consolidation Coal Co. 3,505,790
Primary Producer
Consolidation Coal Co. 6,359,281
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McDowell County Mercer County
Founded – 1837
Founded – 1858
Named For – American Revolution General Hugh
Named For – Virginia Governor James McDowell Mercer
County Seat – Welch County Seat – Princeton
Population (2000)/State Rank – 27,329 – 23rd Population (2000)/State Rank – 62,980 – 8th
Incorporated Communities Welch, Gary, War, Incorporated Communities – Bluefield, Princeton,

Northfork, Keystone, Kimball, Davy, Iaeger, Bradshaw, Athens, Bramwell, Matoaka, Oakvale
Anawalt
Principal Waterway – Bluestone River
Principal Waterway – Tug Fork River
Mines 2
Employees 947 Estimated Direct Wages $440,000
Underground 2,636,742 12th Surface 17,738 21st
Surface 2,240,730 10th
Major Seams Major Seam
Pocahontas No. 2
Primary Producers
Bluestone Coal Corp. 1,012,817 Primary Producer
Extra Energy, Inc. 810,730 Coal Valley, LLC 48,534
Brooks Run Mining Co., LLC 587,058
XMV, Inc. 456,972
R & S Coal Co., Inc. 178,953
Double Take Mining Co., Inc. 169,982
C & A Coal Co. 157,381
Chad Coal Corp. 144,970
Postar Coal Co., Inc. 135,979
Rock “N” Roll Coal Co. 132,860
Mt. View Resources, Inc. 114,307
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Mineral County Mingo County
Named For – local natural resources Named For – former Indian tribe
County Seat – Williamson

County Seat – Keyser
Population (2000)/State Rank – 28,253 – 21st
Population (2000)/State Rank – 27,078 – 24 th Incorporated Communities – Williamson, Matewan,
Delbarton, Gilbert, Kermit
Incorporated Communities – Keyser, Piedmont,
Principal Waterways – Tug Fork River
Carpendale, Ridgely, Elk Garden
Mines 66
Principal Waterways – North Branch Potomac River Employees 1,551
Mines 4 Severance Tax Receipts $1,450,732
Employees 12 Production 13,442,710 4th
Estimated Direct Wages $752,800 Underground 6,165,813 8th
Surface 7,276,897 3rd
Production 93,316 27th Recoverable Reserves – Tons 3,032,909,414
Underground 0
Surface 93,316 18th Major Seams
Alma, Cedar Grove, Coalburg, Eagle, Freeport, No. 2
Recoverable Reserves – Tons 360,980,866 Gas, Williamson, Winifrede
Primary Producers
Major Seams Mingo Logan Coal Co. 2,774,998
Bakerstown, Elk Lick, Harlem, Kittanning, Mahoning Premium Energy, Inc. 1,649,662
Coal-Mac, Inc. 1,544,910
Primary Producers Laurel Creek Co., Inc. 1,498,777
D&L Coal Co. 56,788 White Flame Energy, Inc. 1,472,214
Duckworth Coal, Inc. 36,526 Miller Brothers Coal, Inc. 846,554
Rockhouse Creek Development Corp. 670,270
Phoenix Coal-Mac Mining, Inc. 408,667
TMP Enterprises, LLC 350,734
Open fork Mining LLC 239,670
Jacob Mining Co. LLC 239,157
Wayco Limited Partnership No.1 224,632
Kencoal Equipment, Inc. 147,308
Alpha & Omega Coal Co. LLC 142,227
Frasure Creek Mining, LLC 135,570
Southern WV Resources, LLC 120,347
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Monongalia County Nicholas County
Named For – derivative of the Monongahela River, Named For – Virginia Governor Cary Nicholas
Delaware Indian word for “river of falling banks”
County Seat – Summersville
County Seat – Morgantown
Area/State Rank – 366 square miles – 33rd
Incorporated Communities – Summersville, Richwood
Incorporated Communities – Morgantown, Westover,
Star City, Granville, Blacksville Principal Waterways – Gauley River, Meadow River,
Cranberry River, Cherry River, Birch River
Principal Waterways – Monongahela River, Cheat
River Mines 16
Employees 459
Mines 17 Estimated Direct Wages $28,794,900
Employees 1,064 Severance Tax Receipts $624,784
Estimated Direct Wages $66,746,600 Production 4,061,982 14th
Severance Tax Receipts $914,542 Underground 641,339 20th
Production 10,662,357 6th Surface 3,420,643 6th
Underground 10,229,601 3rd
Surface 432,756 13th Recoverable Reserves – Tons 3,367,718,550
Major Seams Campbell Creek, Dorothy, Eagle,
Recoverable Reserves – Tons 988,419,278 Gilbert, Kittanning, McQueen, Peerless, Powellton,
Sewell
Major Seams
Bakerstown, Kittanning, Redstone, Sewickley Primary Producers
Alex Energy, Inc. 3,393,672
Primary Producers White Buck Coal Co. 411,069
Consolidation Coal Co. 5,276,487 Little Eagle Coal Co., LLC 154,621
Eastern Associated Coal Corp. 4,100,022
Dana Mining Co., Inc. 469,350
Red Bone Mining Co., Inc. 383,742
Patriot Mining Co., Inc. 242,032
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Preston County Raleigh County
Named For – Virginia Governor James Perry Preston Named For – Englishman Sir Walter Raleigh
County Seat – Kingwood County Seat – Beckley
Incorporated Communities – Kingwood, Terra Alta, Incorporated Communities – Beckley, Mabscott,

Masontown, Rowelsburg, Reedsville, Newburg, Sophia, Lester, Rhodell
Tunnelton, Albright, Brandonville, Bruceton Mills
Principal Waterways – Coal River, Clear Fork River,
Principal Waterway – Cheat River Marsh Fork River
Mines 44
Mines 4
Employees 1,136
Employees 236
Estimated Direct Wages $14,804,700 Severance Tax Receipts $1,119,218
Severance Tax Receipts $265,117 Production 9,882,380 7th
Production 1,529,360 17th Underground 6,507,617 6th
\ Surface 3,374,763 8th
Surface 20,144 20th Recoverable Reserves – Tons 1,639,193,973
Recoverable Reserves – Tons 1,394,498,044 Major Seams

Beckley, Eagle, Fire Creek, Hernshaw, No. 2 Gas,
Major Seams Pocahontas, Powellton, Sewell, Stockton-Lewiston
Bakerstown, Elk, Freeport, Kittanning, Mahoning,
Pittsburgh Primary Producers
Marfork Coal Co., Inc. 2,628,200
Primary Producer Independence Coal Co., Inc. 2,311,016
Kingwood Mining Co., LLC 1,509,216 Performance Coal Co. 2,240,612
Simmons Fork Mining, Inc. 550,602
Black Hawk Mining 448,600
Baylor Mining, Inc. 426,318
Elk Run Coal Co., Inc. 391,019
Peachtree Ridge Mining Co., Inc. 279,860
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Randolph County Tucker County
Named For – Virginia Governor Edmund Jennings Named For – Virginia Judge Henry St. George Tucker
Randolph
County Seat – Parsons
County Seat – Elkins
Area/State Rank – 1,040 square miles – 1 st
Population (2000)/State Rank – 7,321 – 53rd

Population (2000)/State Rank – 28,262 – 20 th
Incorporated Communities – Parsons, Davis, Thomas,

Incorporated Communities – Elkins, Mill Creek, Hendricks, Hambleton
Beverly, Coalton, Huttonsville, Montrose, Harman
Principal Waterways – Cheat River, Blackwater River
Principal Waterways – Tygart River, Elk River
Mines 6
Employees 61 Estimated Direct Wages $1,882,000
Production 473,571 22nd
Underground 473,571 21st Surface 0
Surface 0
Major Seam
Major Seams Upper Freeport
Bakerstown, Lower Kittanning, Pittsburgh
Primary Producer
Primary Producer Mettiki Coal, LLC 114,582
Carter Roag Coal Co. 473,571
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Upshur County Wayne County
Named For – U.S. Cabinet Secretary Abel Parker Named For – American Revolution General “Mad”
Upshur Anthony Wayne
County Seat – Buckhannon County Seat – Wayne
Incorporated Communities – Buckhannon Incorporated Communities – Kenova, Ceredo, Wayne,

Fort Gay
Principal Waterways – Little Kanawha River,
Buckhannon River, Middle Fork River Principal Waterways – Ohio River, Big Sandy River
Mines 13 Mines 6
Employees 327 Employees 422
Estimated Direct Wages $20,513,300 Estimated Direct Wages $26,473,800
Severance Tax Receipts $267,781 Severance Tax Receipts $431,745
Production 1,198,424 18th Production 5,004,384 11th
Underground 1,191,323 16th Underground 4,191,105 10th
Surface 7,101 22nd Surface 813,279 12th
Recoverable Reserves – Tons 1,673,838,377 Recoverable Reserves 794,291,751
Major Seams Major Seam

Alma, Elk Lick, Kittanning, Peerless, Pittsburgh, Coalburg
Redstone
Primary Producers
Primary Producers Rockspring Development, Inc. 3,018,448
Anker Mining Co., Inc. 757,630 Argus Energy WV LLC 1,985,936
Roblee Coal Co. 166,628
Odyssey Energy, Inc. 113,243
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Webster County Wyoming County
Named For – U.S. Senator Daniel Webster Named For – Delaware Indian word meaning “wide
plain”
County Seat – Webster Springs – 12th
County Seat – Pineville
Area/State Rank – 556 square miles
Incorporated Communities – Webster Springs, Cowen, Incorporated Communities – Mullens, Oceana,
Camden-On-Gauley Pineville
Principal Waterways – Guyandotte River
Principal Waterways – Gauley River, Elk River,
Williams River Mines 31
Employees 1,240
Mines 11 Estimated Direct Wages $77,787,400
Employees 347 Severance Tax Receipts $980,663
Estimated Direct Wages $21,767,900 Production 6,685,590 9th
Severance Tax Receipts $489,158 Underground 4,402,037 9th
Production 4,865,386 13th Surface 2,283,553 9th
Surface 3,403,298 7th Recoverable Reserves – Tons 2,416,618,675
Recoverable Reserves – Tons 3,658,911,372 Major Seams

Alma, Beckley, Ben’s Creek, Cedar Grove, Douglas,
Major Seams Eagle, Gilbert, Kittanning, Matewan, Pocahontas, No. 2
Eagle, Kittanning, Peerless, Pocahontas, Sewell, Gas, Red Ash, Sewell, Stockton-Lewiston
Stockton-Lewiston
Primary Producers
Primary Producers Pinnacle Mining Co., LLC 2,688,662
Brooks Run Mining Co. 2,203,144 Simmons Fork Mining, Inc. 843,899
Evergreen Mining Co. 1,753,655 Dynamic Energy, Inc. 639,333
ICG Eastern, LLC 908,587 Double Bonus Coal Co. 520,159
Brooks Run Mining Co. 515,837
JMAC Leasing, Inc. 373,378
Justice Highwall Mining, Inc. 205,689
U.S. Steel Mining Co., LLC 192,279
TMR Loading & Processing, Inc. 172,539
Baylor Mining, Inc. 118,033
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The Origin of Coal
Coal is the primary form of energy used in the United from 400 million to a billion years ago. Each foot of a coal
States each day, accounting for one-third of the nation’s total seam represents the accumulation of about 10,000 years of
energy production. It is the source of 50% of the electricity plant remains.
generated nation wide. It is by far the most abundant Ameri- Over time, geological processes compressed and altered
can energy source, accounting for 90% of America’s fossil the plant remains, gradually increasing the carbon content and
energy reserves. transforming the material into coal .
In the Industrial Revolution, coal was the fuel that powered Due to varying levels of geologic pressure, coal deposits
the transformation of the United States from an agricultural are of four types: lignite, subbituminous, bituminous and
society into the greatest economic power in the world. Today, anthracite.
it is the direct and indirect source of hundreds of thousands of Each succeeding type is higher in heating value, as
jobs and billions of dollars in economic impact. Abundant measured by British Thermal Units, or BTU’s. Lignite is
and affordable, coal-fired electricity is the life force of the found primarily in the southwest and subbituminous in the
American economy. It is America’s best friend. upper west. Anthracite is limited primarily to certain areas
American coal was used 1,000 years ago by Hopi Indians of Pennsylvania.
in present day Arizona to bake clay pottery. Europeans dis- Considering quality and quantity, bituminous coal is the
covered the mineral in the Illinois River basin in the 1670’s. nation’s most valuable coal resource. Bituminous coal is found
The first coal mining occurred before the American Revolu- primarily in the Appalachian states and in the midwest. West
tion, along the Potomac River near the modern border of West Virginia is the most intensive coal state in the U.S.
Virginia and Maryland. Western coals were formed 50 to 70 million years ago.
Technically, coal is not a mineral. Like petroleum and Eastern and midwestern coals were formed 200 to 250 million
natural gas, coal is a fossil fuel, formed from once living years ago. America is in no danger of running out of coal.
organic materials. Coal developed from the remains of trees, Recoverable U.S. reserves total over 290 billion tons, nearly
ferns and other plant life that thrived in the age of dinosaurs, three centuries worth at current production levels.
Fast Facts
• The average haulage truck holds about 25 tons of • When one billion people are accessing the internet, as is
coal. A rail car holds about 100 tons, or the equivilent projected, the required electricity will be equal to total current
of 4 trucks. A river coal barge holds about 1500 tons, the capacity of U.S. electric power production.
equivilent of 15 rail cars or 60 trucks.
• One ton of coal equals 3.8 barrels of oil, 189 gallons of
• It takes one pound of coal to produce 1.25 kilowatt gasoline, one cord of seasoned firewood, 21,000 cubic feet of
hours of electricity, enough to light one 100 watt lightbulb natural gas, and 6,500 kilowatts of electricity.
for 10 hours.
• One BTU equals one blue-tip kitchen match.
• A typical computer spread with internet access re-
quires about 1,000 watts of power. • Eighty three pounds of coal equals one million BTU’s;
a ton of coal equals more than 24 million BTU’s.
• A lump of coal is burned every time a book is or-
dered on-line.
• It takes about a pound of coal to create, package,

store and move 2 megabytes of data. Average BTU Values For Major Fuels
Fuel Source Unit BTU’s
• The average internet user (12 hours per week) uses Bituminous coal one ton 24,050,000
over 300 pounds of coal annually for this purpose. Fuel Oil one barrel 6,287,000
Kerosene one barrel 5,670,000
• The total demand for electricity from personal Gasoline one barrel 5,248,000
computers on the internet amounts to 8% of the U.S. Natural Gas one cubic foot 1,031
electrical supply.
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Coal in West Virginia By Dr. Stuart McGehee
Coal has a rich heritage in West Virginia and has con- In those days, coal mining was highly labor intensive, but
tributed significantly to the progress and well-being of West only a few rugged mountaineers lived in the remote, isolated
Virginians since it was first discovered in what is now Boone hills and hollows where the operations developed. Thus, opera-
County in 1742 by Peter Salley, more than a century before tors recruited much of their labor from two human migrations
West Virginia became a state. underway around 1900. Thousands of African-Americans
The coal industry has played a major leadership role in the fleeing discrimination and segregation left the Deep South,
state’s economic, political and social history. The industry has and many exchanged the poverty of the cotton fields for the
also been a center of controversy and the brunt of unfounded bustling coalfields.
criticism, giving rise to battles in the arenas of labor, environ- Meanwhile, European immigrants fleeing religious per-
ment and safety. secution and impending war came to America to find jobs and
Over the years, West Virginia has furnished our nation homes, and many came from coal-bearing regions of Europe
and the world with the finest bituminous coal found anywhere. to the prosperous mines in West Virginia.
And today, West Virginia’s coal miners apply efficient and Over the next half century, tonnage and employment in-
effective mineral extraction technology that makes them the creased dramatically. By 1950, some 125,000 West Virginia
envy of their counterparts around the globe. coal miners lived and worked in more than 500 company towns
West Virginia exports more coal than any other American built to house them and their families. Whole new cities sprang
state, has more longwall mining systems than any other state, up where silent mountains had rested for centuries.
leads the nation in underground coal production and sets the Although coal mining was dark, dirty, and inherently dan-
pace for the rest of the industry in reclamation and environmen- gerous, many miners enjoyed their day’s work. They enjoyed
tal protection. At the same time, the West Virginia coal industry being skilled craftsmen who produced a product they could
exhibits a sense of responsibility - social, health, safety and take pride in. People liked the close friendly life in the com-
environmental - that is unmatched anywhere in the world. pany towns, where ties of family, neighbors, church, school,
It was coal that transformed West Virginia from a fron- and home bred a close-knit community. Old-timers fondly
tier state to an industrial state. Coal in 62 recoverable seams recall company baseball teams, neighborhood gatherings,
can be found in 43 of the state’s 55 counties. Knowledge of church suppers, and other characteristic features of coalfield
the coal reserves in western Virginia predated the American life. Today many decry conditions in the “coal camps,” but
Revolution. miners and their families fared as well as most working class
Thomas Jefferson reported in his Notes on the State of Americans, and better than those unfortunate souls who labored
Virginia that coal underlay most of the trans-Allegheny Ohio in urban sweatshops or as rural sharecroppers.
Valley. Jefferson’s neighbor, John Peter Salley, traced huge West Virginia’s coalfields were home to some of the most
deposits of bituminous coal along the Coal and Kanawha significant labor strife in this nation’s history, as the United
Rivers in the mid-eighteenth century, but there was little de- Mine Workers battled coal operators for control of the industry.
mand for the mineral outside of local use in iron forges and Spectacular incidents such as the famed Matewan Massacre
blacksmith shops. and the Battle of Blair Mountain, landmarks in American labor
The first widespread use of West Virginia coal began when history, showed the strategic importance of the state’s crucial
the saltworks along the Kanawha River expanded dramatically industry, and its national significance.
in the decades before the Civil War. Coal was used to heat After World War II, coal mining became increasingly
the brine pumped from salt beds underneath the river. That dependent upon mechanization and sophisticated machinery.
modest use soon was dwarfed by the demands of a growing Continuous mining machines, conveyor belts and other ad-
nation that looked to coal to heat its homes, power its factories vances increased tonnage dramatically. Surface mining opera-
and fuel its locomotives and steamships. tions and longwall machines produced astounding outputs in
When the anthracite fields of Pennsylvania no longer an efficient and safe manner. Increased productivity meant
could provide the tonnage needed, American industrialists dis- more coal could be produced by fewer miners. Pointing to that
covered the massive coalfields of West Virginia. Large-scale lower level of employment, some foolishly argue that coal’s
investment soon opened the remote valleys along the New, day is over. They couldn’t be more wrong.
Bluestone, Tug, Monongahela, and Guyandotte rivers. Today, West Virginia’s coal industry contains more than
The Chesapeake & Ohio and Norfolk & Western railroads 500 mines, provides more than 44,000 direct and contract
were built specifically to penetrate the rugged terrain of the jobs, pays $1 billion dollars in annual payroll and hundreds
coalfields, and investors purchased extensive tracts of land of million dollars to state and local governments in taxes and
to lease to independent coal operators, Later, the Virginian contributions. Coal is still the rock-solid backbone of West
and the Baltimore & Ohio also became coal-hauling lines as Virginia’s industrial economy.
well.
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Glossary of Coal Industry Terms
Air split The division of a current of air into two or Byproducts - Useful substances made from the gases
more parts. and liquids left over when coal is converted to coke
Anemometer Instrument for measuring air velocity. Cannel coal A non-caking block coal with a fine, even
Angle of dip The angle at which strata or mineral grain, burns with a long, yellow flame and is very easy
deposits are inclined to the horizontal place. to ignite.
Anthracite - The hardest classification of coal, almost Canopy A protective covering of a cab on a mining
pure carbon, used mainly for heating homes. Anthracite machine.
is mined primarily in Pennsylvania. Captive mine - A mine in which the production is used
Auger mining - Used less frequently in recent years, wholly or primarily by the mine owner or a subsidiary.
auger mining employs a large auger, which functions Cast A blast in which rock and dirt is directed to a
much like a carpenter’s wood drill. The auger bores into specific spot.
a coal seam and discharges coal out of the spiral onto Chain pillar The pillar of coal left to protect the gang-
waiting conveyor belts. After augering is completed, the way or entry and the parallel airways.
openings are regraded. This method of mining is usually Cleat The vertical cleavage of coal seams. The main
employed to recover any additional mineral left in areas set of joints along which coal breaks when mined.
that cannot be reached economically by other types of Coal gasification The conversion of coal into a gas-
surface mining. eous fuel.
Approximate original contour - The surface configu- Coal seam - A bed or stratum of coal. The term is
ration achieved by backfilling and grading of the mined usually applied to a large deposit of coal.
area so that the reclaimed area, including any terracing Coal washing - The process of separating coal of
or access roads, closely resembles the general surface various sizes, densities and shapes by allowing them
configuration of the land prior to mining and blends into to settle in a fluid. The washing process plays an im-
and complements the drainage pattern of the surrounding portant role in improving coal quality by removing rock,
terrain, with all highwalls and spoil piles eliminated. other impurities and some organic sulfur. Washing takes
Aquifer A water-bearing bed or porous rock, often place at preparation plants, usually located at the mine
sandstone. or shipping site.
Backfill - Operation of refilling an area where over- Coke - A hard, dry carbon substance produced by heat-
burden has been removed, including the grading of ing coal to a very high temperature in the absence of air.
the refilled excavation. Also, the material placed in an Coke is used in the manufacture of iron and steel.
excavation in the process of backfilling. Colliery British term for a coal mine.
Barricading Enclosing part of a mine to prevent inflow Continuous mining - The most common method of
of noxious gasses from a mine fire or an explosion. underground coal mining currently in use in the U.S.
Bed A stratum of coal or other sedimentary deposit. This process utilizes a continuous mining machine that
Belt conveyor A looped belt on which coal or other totally mechanizes the coal extraction process by cutting
materials can be carried and which is generally construct- or removing the coal from the seam using a large steel
ed of flame-resistant material or reinforced rubber. drum with many huge teeth and loading the cut coal into
Bench One or more divisions of a coal seam separated a shuttle car or a continuous haulage system for removal
by slate or formed by the process of extracting coal. from the mine.
Binder A streak of impurity in a coal seam. Contour An imaginary line that connects all points on
Bituminous - A medium soft classification of coal, the a surface having the same elevation.
most common and useful type mined in the U.S. It is Conventional mining - This type of mining involves
used primarily for electric generation and for coke making the insertion of explosives into the coal seam, blasting the
for the steel industry. seam and removal of the coal onto a conveyor or shuttle
Bottom Floor or underlying surface of an underground car by loading machine. Once the most common form of
excavation. deep mining, conventional mining now accounts for only
Brow A low place in the mine roof, causing insufficient a small proportion of overall coal production.
headroom. Core Sample A cylinder sample generally 1-5 inches
BTU - British Thermal Unit. A measure of the energy in diameter, drilled out of an are to determine the geologic
required to raise the temperature of one pound of water and chemical analysis of the overburden and coal.
one degree Fahrenheit. On average, coal contains 25 Cover The overburden of any deposit.
million BTU’s per ton. Cribbing - The construction of cribs or timbers laid at
Bump An abrupt dislocation of the mine workings, right angles to each other, sometimes filled with earth,
usually due to severe stress in the surrounding rock. as a roof support or as a support for machinery.
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Crosscut - A passageway driven between the entry one or more hinged doors for discharging bulk materials,
and its parallel air course or air courses for ventilation including coal.
purposes. Also, a tunnel driven from one seam to another Inby - In the direction of the working face.
through or across the intervening measures; sometimes In situ - In the natural or original position. Applied to
called “crosscut tunnel”, or “breakthrough”. In vein min- a rock, soil, or fossil when occurring in the situation in
ing, an entry perpendicular to the vein. which it was originally formed or deposited.
Cross entry - An entry running at an angle with the Intake - The passage through which fresh air is drawn
main entry. or forced into a mine or to a section of a mine.
Deep mine - An underground mine. Lignite - The softest classification of coal, with the
Demonstrated reserve base - Coal deposits, which highest moisture content. It is mined primarily in the
are potentially mineable on an economic basis with ex- western U.S. and used for some electric generation and
isting technology. for conversion to synthetic gas.
Dip - The inclination of a geologic structure (bed, vein, Liquefaction The process of converting coal into a
fault, etc.) from the horizontal; dip is always measured synthetic fuel, similar in nature to crude oil and/or refined
downwards at right angles to the strike. products, such as gasoline.
Dragline - A large earthmoving machine which uses Longwall mining - Longwall mining employs a steel
a giant bucket suspended from cables to remove the plow or rotating drum, which is pulled mechanically back-
overburden from a coal seam in surface mining. and-forth across a face of coal that is usually several hun-
Drift mine - A coal mine entered directly through a hori- dred feet long. The loosened coal falls onto a conveyor
zontal opening drilled into the side of a hill or mountain. for removal from the mine. Longwall operations include
This method of mining is used in hilly or mountainous a hydraulic roof support system that advances as mining
areas. proceeds allowing the roof to fall in a controlled manner.
Face - The exposed area of a coalbed from which coal Longwall operations are the fastest growing underground
is extracted. mining technique, highly productive, and generally im-
Fluidized bed combustion - A process that removes prove mine safety. West Virginia is the leading longwall
sulfur from coal during combustion. Crushed coal and mining producer in the United States.
limestone are burned together in a boiler. Sulfur gases Man Car/Man Trip - The vehicle that transports miners
from the coal combine with the limestone to form a solid to working sections of a deep mine.
compound that is recovered with the ash. Metallurgical coal - The types of coal carbonized to
Fossil fuel - Any naturally occurring fuel of an organic make coke for steel manufacture, typically high in BTU
nature, such as coal, crude oil and natural gas. value and low in ash content.
Fly ash - The finely divided particles of ash resulting Methane - A potentially explosive gas formed naturally
from the combustion of fuel. from the decay of vegetative matter, similar to that which
Frequency Rate/Incident Rate - Frequency with formed coal. Methane, which is the principal component
which accidents and fatalities occur. Calculated on the of natural gas, is frequently encountered in underground
basis of 200,000 hours of exposure during work. coal mining operations, and is kept within safe limits
Haul road - Shot rock or asphalt road constructed or through the use of extensive mine ventilation systems.
utilized to transport coal by truck from the mine to the In recent years, coalbed methane has been recognized
tipple, or to rail or barge facilities. as an important energy resource. Increased efforts are
Haulageway - Any underground entry or passageway underway to expand its extraction from coal seams.
that is designed for transport of mined material, person- Mine mouth power plant - A steam-electric power
nel, or equipment, usually by the installation of track or plant built close to a mine. Because of this proximity, the
belt conveyor. coal is often delivered to the plant by tramway or covered
Highwall - Unexcavated face of exposed overburden conveyor. The plant delivers its electricity output to dis-
and coal in a surface mine. Highwalls must be recon- tant points through use of large transmission lines.
toured following the extraction of coal. Mountain top mining - Surface mining technique
Highwall miner A highwall mining system consists of which removes overburden at the top of the mountain
a remotely controlled continuous miner which extracts in order to recover 100 % of the mineral.
coal and conveys it via augers, belt or chain conveyors to Outby - Nearer to the shaft, and hence farther from
the outside. The cut is typically a rectangular, horizontal the working face. Toward the mine entrance. The op-
cut from a highwall bench, reaching depths of several posite of inby.
hundred feet or deeper. Outcrop - Coal which appears near or at the sur-
Hopper Cars - Open freight cars with a floor sloping to face.
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Overburden - Layers of native rock and soil covering factor to that component of the identified coal resource
a coal seam. Overburden is removed prior to surface designated as the reserve base
mining and replaced after the coal is taken from the Respirable dust - Dust particles 5 microns or less
seam. The excess of this material is often placed in in size.
valley fills. Return - The air or ventilation that has passed through
Panel - A coal mining block that generally comprises all the working faces of a split.
one operating unit. Rib - The side of a pillar or the wall of an entry. The
Pillar - An area of coal left to support the overlying solid coal on the side of any underground passage.
strata in a mine; sometimes left permanently to support Same as rib pillar.
surface structures. Rider - A thin seam of coal overlying a thicker one.
Pneumoconiosis - A chronic disease of the lung Rock Dusting - The process of coating the tunnels in
arising from breathing coal dust, commonly known as deep mines with powdered limestone, for the purpose
“black lung.” of diluting potentially unhealthy or dangerous concen-
Portal - The structure surrounding the immediate trations of coal dust and to help minimize explosion
entrance to a mine; the mouth of a tunnel. hazards.
Preparation Plant - Usually located on a mine site, Roof Bolting - A method of supporting the ceilings
although one plant may serve several mines. A prepa- of underground mines by inserting long steel bolts into
ration plant is a facility for crushing, sizing and washing holes bored into the strata forming the roof.
coal to prepare it for use by a particular customer. The Room and pillar mining A method of underground
washing process has the added benefit of removing some mining in which approximately half of the coal is left in
of the coal’s sulfur content. place to support the roof of the active mining area. Large
Productivity - The amount of coal produced by one “pillars” are left while “rooms” of coal are extracted.
worker in one workday. Productivity is calculated by Run-of Mine Coal - Coal as it comes directly from the
dividing the total number of worker/days into total coal mine, not treated by a preparation plant.
production. The productivity of underground and surface Safety lamp - A lamp with steel wire gauze covering
mining operations is calculated in the same manner, us- every opening from the inside to the outside so as to
ing the specific man day and production totals. prevent the passage of flame should explosive gas be
Reclamation - The restoration of land and environment encountered.
after the coal is extracted. Reclamation operations are Sandstone - A sedimentary rock consisting of quartz
usually underway where the coal has already been taken sand united by some cementing material, such as iron
from a mine, even as mining operations are taking place oxide or calcium carbonate.
elsewhere at the site. The process commonly includes Scoop - A rubber tired-, battery- or diesel-powered
recontouring or reshaping the land to its approximate piece of equipment designed for cleaning runways and
original appearance, restoring topsoil and planting na- hauling supplies.
tive grasses and ground covers. Reclamation is closely Scrubber Any of several forms of chemical/physical
regulated by both state and federal law, and the coal devices that remove sulfur compounds formed during
industry’s outstanding effort in this area has resulted in coal combustion. These devices, technically know as
millions of acres of restored productive land throughout flue gas desulfurization systems, combine the sulfur
the country. in gaseous emissions with another chemical medium
Recoverable Reserves - The amount of coal that can to form inert “sludge,” which must then be removed for
be recovered from the Demonstrated Reserve Base. disposal.
There are about 285 billion tons of recoverable reserves Seam - A stratum or bed of coal.
in the U.S., enough to last nearly 250 years at current Secondary roof - The roof strata immediately above
consumption levels. the coalbed, requiring support during the excavating of
Recovery - The proportion or percentage of coal or coal
ore mined from the original seam or deposit. Section - A portion of the working area of a mine.
Red dog - A nonvolatile combustion product of the Self-contained breathing apparatus - A self-con-
oxidation of coal or coal refuse. Most commonly applied tained supply of oxygen used during rescue work from
to material resulting from in situ, uncontrolled burning of coal mine fires and explosions; same as SCSR (self-
coal or coal refuse piles. It is similar to coal ash. contained self rescuer).
Reserve That portion of the identified coal resource Self-rescuer A small filtering device carried by a coal
that can be economically mined at the time of determi- miner underground, either on his belt or in his pocket,
nation. The reserve is derived by applying a recovery to provide him with immediate protection against carbon
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monoxide and smoke in case of a mine fire or explosion. of coal or mineral material.
It is a small canister with a mouthpiece directly attached Subbituminous - Classified between bituminous
to it. The wearer breathes through the mouth, the nose and lignite, with low fixed carbon and high volatility and
being closed by a clip. The canister contains a layer of moisture.
fused calcium chloride that absorbs water vapor from the Subsidence The gradual sinking, or sometimes abrupt
mine air. The device is used for escape purposes only collapse, of the rock and soil layers into an underground
because it does not sustain life in atmospheres contain- mine. Structures and surface features above the subsid-
ing deficient oxygen. The length of time a self-rescuer ence area can be affected.
can be used is governed mainly by the humidity in the Support - The all-important function of keeping the
mine air, usually between 30 minutes and one hour mine workings open. As a verb, it refers to this function;
Shaft - A primary vertical or non-vertical opening as a noun it refers to all the equipment and materials—
through mine strata used for ventilation or drainage timber, roof bolts, concrete, steel, etc.—that are used to
and/or for hoisting of personnel or materials; connects carry out this function.
the surface with underground workings. Surface Mine - A mine in which the coal lies near the
Shaft mine An underground mine in which the main surface and can be extracted by removing the covering
entry or access is by means of a vertical shaft. layer of native rock and soil.
Shale - A rock formed by consolidation of clay, mud, Tipple - A surface processing structure for cleaning and
or silt, having a laminated structure and composed of sizing coal. The name is derived from the act of tipping
minerals essentially unaltered since deposition. the coal onto rail cars or trucks for transport to market.
Shearer - A mining machine for longwall faces that Short Ton - Standard American measurement, equal
uses a rotating action to “shear” the material from the to 2,000 pounds. Conversely, a long or British ton is
face as it progresses along the face. 2,240 pounds, and a metric ton is approximately 2,205
Shift - The number of hours or the part of any day pounds.
worked. Suspension - Weaker strata hanging from stronger,
Shortwall An underground mining method in which overlying strata by means of roof bolts.
small areas are worked (15 to 150 feet) by a continu- Timber - A collective term for underground wooden
ous miner in conjunction with the use of hydraulic roof supports.
supports. Tipple - Originally the place where the mine cars
Shuttle Car - A self-discharging truck, generally with were tipped and emptied of their coal, and still used in
rubber tires or caterpillar-type treads, used for receiving that same sense, now refers to the surface structures
coal from the loading or mining machine and transferring of a mine, including the preparation plant and loading
it to an underground loading point, mine railway or belt tracks
conveyor system. Ton A short or net ton is equal to 2,000 pounds; a
Slack - Small coal; the finest-sized soft coal, usually .long or British ton is 2,240 pounds; a metric ton is ap-
less than one inch in diameter. proximately 2,205 pounds.
Slate - A miner’s term for any shale or slate accom- Top - A mine roof.
panying coal. Geologically, it is a dense, fine-textured, Trip - A train of mine cars.
metamorphic rock, which has excellent parallel cleavage Underground Mine - Also known as a deep mine.
so that it breaks into thin plates or pencil-like shapes. Usually located several hundred feet below the earth’s
Slip - A fault. A smooth joint or crack where the strata surface. Most underground mines are located east of
have moved on each other. . Mississippi River.
the
Slope Mine - A mine with an opening that slopes up- Unit Train - A long train of between 60 and 150 hopper
ward or downward to the seam, with adjoining vertical cars, carrying coal between a mine and a destination.
shafts for air ventilation and emergency use. A typical unit train can carry at least 10,000 tons of coal
Sounding - Knocking on a roof to see whether it is in a single shipment.
sound and safe to work under. Waste - That rock or mineral which must be removed
Split - Any division or branch of the ventilating cur- from a mine to keep the mining scheme practical, but
rent. which has no value.
Steam Coal - Coal used primarily for electricity pro- Working face - Any place in a mine where mineral is
duction, generally lower BTU value than metallurgical extracted.
coal. Working section The area from the faces to the point
Stripping ratio The unit amount of overburden that where coal is loaded onto belts or rail cars.
must be removed to gain access to a similar unit amount
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WVCA
General Membership
Alliance Coal, LLC Lexington, KY
Alpha Natural Resources, LLC Abingdon, VA
Appalachian Fuels, LLC Ashland KY
Arch Coal, Inc. St. Louis, MO
Argus Energy, WV, LLC Dunlow, WV
Bell Mining Company Bridgeport, WV
Bluestone Coal Corporation Beckley, WV
Brook Trout Coal/Remington Beaver, WV
Buffalo Coal Company Oakland, MD
CAM Mining LLC Pikeville, KY
The Carson One Mining

Coal River Energy, LLC
CONSOL Energy Inc.
Charleston, WV
Alum Creek, WV
Pittsburgh, PA
West Virginia Eaglehawk Carbon, Inc.

Eagle Ridge Development Group
Eastern Associated Coal Corp.
Grundy, VA
Summersville, WV
St. Louis, MO
Coal Fola Coal Company, L.L.C.

Ford Coal Company
Hampden Coal Company, Inc.
Bickmore, WV
Hansford, WV
Gilbert, WV
Association Hollow Mountain Resourcse, Inc.

ICG Eastern, LLC
Imperial Colliery
Wise VA
Scott Depot, WV
Lynchburg, VA
International Resources Gilbert, WV
The West Virginia Coal Association was Kanawha Eagle Coal LLC Grundy, VA
Kanawha River Terminals Ceredo, WV
formed in 1915 to represent the state’s coal
K & P Mining, Inc. Canvas, WV
mining industry. In 2001, WVCA merged with Keystone Development Charleston, WV
the West Virginia Mining & Reclamation As- King Coal Corp. Ltd. Summersville, WV
sociation to enable the industry to speak with Land Use Corporation Summersville, WV
Laurel Creek Company, Inc. Dingess, WV
one voice.
Lexington Coal Co., LLC Lexington, KY
The Association’s primary responsibility is Madison Coal, LLC Ashland, KY
to promote the general welfare of the industry Magnum Coal Co. Beaver, WV
and to serve as the communications link with Mepco, Inc. Morgantown, WV
Mid-Atlantic Minerals, Inc. Danville, WV
the public and with all levels of government.
Mountain Haus Properties, Inc. Charleston, WV
WVCA’s membership produces about 80% Oxford Mining Co. Coshocton, OH
of West Virginia’s annual coal output. The Parkstone Energy, LLC Marmet, WV
Association is bolstered by a very strong and Patience, Inc. Beckley WV
PinnOak Resources Cannonsburg, PA
competitive associate membership, comprised
Pittston Coal Management Co. Mt. Carbon WV
of more than 200 companies that do business Premium Energy, Inc. Bristol, VA
with the coal industry. WVCA is located in Pritchard Mining Company, Inc. Charleston, WV
Northgate Business Park in Charleston. Raven Crest Mining, LLC Prestonsburg, KY
Riverton Coal Production, Inc. Charleston, WV
WVCA is governed by a Board of Directors Roblee Coal Company Buckhannon, WV
and its officers. The current Chairman of the Stanley Industries, Inc. Bridgeport, WV
Board is Andrew Jordon of Pritchard Mining Starvaggi Industries, Inc. Weirton, WV
Co., Inc., Charleston, WV. True Energy Coal Sales, Inc. Princeton, WV
United Coal Co. LLC Scott Depot, WV
United Coals, Inc. Clarksburg, WV
Upper Kanawha Valley
Development Corp. Charleston, WV
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OUR VISION IS TO BE THE MOST RESPONSIBLE, INNOVATIVE

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U.S. Coal Facts At A Glance

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WV Coal Producing Regions 4 WV Coal Reserves 13

County Ranking - Total Production 7 Surface Permit Acreage 21

WV Coal Production by Month 10 Coal In West Virginia 39

Coal Facts 2006 is published by Chairman Andrew Jordon

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Non Coal Producing Counties

West Virginia Coal Facts At A Glance

West Virginia Coal Employment 42,744 Leading Coal Producing Company

Largest Producing Coal Seam

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West Virginia Coal Production by County - 2005

source: WV Office of Miners’ Health Safety & Training

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Underground Production Surface Production

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West Virginia Million Ton Mines - Underground 2005

source: WV Office of Miners’ Health Safety & Training

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Alpha Natural Resources Services, LLC 9,091,236

West Virginia Million Ton Mines - Surface 2005

source: WV Office of Miners’ Health Safety & Training

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West Virginia Coal Production by Method - 2005

source: WV Office of Miners’ Health Safety & Training

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Coal Use at West Virginia Power Plants - 2005

sources: AEP, Allegheny, Dominion

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West Virginia Coal Reserves

source: WV Office of Miners’ Health Safety & Training

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2005 Severance Tax Receipts

Cabell $141,157.37 $0.00 $141,157.37 $182,269.18 $323,426.55

Gilmer $17,437.14 $0.00 $17,437.14 $5,513.24 $22,950.38

Hardy $32,207.35 $0.00 $32,207.35 $8,401.28 $40,608.63

Lewis $39,092.47 $0.00 $39,092.47 $15,138.87 $54,231.34

Mason $56,802.04 $0.00 $56,802.04 $26,399.19 $83,201.23

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Pendleton $23,716.42 $0.00 $23,716.42 $2,554.63 $26,271.05

Raleigh $218,173.49 $835,290.70 $1,053,464.19 $65,754.62 $1,119,218.81

Taylor $33,056.82 $0.00 $33,056.82 $18,514.12 $51,570.94

Webster $26,415.32 $458,005.20 $484,420.52 $4,737.50 $489,158.02

Total $3,731,473.22 $17,389,144.25 $21,120,617.47 $2,064,908.20 $23,185,525.67

2005 Severance Tax Receipts by Local Government

Barbour County $1117,467.20 Braxton County $83,173.80