Support for Black Lung Victims
Before the black lung regulations took effect in the 1970s, one-third of long-term coal miners suffered from coal workers’ pneumoconiosis or black lung. Even with the coal mining regulations, cases of these illnesses began to rise drastically in the late 1990s. Researchers are expressing concern that some cases of the new generation of severe black […]
Bull Mountains Mine No. 1
The Bull Mountains Coal Mine No. 1 occupies an area of about 1725 acres in the Bull Mountains of southcentral Montana, in Musselshell and Yellowstone counties, 20 miles southeast of Roundup, Montana. Signal Peak Energy LLC, a subsidiary of Global Mining Group, owns the mine. It has been operating intermittently since it opened in 1907. The mine […]
Tunnel Ridge Coal Mine
Tunnel Ridge underground coal mine occupies an area of 38 km2 in Wheeling, West Virginia. Tunnel Ridge, LLC, a subsidiary of Alliance Resource Partners LP operates the Tunnel Ridge Mine. The mine’s construction began in 2008, development mining began in 2010, and longwall mining operations in May 2012. It operates under the MSHA ID: 4608864 and […]
MC #1 and Viking Coal Mines
The MC #1 and Viking mines are part of the Sugar Camp mine complex in Akin and Macedonia, Franklin County, Illinois. They are underground mines covering an area of about 37955 acres and are operated under the MSHA ID 1103189. Each of these mines is operated separately by M-Class Mining LLC and Viking Mine LLC, subsidiaries […]
Bailey Coal Mine
The Bailey Coal Mine is located in Graysville, Greene County, Pennsylvania, about 45 miles from Pittsburgh. The mine began operations in 1984 under MSHA ID: 3607230, with 108.2M tons of assessable coal reserves. It is the oldest coal mine at the Pennsylvania Mining Complex (PAMC), which consists of three mines located mostly in Pennsylvania and […]
Enlow Fork Coal Mine
Enlow Fork Mine located in Claysville, Pennsylvania started operating in 1989. It is an underground thermal coal mine that uses continuous longwall mining technology. The mine is part of the Pennsylvania Mining Complex (PAMC), owned by Consol Energy Inc. Other mines forming the Pennsylvania Mining Complex (PAMC) operations are the Bailey and Harvey mines. The […]
River View Coal Mine
River View mining complex is located in Union County, Kentucky. It comprises two mines: River View (Mine #1) and Henderson County (Mine #2). The mining complex is owned and operated by River View Coal LLC, a subsidiary of Alliance Resource Partners LP. River View (Mine #1) has been operational since 2009 while the Henderson County […]
North Antelope Rochelle Coal Mine
The North Antelope Rochelle Mine (NARM) is the world’s largest coal mine. It occupies about 5,344 acres 65 miles (105 km) south of Gillette in Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. The mine is operated by Powder River Coal, a subsidiary of Peabody Energy. In 1999, the company combined the North Antelope Mine, (which started its operations in 1983) and the Rochelle […]
Black Thunder Coal Mine
The Black Thunder Coal Mine is a surface coal mine near Wright, in Campbell County, Wyoming. It is located in the Powder River Basin, which contains one of the world’s largest coal deposits. The Black Thunder Coal Mine was opened in 1977 under the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) until Arch Coal acquired it in 1998. Thunder Basin Coal […]