Beckley Pocahontas Coal Mine

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Beckley Pocahontas Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in West Virginia, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Beckley Pocahontas Coal Mine West Virginia, United States 37.67, -81.37 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.
Capacity (Mtpa) Production (Mtpa) Year of Production Mine Type Mining Method Mine Size (km2) Mine Depth (m) Workforce Size
0.9788522913[1] 2023[1] Underground 373* 327[1]

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt) Year of Total Reserves Recorded Total Resources (Mt) Coalfield Coal Type Coal Grade Primary Consumer/ Destination
19.6[2] 2022[2] Appalachia Bituminous

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
ICG Beckley LLC[3] Arch Resources Inc [100.0%] USA

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September supplement.

Background

Beckley Crystal is an underground coal mining operation in Raleigh County, West Virginia, operated by Baylor Mining and owned by Robert L. Worley. On April 23, 2010, a West Virginia coal miner died at the mine after being crushed between a piece of heavy equipment and a block of coal.[4]

  • MSHA ID: 4608829
  • Operator: Baylor Mining Inc
  • Controller: Robert L Worley
  • Union:
  • County: Raleigh
  • State: WV
  • Latitude: 37.67
  • Longitude: -81.37
  • 2020 Production: 1 million short tons
  • Reserves: 25.5 million short tons[5]
  • Coal Type: Bituminous
  • Mining Method: Underground
  • Mine Status: Active
  • Average No. of Employees: 58

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240213175031/https://www.msha.gov/data-and-reports/statistics/mine-employment-and-coal-production. Archived from the original on 13 February 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240213175107/https://filecache.investorroom.com/mr5ir_archrsc/98/ARCH%2520RESOURCES,%2520INC.%25202022%2520ANNUAL%2520REPORT.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://investor.archrsc.com/static-files/7c30dafc-987d-4800-8d6a-55f23ea4070f. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Man Dies After Being Crushed at W. Virginia Mine" The Wall Street Journal, April 23, 2010.
  5. Mining Data Solution, Beckley Mine, accessed April 2021.

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