Lone Mountain Mine

The Lone Mountain Mine is an underground coal mining operation in Harlan County, Kentucky, and Lee County, Virginia, owned by Arch Coal. It is part of Arch Coal's Central Appalachia mining region, which sold 14.6 million tons of coal in 2008.

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Mine Data

• Owner:
• Parent company: Arch Coal
• Location: Harlan County, Kentucky, and Lee County, Virginia
• GPS coordinates: 36.880178, -82.925727
• Production: 2.7 million tons (2008)
• Type of coal:
• Mine type: Underground
• Equipment: Continuous miner units and continuous haulage units
• Number of employees:

Contact Details

Lone Mountain Processing, Inc.
Drawer C
St. Charles, VA 24282
(276) 383-4455

Physical Address

Route 636
Benedict Road
St. Charles, VA 24282

Articles and resources

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• U.S. coal politics
• Coal and jobs in the United States
• Coal phase-out
• Headquarters of U.S. coal mining companies
• Global list of coal mining companies and agencies
• Kentucky and coal
• Virginia and coal
• Proposed coal mines

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External Sources

• Dept. of Interior, Lone Mountain spill recovery
• Fish and Wildlife on the Lone Mountain spill recovery

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