Ohio County Coal Mine

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Ohio County Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Ohio County Coal Mine Wheeling, West Virginia, United States 39.983672, -80.638378 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating 1975

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
5.853155684[1] 2023[1] Underground 373* 371[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
56 Appalachia Bituminous Thermal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Ohio County Coal Resources Inc[2] American Consolidated Natural Resources Inc [100.0%] USA

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
ROM 5[3] 5[3] 5[3] 4[3] 5[3] 5[3] 5[3]

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

The Ohio County Mine, formerly known as the Shoemaker Mine, is an underground coal mine, operated by Ohio County Coal Company, a subsidiary of Murray Energy Corporation, producing 6.5 million short tons per annum, in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. The mine was idled for all of 2007, but put back into production in 2008.[4]

  • MSHA ID: 4601436
  • Start Year:
  • Owner: Ohio County Coal Company.[5]
  • Parent company: Murray Energy Corporation.
  • Location: Wheeling, West Virginia, United States
  • GPS coordinates: 40.001971, -80.710843
  • Production (short tons): 6,509,414 (2018)[6]
  • Type of coal: Bituminous
  • Mine type: Underground
  • Equipment: Long Wall and Continuous Mining
  • Number of employees: 451[7]
  • Recoverable reserves: 61.3 million tons
  • Mine status: Operating

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. https://web.archive.org/web/20240125052907/https://acnrinc.com/operations/. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20240717193400/https://www.msha.gov/data-and-reports/mine-data-retrieval-system. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "CONSOL Energy Annual Report through December 31, 2008" EDGAR Online, Filed February 17, 2009
  5. "Murray closes on CONSOL mine purchase" wvgazettemail.com, December 5, 2013
  6. "EIA table 9 major US coal mines 2018" EIA.gov accessed June 2020
  7. "Murray Energy lays off over 200 workers at northern West Virginia coal mines" Transmissionhub.com, April 17, 2015

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