Viking Mine
From Global Energy Monitor
The Viking Mine was a surface operation in Daviess County, Indiana, owned by Peabody Energy.
Location
Mine Data
- Owner: Black Beauty Coal Company
- Parent company: Peabody Energy
- Location: south of Montgomery, Daviess County, Indiana
- GPS coordinates: 38.6107, -87.015495
- Production: 1.6 million tons (2008)
- Type of coal: Medium-sulfur
- Mine type: Surface
- Equipment: Truck, shovel fleets, bulldozer
- Number of employees: 130
- Recoverable Reserves: 8 million tons
- Status: Closed
Background
The mine shipped 1.6 million tons of coal in 2008, which was trucked to a variety of electricity generating and industrial customers. The mine's 130 workers use truck/shovel fleets and dozer push to remove overburden and work two shifts per day, seven days a week year round, mining six different seams of coal. Viking has 8 million tons of assigned recoverable reserves.[1]
Peabody closed the mine in 2014.[2]
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References
- ↑ "Viking Mine" Peabody Energy Website, October 2009
- ↑ "Peabody closes Viking surface coal mine in Indiana" SP global.com, May 21, 2014.
