Wildcat Surface Mine
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Wildcat Surface Mine is a coal mining operation using mountaintop removal practices in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
Location
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Mine Data
- MSHA ID: 4608899
- Operator: Highwall Mining LLC
- Controller: Patriot Coal Corporation
- Union:
- County: Kanawha
- State: WV
- Latitude: 38.1
- Longitude: -81.53
- 2007 Production (short tons): 471,298
- Coal Type: Bituminous
- Mining Method: Surface
- Mine Status: Active
- Average No. of Employees: 39
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References
External links
- "Major U.S. Coal Mines," Energy Information Administration