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The Friends of CoalIts frequently noted that every coal mining job creates another five to eight jobs somewhere in the economy. Anyone who has ever visited a coal oriented community in West Virginia would have no hesitation in believing that statistic. It is likely that no state and industry are as closely identified with one another as West Virginia and coal. Friends of Coal is based on the simple premise that West Virginia is full of people who understand and appreciate the value and the importance of the coal industry to the Mountain State and its people. It is a grass roots movement involving thousands of West Virginians who consider coal to be the lifeblood of the states economy. These people have always been around. But they have never before been organized into a cohesive force capable of demonstrating just how many West Virginians are directly and indirectly involved with the coal industry. Friends was also born out of a desire to correct the misimpression that coals time has passed in West Virginia. In the 140 year history of the states coal industry, something like 13 billion tons of coal have been extracted. The states remaining mineable reserves amount to about 52 billion tons. West Virginia is in no danger of running out of coal. Coal still supplies more than 50% of this countrys growing electrical power demand, and West Virginia is the nations second largest coal producer. There is no danger that the demand for energy will cease. But, in a shrinking world community, competition for West Virginias traditional coal markets is increasing every year. States with less sensitive environmental concerns, and nations with low safety and environmental standards, low pay and government subsidies, are threats to the Appalachian coal market. West Virginias biggest edge has always been the quality of its coal, along with its relative proximity to the markets. But, as transportation systems have gotten more sophisticated, and the production cost differential has grown, these mitigating factors have been diminished. In other words, with the best coal miners in the world, with the best coal in the world and with a growing demand for energy, West Virginias coal industry is still plagued by the uncertainties of the shifting marketplace. As the industry streamlines and adapts to meet these challenges, it is increasingly important that the Friends of Coal in West Virginia unite to speak with one voice. It up to Friends to clearly demonstrate that coal must be a major consideration in the establishment of public policy in the state and in the nation. For more information, visit the Friends of Coal website at www.friendsofcoal.org

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U.S. Coal Production by StateAlabama Alaska Arizona Colorado Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Missouri Montana New Mexico North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington West Virginia Wyoming U.S. TOTAL 2001 19.4 1.5 13.4 33.4 33.8 36.7 0.2 133.8 3.7 4.6 0.6 0.4 39.1 29.6 30.5 25.4 1.7 74.1 3.3 45.0 27.0 32.8 4.6 175.0 368.7 1,127.7 2002 18.9 1.1 12.8 35.1 33.3 35.3 0.2 124.1 3.8 5.1 2.3 0.2 37.4 28.9 30.8 21.2 1.4 68.4 3.2 45.2 25.3 30.0 5.8 163.3 373.2 1,094.3 2003 2004 2005 2005 Rank 20.1 22.3 21.3 15 1.1 1.5 1.5 23 12.1 12.7 12.1 16 35.8 39.9 38.5 7 31.6 31.9 32.1 9 35.4 35.1 34.4 8 0.2 0.1 0.2 25 112.8 114.3 119.8 3 4.0 3.8 4.2 19 5.1 5.2 5.2 18 3.7 3.6 3.6 20 0.5 0.6 0.6 24 37.0 40.0 40.4 6 26.4 27.2 28.5 12 30.8 29.9 30.0 10 22.0 23.2 24.7 13 1.6 1.8 1.8 22 63.7 66.0 67.3 4 2.6 2.9 3.2 21 47.5 45.9 45.9 5 23.1 21.7 24.5 14 31.6 31.4 27.7 11 6.2 5.7 5.3 17 145.9 153.6 159.5 2 376.3 396.50 406.4 1 1,071.8 1,112.1 1,133.3 source: Energy Information Agency, expressed by million tons

U.S. Coal Facts At A Glance*Total Production Underground Surface East West Number of mines Underground Surface Employment Underground Surface Recoverable Reserves Leading Coal Producers - 2004 Peabody Energy Corp. Kennecott Energy Co. Arch Coal, Inc. CONSOL Energy, Inc. Foundation Coal Group Massey Energy Company Vulcan Partners, L.P. North American Coal Group 1,133,000,000 375,000,000 758,000,000 522,000,000 611,000,000 1,357 630 727 73,801 42,016 31,785 507,739,700,000 192,484,000 124,479,000 115,244,000 65,222,000 60,428,000 40,373,000 35,502,000 30,648,000

Useful ContactsWest Virginia Coal Association Phone (304) 342-4153 FAX 342-7651 Web Site wvcoal.com National Mining Association Phone (202) 463-2600 FAX (202) 463-2666 Web Site nma.org WV Department of Environmental Protection Phone (304) 926-0440 FAX (304) 926-0446 Web Site dep.state.wv.us WV Ofce of Miners Health, Safety & Training Phone (304) 558-1425 FAX (304) 558-1282 Web Site state.wv.us/mhst Ofce of Surface Mining - Charleston Phone (304) 347-7162 FAX (304) 347-7170 Web Site osmre.gov

source: Energy Information Agency

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Coal Facts 2006West Virginia Coal AssociationThe Friends of Coal WV Coal Producing Regions WV Coal Facts at a Glance U.S. Coal Production by State U.S. Coal Facts At A Glance Useful Contacts WV Coal Producing Counties WV Coal Production By County County Ranking - Total Production County Ranking - Direct Employment County Ranking - Underground Production County Ranking - Surface Production Largest WV Coal Companies Million Ton Mines - Underground Largest WV Coal Producers Million Ton Mines - Surface WV Coal Production by Month WV Coal Production By Method Transportation of WV Coal Coal Use at WV Power Plants 2 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 WV Coal Production By Seam WV Coal Reserves WV Coal Production and Employment 1900 - 2005 The Severance Tax Severance Tax Receipts WV Mining Permits Issued - 2005 Surface Permit Acreage You Need To Know County Proles of West Virginias Coal Country The Origin of Coal Fast Facts Average BTU Values for Major Fuels Coal In West Virginia Glossary of Coal Industry Terms The West Virginia Coal Association 12 13

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Coal Facts 2006 is published by the West Virginia Coal Association P.O. Box 3923, Charleston, WV 25339 Telephone (304) 342-4153 Fax (304) 342-7651 www.wvcoal.com

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Estimated Average Annual Coal Wage $62,700 Estimated Production Value 2005 $6,500,000,000 Estimated Coal Severance Tax $280,000,000

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West Virginia Coal Facts At A Glance159,498,069 98,606,407 60,891,662 270 574 329 245 181,914,000 52,466,3990,580 42,744 12,365 5,627 24,752 89,379,561 18,192,222 29,831,771 Leading Coal Producing County Total Tonnage - Boone Underground - Boone Surface - Boone Highest Employment by County - Boone County With Most Coal Reserves - Boone 30,648,389 15,058,730 15,589,659 3,614

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Leading Coal Producing Corporate Group CONSOL Energy, Inc. 31,748,814 Leading Coal Producing Company Consolidation Coal Co. Largest Underground Mine McElroy Mine, McElroy Coal Co. Largest Surface Mine Samples Mine, Catenary Coal Co. Largest Mine Employment McElroy Mine, McElroy Coal Co. Largest Producing Mining Method Continuous Miner Largest Producing Coal Seam Pittsburgh 21,329,688 10,419,126 4,156,379 731 55,361,829 36,788,801

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West Virginia Coal Production by County - 2005Barbour Boone Braxton Brooke Clay Fayette Grant Greenbrier Harrison Kanawha Lincoln Logan Marion Marshall McDowell Mercer Mineral Mingo Monongalia Nicholas Preston Raleigh Randolph Tucker Upshur Wayne Webster Wyoming Total Mines 15 103 5 4 2 21 10 1 14 42 3 49 16 2 63 2 4 66 17 16 4 44 2 6 13 6 11 31 574 Employees 176 3,614 118 34 146 507 127 77 650 1,512 88 1,347 568 1,189 947 7 12 1,551 1,064 459 236 1,136 61 30 327 422 347 1,240 17,992 Underground 752,190 15,058,730 1,153,785 0 0 1,432,766 269,207 401,573 6,716,569 8,692,381 839,743 3,431,698 6,359,281 13,924,916 2,636,742 48,534 0 6,165,813 10,229,601 641,339 1,509,216 6,507,617 473,571 114,582 1,191,323 4,191,105 1,462,088 4,402,037 98,606,407 Surface 146,579 15,589,659 0 220,638 3,942,353 2,240,474 0 0 109,852 5,632,859 22,174 9,508,489 94,369 0 2,240,730 17,738 93,316 7,276,897 432,756 3,420,643 20,144 3,374,763 0 0 7,101 813,279 3,403,298 2,283,553 60,891,662 Total 898,769 30,648,389 1,153,785 220,638 3,942,353 3,673,240 269,207 401,573 6,826,421 14,325,240 861,917 12,940,187 6,453,648 13,924,916 4,877,472 66,272 93,316 13,442,710 10,662,357 4,061,982 1,529,360 9,882,380 473,571 114,582 1,198,424 5,004,384 4,865,386 6,685,590 159,498,069

source: WV Ofce of Miners Health Safety & Training

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County By County Rankings - 2005Total Production01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 County Boone Kanawha Marshall Mingo Logan Monongalia Raleigh Harrison Wyoming Marion Wayne McDowell Webster Nicholas Clay Fayette Preston Upshur Braxton Barbour Lincoln Randolph Greenbrier Grant Brooke Tucker Mineral Mercer Total Production 30,648,389 14,325,240 13,924,916 13,442,710 12,940,187 10,662,357 9,882,380 6,826,421 6,685,590 6,453,648 5,004,384 4,877,472 4,865,386 4,061,982 3,942,353 3,673,240 1,529,360 1,198,424 1,153,785 898,769 861,917 473,571 401,573 269,207 220,638 114,582 93,316 66,272 159,498,069

Direct Employment01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 County Boone Mingo Kanawha Logan Wyoming Marshall Raleigh Monongalia McDowell Harrison Marion Fayette Nicholas Wayne Webster Upshur Preston Barbour Clay Grant Braxton Lincoln Greenbrier Randolph Brooke Tucker Mineral Mercer Total Employees 3,614 1,551 1,512 1,347 1,240 1,189 1,136 1,064 947 650 568 507 459 422 347 327 236 176 146 127 118 88 77 61 34 30 12 7 17,992

Underground Production01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 County Boone Marshall Monongalia Kanawha Harrison Raleigh Marion Mingo Wyoming Wayne Logan McDowell Preston Webster Fayette Upshur Braxton Lincoln Barbour Nicholas Randolph Greenbrier Grant Tucker Mercer Total

Surface Production

Production County Production 15,058,730 01 Boone 15,589,659 13,924,916 02 Logan 9,508,489 10,229,601 03 Mingo 7,276,897 8,692,381 04 Kanawha 5,632,859 6,716,569 05 Clay 3,942,353 6,507,617 06 Nicholas 3,420,643 6,359,281 07 Webster 3,403,298 6,165,813 08 Raleigh 3,374,763 4,402,037 09 Wyoming 2,283,553 4,191,105 10 McDowell 2,240,730 3,431,698 11 Fayette 2,240,474 2,636,742 12 Wayne 813,279 1,509,216 13 Monongalia 432,756 1,462,088 14 Brooke 220,638 1,432,766 15 Barbour 146,579 1,191,323 16 Harrison 109,852 1,153,785 17 Marion 94,369 839,743 18 Mineral 93,316 752,190 19 Lincoln 22,174 641,339 20 Preston 20,144 473,571 21 Mercer 17,738 401,573 22 Upshur 7,101 269,207 Total 60,891,662 114,582 48,534 98,606,407 source: WV Ofce of Miners Health Safety & Training

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Largest West Virginia Coal Companies - 20051 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Company Consolidation Coal Co. McElroy Coal Co. Independence Coal Co., Inc. Eastern Associated Coal Corp. Alex Energy, Inc. Elk Run Coal Co., Inc. Brooks Run Mining Co., LLC Catenary Coal Co. Fola Coal Co., Inc. Hobet Mining, Inc. Speed Mining, Inc. Rockspring Development, Inc. Mingo Logan Coal Co. Arch of West Virginia Pinnacle Mining Co., LLC Marfork Coal Co., Inc. Appalachian Fuels, LLC Newtown Energy, Inc. Performance Coal Co. Argus Energy WV LLC Aracoma Coal Co., Inc. Evergreen Mining Co. Legacy Resources, LLC Spartan Mining Co. Long Branch Energy Production 21,329,688 10,419,126 8,543,590 6,001,981 4,930,130 4,829,383 4,459,824 4,322,393 3,942,353 3,904,836 3,399,986 3,018,448 2,784,939 2,758,922 2,688,662 2,628,200 2,447,617 2,434,427 2,240,612 1,985,936 1,832,040 1,753,655 1,728,006 1,720,899 1,712,496 Corporate Afliation CONSOL Energy, Inc. CONSOL Energy, Inc. Massey Energy Co. Peabody Energy Corp. Massey Energy Co. Massey Energy Co. Alpha Natural Resources, Inc Magnum Coal Co. AMVEST Mineral Co., LLC Magnum Coal Co. Magnum Coal Co. Riverton Coal Production, Inc. Arch Coal, Inc. Magnum Coal Co. PinOak Resources Massey Energy Co. Massey Energy Co. Massey Energy Co. International Coal Group, Inc. Massey Energy Co.

source: WV Ofce of Miners Health Safety & Training

West Virginia Million Ton Mines - Underground 20051 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Mine McElroy Loveridge Robinson Run No. 95 Blacksville No. 2 Federal No. 2 Shoemaker American Eagle Camp Creek No. 1 Mountaineer Alma A Pinnacle UBBMC Montcoal Eagle Harris No. 1 Aracoma Alma No. 1 Rivers Edge Whitetail Kittanning Upper Mercer Eagle Big Mountain No. 16 No. 2 Company McElroy Coal Co. Consolidation Coal Co. Consolidation Coal Co. Consolidation Coal Co. Eastern Associated Coal Corp. Consolidation Coal Co. Speed Mining, Inc. Rockspring Development, Inc. Mingo Logan Coal Co. Pinnacle Mining Co., LLC Performance Coal Co. Eastern Associated Coal Corp. Aracoma Coal Co. Rivers Edge Mining, Inc. Kingwood Mining Co., LLC Brooks Run Mining Co., LLC Newtown Energy, Inc. Pine Ridge Coal Co. Dakota Mining, Inc. County Marshall Marion Harrison Monongalia Monongalia Marshall Kanawha Wayne Mingo Wyoming Raleigh Boone Logan Boone Preston Webster Kanawha Boone Boone Production Employees 10,419,126 731 6,359,281 508 6,188,130 512 5,276,487 479 4,100,022 468 3,505,790 458 3,346,454 123 3,018,448 271 2,716,257 352 2,688,662 349 2,240,612 207 1,897,591 330 1,671,486 185 1,629,398 205 1,509,216 227 1,462,088 67 1,446,515 174 1,082,250 132 1,053,830 145

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Largest West Virginia Coal Producers- 2005CONSOL Energy, Inc. Consolidation Coal Co. McElroy Coal Co. Massey Coal Co., Inc. Independence Coal Co. Alex Energy, Inc. Elk Run Coal Co., Inc. Marfork Coal Co. Performance Coal Co. Aracoma Coal Co., LLC Spartan Mining Co. Road Fork Development Co., Inc. Highland Mining Co. Mammoth Coal Co. White Buck Coal Co. Bandmill Coal Corp. Rum Creek Coal Sales, Inc. Magnum Catenary, LLC Hobet , LLC Speed Mining, Inc. Apogee, LLC Dakota Mining, Inc. Mystic , LLC Remington Coal Co., Inc. Alpha Natural Resources Services, LLC Brooks Run Mining Co., LLC Calloway Natural Resources Kingwood Mining Co., LLC 31,748,814 21,329,688 10,419,126 31,615,996 8,543,590 4,930,130 4,829,383 2,628,200 2,240,612 1,832,040 1,720,899 1,384,417 1,008,090 908,043 812,642 707,588 70,362 16,971,663 4,322,393 3,904,836 3,399,986 2,758,922 1,053,830 960,042 571,654 9,091,236 4,459,824 3,122,196 1,509,216 Peabody Energy Corp. Eastern Associated Coal Corp. Rivers Edge Mining, Inc. Pine Ridge Coal Co. Riverton Coal Production, Inc. Rockspring Development, Inc. Laurel Creek Co., Inc. Simmons Fork Kingston Mining, Inc. Arch Coal, Inc. Mingo Logan Coal Co. Coal-Mac, Inc. Phoenix Coal-Mac Mining, Inc. Point Mining, Inc. AMVEST Mineral Co., LLC Fola Coal Co., Inc. Powellton Coal Co., LLC Little Eagle Coal Co. International Coal Group, Inc. ICG Eastern Anker WV Mining Co., Inc. Baylor Mining Patriot Mining Co., Inc. 8,713,629 6,001,981 1,629,398 1,082,250 7,007,134 3,018,448 1,443,474 1,394,501 1,150,711 5,787,758 2,784,939 1,544,910 963,579 494,330 4,833,915 3,942,353 736,941 154,621 4,562,306 2,662,242 1,157,419 544,351 198,294

source: WV Ofce of Miners Health Safety & Training

West Virginia Million Ton Mines - Surface 20051 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Mine Samples No. 1 No. 1 Twilight Westridge Surface Guyan Edwight Surface Valley Fill 2&3 Synergy No. 1 No. 5 Rockhouse Branch Surface Twilight II Big Creek No. 2 Freeze Fork Surface Company Magnum Coal Co. Fola Coal Co., Inc. Alex Energy, Inc. Independence Coal Co. Magnum Coal Co. Magnum Coal Co. Independence Coal Co. ICG Eastern Legacy Resources, LLC Coal-Mac, Inc. Roadfork Development Co., Inc. Independence Coal Co. Appalachian Fuels, LLC Highland Mining Co. County Kanawha Clay Nicholas Boone Boone Logan Raleigh Webster Boone Mingo Logan Boone Fayette Logan Production 4,156,379 3,942,353 3,393,672 3,358,228 3,092,177 2,758,922 1,984,711 1,753,655 1,728,006 1,544,910 1,384,417 1,129,152 1,085,548 1,008,090 Employees 352 146 236 194 250 211 132 228 76 105 74 70 123 66

source: WV Ofce of Miners Health Safety & Training

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West Virginia Coal Production by Month - 2005January February Marsh April May June July August September October November December Totals Underground 7,480,334 8,275,181 9,570,470 8,193,499 8,492,557 8,440,573 6,731,041 9,041,894 7,883,472 8,367,110 7,866,405 8,263,871 98,606,407 Surface 4,460,804 4,452,934 4,822,533 4,883,842 5,396,387 5,394,847 4,820,582 6,072,732 5,478,833 5,359,326 4,824,698 4,943,243 60,891,662 Total 11,941,138 12,728,115 14,393,023 13,077,341 13,888,944 13,835,420 11,551,623 15,114,626 13,362,305 13,726,436 12,691,103 13,207,114 159,498,069

source: WV Ofce of Miners Health Safety & Training

West Virginia Coal Production by Method - 2005County Barbour Boone Braxton Brooke Clay Fayette Grant Greenbrier Harrison Kanawha Lincoln Logan Marion Marshall McDowell Mercer Mineral Mingo Monongalia Nicholas Preston Raleigh Randolph Tucker Upshur Wayne Webster Wyoming TOTAL Continuous 752,190 13,148,161 1,153,785 0 0 1,432,766 269,207 401,573 1,225,265 5,715,432 839,743 2,342,684 644,522 1,521,318 2,615,931 0 0 4,849,296 2,078,784 641,339 1,509,216 4,705,315 473,571 114,582 1,191,323 4,191,105 1,462,088 2,082633 55,361,829 Longwall 0 1,906,201 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,488,235 2,976,949 0 1,089,014 5,714,759 12,403,598 20,811 0 0 1,316,517 8,150,817 0 0 8,150,817 0 0 0 0 0 2,319,404 43,188,607 Auger 0 4,368 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,069 0 0 0 0 0 0 48,534 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55,971 Mountaintop Other Surface 0 146,579 11,110,094 4,479,565 0 0 0 220,638 3,942,353 0 1,357,055 883,419 0 0 0 0 0 109,852 4,744,013 888,846 0 22,174 6,302,549 3,205,940 0 94,367 0 0 252,133 1,988,597 0 17,738 0 93,316 4,968,823 2,308,074 0 432,756 3,409,297 11,346 0 20,144 2,748,604 626,159 0 0 0 0 0 7,101 0 813,279 3,403,298 0 495,045 2,283,553 42,733,264 18,158,398 Total 1,108,384 30,648,389 1,153,785 220,638 3,942,353 3,673,240 269,207 401,573 6,826,421 14,325,240 861,917 12,940,187 6,453,648 13,924,916 4,877,472 66,272 93,316 13,442,710 10,662,357 4,061,982 1,529,360 9,882,380 473,571 114,582 1,198,424 5,004,384 4,865,386 6,685,590 159,498,069

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Transportation of West Virginia Coal - 2005County Barbour Boone Braxton Fayette Grant Greenbrier Harrison Kanawha Logan Marion Marshall McDowell Mercer Mingo Monongalia Nicholas Preston Raleigh Randolph Tucker Upshur Wayne Webster Wyoming Total Rail 8,920,399 701,443 272,648 541,539 2,594,414 6,214,593 308,031 1,208289 3,197,015 9,431,516 440,763 5,066,636 757,630 2,996,133 938,701 3,424,702 89,379,561 814,991 2,392,183 13,616,885 6,981 River 131,535 Truck 512,399 3,467,907 524,764 269,657 71,981 462,959 1,053,195 223,420 1,053,195 48,534 2,075,702 853,685 74,435 88,673 718,162 449,248 108,113 320,450 1,184,795 941,699 29,831,771 Belt 806,789 Stock-Piled

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source: WV Ofce of Miners Health Safety & Training - Totals do not match production totals due to non-reporting and to the fact that coal distribution may cross annual year boundaries.

Coal Use at West Virginia Power Plants - 2005Facility John Amos Harrison Mount Storm Mitchell Mountaineer Pleasants Fort Martin Philip Sporn Kammer Kanawha River Albright Willow Island Rivesville Total County Putnam Harrison Grant Marshall Tyler Mason Mason Monongalia Wetzel Kanawha Preston Pleasants Marion West Virginia Utility AEP Allegheny Dominion AEP AEP Allegheny Allegheny AEP AEP AEP Allegheny Allegheny Allegheny Capacity in Megawatts 2,900 1,920 1,575 1,460 1,300 1,223 1,107 1,050 630 425 292 243 142 14,267 1999 6,955,609 5,365,292 4,224,035 3,602,513 3,296,708 3,283,885 3,032,453 2,354,822 1,654,614 870,776 516,124 594,921 173,982 35,925,734 2005 7,707,204 5,237,660 5,475,000 4,201,055 3,212,393 3,517,896 2,690,192 2,163,753 1,462,488 911,489 464,671 282,464 85,667 37,411,932

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West Virginia Coal Production by Seam - 2005Alma Alma A Bakerstown Beckley Buffalo Creek Cedar Grove Chilton Chilton A Chilton Rider Clarion Coalburg Douglas Eagle Eagle A Elk Lick Fire Creek Gilbert Glenalum Tunnel Hernshaw Iaeger Little Alma Little Chilton Little Coalburg Little Eagle Little Fire Creek Lower Campbell Creek Lower Cedar Grove Lower Kittanning Lower War Eagle Lower Winifrede Middle Kittanning No. 2 Gas Peerless Pittsburgh Pocahontas 2 Pocahontas 3 Pocahontas 4 Pocahontas 5 Pocahontas 6 Pocahontas 8 Powellton Redstone Refuse Processing Sewell Sewickley Stockton-Lewiston Upper Freeport Upper Kittanning Upper Mercer Washington Waynesburg Williamson Williamson Rider Winifrede Total Underground 1,661,427 2,716,257 269,207 1,181,654 240,714 1,785,958 0 254 93,447 0 6,919.739 862,386 6,535,039 0 0 1,219,288 120,046 662,377 224,632 276,688 191,355 413,042 0 154,621 0 680,658 1,293,035 3,582,886 300 881,560 799,893 1,971,158 4,590,760 36,449,027 111,997 4,080,254 0 0 312,723 0 4,669,000 815,341 48,534 1,538,523 853,092 2,890,063 364,437 1,509,216 1,462,088 0 0 196,657 0 3,957,074 98,606,407 Surface Total 492,763 2,174,190 0 2,716,257 20,144 289,351 140,064 1,321,718 0 240,714 717,759 2,503,717 778,600 778,600 0 254 0 93,447 5,542,734 5,542,734 17,888,687 24,808,426 0 862,386 0 6,535,039 346,468 346,468 29,546 29,546 372,005 1,591,293 0 120,046 0 662,377 0 224,632 0 276,688 0 191,355 0 413,042 5,486 5,486 0 154,621 56,677 56,677 0 680,658 331,888 1,624,923 11,470,110 15,052,996 0 300 0 881,560 4,728,048 5,527,941 1,287,543 3,258,701 0 4,590,760 339,774 36,788,801 0 111,997 619,506, 4,699,760 75,812 75,812 75,557 75,557 114,993 427,716 835,860 835,860 135,570 4,804,570 160,492 975,833 89,381 137,915 210,305 1,748,828 4,937 858,029 7,105,085 9,995,148 87,138 451,575 2,474,058 3,983,274 0 1,462,088 61,519 61,519 378,782 378,782 2,046,852 2,243,509 521,393 521,393 1,104,952 5,062,026 60,891,662 159,498,069 source: WV Ofce of Miners Health Safety & Training

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West Virginia Coal ReservesOriginal Estimated Mineable Tons Recoverable Tons 3,585,619,298 1,564,055,319 8,142,970,465 3,704,444,703 2,323,332,633 1,112,185,157 360,000,000 55,838,108 44,167,156 0 251,017,114 0 3,237,869,854 1,833,623,052 1,119,317,757 671,587,864 4,420,505,039 1,854,024,987 1,019,245,455 495,526,312 969,014,155 482,413,381 1,220,293,321 634,546,359 500,000,000 246,659,014 2,172,730,581 494,648,502 5,901,324,612 2,673,562,642 2,776,037,160 1,364,763,631 1,770,813,665 1,045,431,780 8,149,879,105 3,508,733,672 4,317,089,326 1,427,823,611 4,448,857,374 1,879,579,377 339,976,480 150,789,532 5,340,598,171 1,650,126,076 County Mercer Mineral Mingo Monongalia Nicholas Ohio Pocahontas Preston Putnam Raleigh Randolph Roane Summers Taylor Tucker Tyler Upshur Wayne Webster Wetzel Wirt Wyoming TOTAL Original Estimated Mineable Tons Recoverable Tons 506,829,312 99,766,723 809,34,066 360,980,866 6,332,263,181 3,032,909,414 3,748,630,971 988,419,278 6,172,807,449 3,367,718,550 910,000,000 336,292,256 508,644,743 299,843,805 3,212,323,508 1,394,498,044 433,090,336 238,231,342 4,283,368,282 1,639,193,973 4,183,643,819 2,415,847,817 674,768,973 0 18,678,528 10,676,345 1,327,673,239 613,961,430 486,964,209 177,941,316 948,133,232 474,066,616 3,554,551,754 1,673,838,377 1,471,495,778 794,291,751 6,305,536,510 3,658,911,372 3,321,923,236 1,660,868,193 22,302,720 11,151,360 5,061,292,844 2,416,618,675 116,705,415,411 52,466,3990,580

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West Virginia Coal Production and Employment 1900-20051900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 Production 22,647,207 24,088,402 24,570,826 29,337,241 32,406,752 37,791,580 43,290,350 48,091,583 49,000,000 49,697,018 59,274,708 60,517,167 66,731,587 69,182,791 73,666,981 71,812,917 89,165,772 89,383,449 90,766,636 84,980,551 89,590,271 90,452,996 79,394,786 97,474,177 156,570,631 123,061,985 144,603,574 146,088,121 133,866,587 139,297,148 122,429,767 102,698,420 86,114,506 94,130,508 98,441,233 99,441,233 118,965,066 118,965,066 93,511,099 108,515,665 126,619,825 140,944,744 156,752,598 160,429,576 164,954,218 151,909,714 143,977,874 173,653,816 168,589,033 122,913,540 145,563,295 163,448,001 142,181,271 Employment 29,017 32,386 36,147 39,452 45,492 49,950 53,769 56,256 60,189 62,189 68,135 70,644 69,611 70,321 76,041 81,328 80,058 88,665 92,132 91,566 97,426 116,726 107,709 121,280 115,964 111,708 120,638 119,618 112,715 107,393 107,832 97,953 86,829 95,367 106,590 109,779 111,625 115,052 103,735 104,022 130,457 112,875 112,817 105,585 103,146 97,380 102,393 116,421 125,669 121,121 119,568 111,562 100,862 Production Employment 1953 131,872,563 84,093 1954 113,039,046 64,849 1955 137,073,372 54,321 1956 150,401,233 68,318 1957 150,220,548 66,792 1958 115,245,791 55,065 1959 117,770,002 52,352 1960 120,107,994 48,696 1961 111,370,863 42,557 1962 117,018,419 43,456 1963 128,924,165 44,854 1964 139,361,204 44,205 1965 149,236,013 44,885 1966 148,826,592 43,344 1967 152,461,567 42,742 1968 145,113,560 41,573 1969 139,315,720 41,941 1970 143,132,284 45,261 1971 118,317,785 48,858 1972 122,856,378 48,190 1973 115,239,146 45,041 1974 101,713,580 46,026 1975 109,048,898 55,256 1976 108,793,594 59,802 1977 95,405,977 61,815 1978 84,697,048 62,982 1979 112,380,883 58,565 1980 121,583,762 55,502 1981 112,813,972 55,411 1982 128,778,076 53,941 1983 115,135,454 35,831 1984 131,040,566 39,950 1985 127,867,375 35,913 1986 130,787,233 32,329 1987 137,672,276 28,885 1988 144,917,788 28,100 1989 151,834,721 28,323 1990 171,155,053 28,876 1991 166,715,271 27,479 1992 163,797,710 27,065 1993 133,700,856 22,386 1994 164,200,572 21,414 1995 167,096,211 21,602 1996 174,008,217 18,939 1997 181,914,000 18,165 1998 180,794,012 17,382 1999 169,206,834 14,845 2000 169,370,602 14,281 2001 175,052,857 15,729 2002 163,896,890 15,377 2003 144,899,599 14,871 2004 153,631,633 16,037 2005 159,498,069 17,992 source: WV Ofce of Miners Health Safety & Training

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The Severance TaxIn 1987, West Virginia enacted a severance tax on coal. The tax amounts to 5% of the sale price of mined coal. Of this amount, the State retains 93%. The remaining 7% is apportioned among the states 55 counties and its 230 incorporated municipalities. Three fourths of the 7% share is divided among the coal producing counties. This money is apportioned according to each countys coal production. The remaining quarter of the 7% is divided among all counties and municipalities, according to population. All incorporated communities receive a share, based on population. All counties receive an additional share, based on the population of the unincorporated areas of the county. The total severance tax collections for 2005 amounted to more than $280 million. A total of $16,692,890.15 was distributed to all counties and municipalities. Of this amount, $11,242,408.70 represented coal production in the 26 coal producing counties.

2005 Severance Tax ReceiptsCounty Barbour Berkeley Boone Braxton Brooke Cabell Calhoun Clay Doddridge Fayette Gilmer Grant Greenbrier Hampshire Hancock Hardy Harrison Jackson Jefferson Kanawha Lewis Lincoln Logan Marion Marshall Mason McDowell Mercer Mineral Mingo Unincorporated $33,583.71 $194,542.50 $69,213.20 $38,339.24 $45,365.38 $141,157.37 $22,491.99 $31,210.50 $21,145.71 $98,244.09 $17,437.14 $29,292.29 $73,543.61 $57,898.31 $37,922.54 $32,207.35 $109,177.52 $66,370.07 $109,549.35 $313,130.76 $39,092.47 $65,046.25 $106,994.71 $86,124.66 $61,199.81 $56,802.04 $64,959.70 $138,455.26 $60,350.41 $74,495.62 Production $83,883.49 $0.00 $4,150,294.88 $44,834.56 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $298,165.18 $0.00 $296,871.25 $0.00 $103,095.15 $158,681.42 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $75,350.50 $0.00 $0.00 $880,388.34 $0.00 $642,702.14 $1,538,856.57 $1,174,214.35 $1,564,683.92 $0.00 $719,961.22 $0.00 $10,387.48 $1,360,171.74 County Total $117,467.20 $194,542.50 $4,219,508.08 $83,173.80 $45,365.38 $141,157.37 $22,491.99 $329,375.68 $21,145.71 $395,115.34 $17,437.14 $132,387.44 $232,225.03 $57,898.31 $37,922.54 $32,207.35 $184,528.02 $66,370.07 $109,549.35 $1,193,519.10 $39,092.47 $707,748.39 $1,645,851.28 $1,260,339.01 $1,625,883.73 $56,802.04 $784,920.92 $138,455.26 $70,737.89 $1,434,667.36 Municipalities $16,372.96 $37,927.06 $12,635.54 $8,785.92 $25,732.60 $182,269.18 $1,811.03 $1,900.74 $2,583.51 $56,068.05 $5,513.24 $8,724.95 $37,553.94 $6,859.44 $77,255.45 $8,401.28 $110,976.26 $23,379.82 $25,684.54 $330,087.20 $15,138.87 $5,817.72 $13,849.15 $85,278.44 $61,909.55 $26,399.19 $22,639.10 $63,417.88 $26,444.14 $16,065.32 Grand Total $133,840.16 $232,469.56 $4,232,143.62 $91,959.72 $71,097.98 $323,426.55 $24,303.02 $331,276.42 $23,729.22 $451,183.39 $22,950.38 $141,112.39 $269,778.97 $64,757.75 $115,177.99 $40,608.63 $295,504.28 $89,749.89 $135,233.89 $1,523,606.30 $54,231.34 $713,566.11 $1,659,700.43 $1,345,617.45 $1,687,793.28 $83,201.23 $807,560.02 $201,873.14 $97,182.03 $1,450,732.68

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2005 Severance Tax ReceiptsCounty Monongalia Monroe Morgan Nicholas Ohio Pendleton Pleasants Pocahontas Preston Putnam Raleigh Randolph Ritchie Roane Summers Taylor Tucker Tyler Upshur Wayne Webster Wetzel Wirt Wood Wyoming Total Unincorporated $156,411.64 $42,474.14 $44,092.85 $66,642.50 $33,550.43 $23,716.42 $14,299.09 $23,790.14 $70,639.58 $126,460.82 $218,173.49 $61,449.82 $20,495.01 $41,336.26 $32,434.98 $33,056.82 $13,516.99 $19,517.41 $56,667.44 $101,612.88 $26,415.32 $27,209.96 $15,638.93 $128,694.91 $69,472.83 $3,731,473.22 Production $651,774.76 $0.00 $0.00 $542,701.10 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $171,091.33 $0.00 $835,290.70 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $3,830.70 $0.00 $192,763.35 $307,425.82 $458,005.20 $200,473.00 $0.00 $0.00 $898,260.14 $17,389,144.25 County Total $808,186.40 $42,474.14 $44,092.85 $609,343.60 $33,550.43 $23,716.42 $14,299.09 $23,790.14 $241,730.91 $126,460.82 $1,053,464.19 $61,449.82 $20,495.01 $41,336.26 $32,434.98 $33,056.82 $17,347.69 $19,517.41 $249,430.79 $409,038.70 $484,420.52 $227,682.96 $15,638.93 $128,694.91 $967,732.97 $21,120,617.47 Municipalities $106,436.94 $3,355.98 $3,804.76 $18,498.13 $116,922.93 $2,554.63 $9,785.97 $5,477.92 $23,386.33 $35,211.89 $65,754.62 $29,139.93 $12,658.01 $8,173.66 $9,231.43 $18,514.12 $9,949.43 $8,388.40 $18,350.65 $22,706.74 $4,737.50 $32,332.27 $3,186.10 $153,331.28 $12,930.41 $2,064,908.20 Grand Total $914,542.38 $45,830.12 $47,897.61 $624,784.73 $150,473.36 $26,271.05 $24,085.06 $29,268.06 $265,117.24 $161,672.71 $1,119,218.81 $90,589.75 $33,153.02 $49,509.92 $41,666.41 $51,570.94 $27,297.12 $27,905.81 $267,781.44 $431,745.44 $489,158.02 $260,015.23 $18,825.03 $282,026.19 $980,663.38 $23,185,525.67

2005 Severance Tax Receipts by Local GovernmentCounty/Municipality Barbour County Philippi Belington Junior Berkeley County Martinsburg Hedgesville Boone County Madison Danville Whitesville Sylvester Revenue for 2005 $1117,467.20 $9,199.37 $5,731.16 $1,442.43 $194,542.50 $37,157.77 $769.29 $4,219508.08 $8,580.74 $1,762.96 $1,666.80 $625.04 County/Municipality Braxton County Sutton Gassaway Burnsville Flat Woods Brooke County Follansbee Wellsburg Bethany Beech Bottom Windsor Heights Cabell County Huntington Barboursville Milton Revenue for 2005 $83,173.80 $3,240.64 $2,888.04 $1,541.78 $1,115.46 $45,365.38 $9,984.68 $9,266.68 $3,157.30 $1,942.43 $1,381.51 $141,157.37 $164,995.55 $10,202.62 $7,071.01

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2005 Severance Tax Receipts by Local GovernmentCounty/Municipality Calhoun County Grantsville Clay County Clay Doddridge County West Union Fayette County Oak Hill Fayetteville Montgomery Ansted Mount Hope Smithers Gauley Bridge Meadow Bridge Pax Thurmond Gilmer County Glenville Sand Fork Grant County Petersburg Bayard Greenbrier County Lewisburg White Sulphur Springs Ronceverte Rainelle Alderson Rupert Quinwood Falling Springs Hampshire County Romney Capon Bridge Hancock County Weirton Chester New Cumberland Hardy County Mooreeld Wardensville Revenue for 2005 $22,491.99 $1,811.03 $329,375,38 $1,900.7 $21,145.71 $2,583.51 $395,115.34 $24,325.45 $8,827.54 $6,224.80 $5,051.66 $4,766.36 $2,897.61 $2,365.57 $1,028.91 $557.72 $22.43 $17,437.14 $4,949.07 $564.17 $132,387.44 $7,766.57 $958.38 $232,225.03 $11,616.18 $7,420.41 $4,990.75 $4,952.25 $3,497.05 $3,013.02 $1,394.33 $669.95 $57,898.31 $6,218.36 $641.08 $37,922.54 $65,424.45 $8,308.30 $3,522.70 $32,207.35 $7,612.74 $788.54 County/Municipality Harrison County Clarksburg Bridgeport Shinnston Salem Stonewood Nutter Fort Lumberport Anmore West Milford Lost Creek Jackson County Ravenswood Ripley Jefferson County Ranson Charles Town Bolivar Shepherdstown Harpers Ferry Kanawha County Charleston South Charleston St. Albans Dunbar Nitro Marmet Chesapeake Belle Clendenin East Bank Cedar Grove Glasgow Pratt Jefferson Handley Lewis Weston Jane Lew Lincoln County Hamlin West Hamlin Revenue for 2005 $184,528.02 $53,667.13 $23,418.31 $7,456.30 $6,429.92 $5,817.71 $5,404.20 $3,003.40 $2,195.67 $2,086.70 $1,496.92 $66,370.07 $12,920.77 $10,459.05 $109,549.35 $9,459.01 $9,317.97 $3,349.61 $2,573.89 $984.06 $1,193,519,10 $171,233.16 $42,919.65 $37,076.32 $26,136.13 $21,873.34 $5,426.68 $5,266.42 $4,035.55 $3,577.19 $2,990.58 $2,763.02 $2,509.78 $1,766.16 $1,352.89 $1,160.33 $39,092.47 $13,837.52 $1,301.35 $707,748.39 $3,586.81 $2,230.91

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2005 Severance Tax Receipts by Local GovernmentCounty/Municipality Logan County Logan Chapmanville Man West Logan Mitchell Heights Marion County Fairmont Mannington Barracksville Monongah Rivesville Grant Town White Hall Fairview Farmington Worthington Marshall County Moundsville Pleasant Valley McMechen Benwood Glen Dale Cameron Mason County Pt. Pleasant New Haven Mason Hartford Henderson Leon McDowell County Welch Gary War Northfork Keystone Kimball Davy Iaeger Bradshaw Anawalt Revenue for 2005 $1,645,851.28 $5,224.74 $3,851.67 $2,468.11 $1,339.83 $964.80 $1,260,339.01 $61,212.64 $6,808.20 $4,128.47 $3,009.82 $2,926.48 $2,105.93 $1,907.18 $1,394.33 $1,240.48 $544.91 $1,625,883.73 $32,047.15 $9,713.54 $6,208.80 $5,080.47 $4,974.68 $3,884.91 $56,802.04 $14,863.21 $4,997.13 $3,410.47 $1,663.56 $1,041.73 $423.09 $784,920.92 $8,599.97 $2,939.29 $2,525.82 $1,663.56 $1,452.05 $1,317.40 $1,195.35 $1,147.50 $926.32 $871.84 County/Municipality Mercer County Blueeld Princeton Athens Bramwell Matoaka Oakvale Mineral County Keyser Piedmont Carpendale Ridgely Elk Garden Mingo County Williamson Matewan Delbarton Gilbert Kermit Monongalia County Morgantown Westover Star City Granville Blacksville Monroe County Union Peterstown Morgan County Bath (Berkeley Springs) Paw Paw Nicholas County Summersville Richwood Ohio County Wheeling Bethlehem West Liberty Triadelphia Clearview Valley Grove Revenue for 2005 $138,455,26 $36,704.49 $20,344.38 $3,532.32 $1,365.45 $1,016.10 $455.14 $70,737.89 $16,998.01 $3,250.20 $3,057.88 $2,442.48 $695.57 $1,434,667.36 $10,943.10 $1,596.27 $1,519.35 $1,336.65 $669.95 $808,186.40 $85,932.34 $12,632.29 $4,378.53 $3,493.78 $560.92 $42,474.14 $1,756.53 $1,599.45 $44,092,85 $2,125.13 $1,679.63 $609,343.60 $10,558.47 $7,939.66 $33,550.43 $100,708.94 $6,497.38 $3,910.53 $2,618.73 $1,891.19 $1,298.16

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2005 Severance Tax Receipts by Local GovernmentCounty/Municipality Pendleton County Franklin Pleasants County St. Marys Belmont Pocahontas County Marlinton Durbin Hillsboro Preston County Kingwood Terra Alta Masontown Rowelsburg Reedsville Newburg Tunnelton Albright Brandonville Bruceton Mills Putnam County Hurricane Wineld Eleanor Buffalo Poca Bancroft Raleigh County Beckley Mabscott Sophia Lester Rhodell Randolph County Elkins Mill Creek Beverly Coalton Huttonsville Montrose Harman Ritchie County Harrisville Pennsboro Ellenboro Cairo Pullman Auburn Roane County Spencer Reedy Revenue for 2005 $23,716.42 $2,554.63 $14,299.09 $6,465.23 $3,320.74 $23,790.14 $3,859.23 $839.78 $778.91 $241,730.91 $9,436.56 $4,667.01 $2,073.88 $1,964.85 $1,657.18 $1,153.95 $1,077.03 $791.72 $326.97 $237.18 $126,460.82 $16,768.32 $5,955.55 $4,311.18 $3,753.45 $3,247.02 $1,176.37 $1,053,464.19 $55,305.19 $4,497.12 $4,170.15 $1,032.10 $750.06 $61,449.82 $22,540.05 $2,121.94 $2,086.70 $791.72 $695.57 $500.06 $403.89 $20,495.01 $5,904.25 $3,843.23 $1,195.62 $843.02 $541.73 $330.16 $41,336.26 $7,539.00 $634.66 County/Municipality Summers County Hinton Taylor County Grafton Flemington Tucker Parsons Davis Thomas Hendricks Hambleton Tyler County Sistersville Middlebourne Friendly Upshur County Buckhannon Wayne County Kenova Ceredo Wayne Fort Gay Webster County Webster Springs Cowen Camden-On-Gauley Wetzel County New Martinsville Paden City Pine Grove Hundred Littleton Smitheld Wirt County Elizabeth Wood County Parkersburg Vienna Williamstown North Hills Wyoming County Mullens Oceana Pineville Total Revenue for 2005 $32,434.98 $9,231.43 $33,056.82 $17,594.17 $919.95 $17,347.69 $4,689.45 $2,000.15 $1,448.81 $1,022.48 $788.54 $19,517.41 $5,090.09 $2,788.63 $509.68 $249,430.79 $18,350.65 $409,038.70 $11,170.67 $5,368.95 $3,541.93 $2,625.19 $484,420.52 $2,589.93 $1,644.32 $503.25 $227,682.96 $19,180.80 $9,167.32 $1,820.26 $1,102.64 $493.90 $567.35 $15,638.93 $3,186.10 $128,694.91 $106,094.01 $34,813.36 $9,603.21 $2,820.70 $967,732.97 $5,670.25 $4,968.32 $2,291.84 $23,185,525.67

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West Virginia Mining Permits Issued 2005Permit No. Company UNDERGROUND U500804 Hampden Coal, Inc. U200504 Marion Docks, Inc. U501801 Delbarton Mining Co. U400204 Riverside Energy Co., LLC U501304 Black Stallion Coal Co., LLC U300504 Appalachian Fuels, LLC U401105 Road Fork Development Co., Inc. U200403 Buffalo Coal Co., Inc. U300604 Catenary Coal Co. U501204 Coal-Mac, Inc. U501004 Kanawha Eagle Coal LLC U301503 Catenary Coal Co. U601603 Catenary Coal Co. U400304 Consolidation Coal Co. U400404 Consolidation Coal Co. U500505 Marion Docks, Inc. U300904 Appalachian Fuels, LLC U400505 Vansant Coal Corp. U400704 Brooks Run Mining Co., LLC U500405 Eastern Associated Coal Co., LLC U300804 Peachtree Ridge Mining Co., Inc. Permit No. SURFACE S502701 S500404 S500402 S200604 S200303 S200305 S301003 S500904 S201004 S200904 S200804 S500802 S500604 S400305 S301502 S400104 Permit No. OTHER O501104 O500903 O300205 O501604 Company Coal-Mac, Inc. Hobet Mining, Inc. Consol of Kentucky, Inc. NESCO, Inc. Buffalo Coal Co., Inc. Coalex, Inc Appalachian Fuels, LLC Arch of West Virginia, Inc. Patriot Mining Co., Inc. American Bituminous Power Partners, L.P. Marion Docks, Inc. Southern West Virginia Resources, LLC Snap Creek Mining, Inc. Bluestone Coal Corp. Catenary Coal Co. JMAC Leasing, Inc. Company Alex Energy, Inc. Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. Catenary Coal Co. Mingo Logan Coal Co. Acres 17.00 7.55 26.91 0.70 7.00 26.36 16.87 30.00 13.45 8.00 0.52 32.89 2.00 7.31 1.00 19.53 11.00 5.08 6.69 9.00 14.70 Acres 6.01 345.70 797.59 161.00 266.00 63.65 322.00 49.28 72.00 141.00 17.49 354.54 227.70 60.78 334.00 322.27 Acres 52.34 3.37 109.60 151.40 County Logan Harrison Mingo McDowell Boone Fayette Wyoming Grant Kanawha Logan Boone Kanawha Kanawha McDowell McDowell Barbour Fayette McDowell Raleigh Boone Nicholas County Logan Boone Mingo Upshur Grant Harrison Fayette Logan Monongalia Marion Barbour Mingo Logan McDowell Boone Wyoming County Mingo Boone Kanawha Logan Nearest P.O. Lyburn Shinnston Delbarton Iaeger Wharton Cannelton Pineville Mount Storm Blount Omar Comfort Blount Blount Vallscreek Vallscreek Volga Boomer Jolo Basin Wharton Swiss Nearest P.O. Ragland Turtle Creek Myrtle Adrian Mount Storm Shinnston Pax Amherstdale Cassville Barrackville Volga Breeden Man Welch Eskdale Cyclone Nearest P.O. Holden Ashford Dorothy Sharples

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Surface Permit AcreageBoone Logan Mingo Kanawha Nicholas Clay Webster McDowell Wyoming Fayette Raleigh Wayne Lincoln Mercer South Monongalia Barbour Marion Harrison Mineral Preston Upshur Brooke Grant North State Total 2000 0.00 504.54 1,270.00 0.00 2,563.78 0.00 0.00 680.67 611.59 14.42 0.00 113.94 0.00 0.00 5,758.94 100.25 0.00 58.96 37.56 0.00 137.00 849.28 0.00 0.00 383.05 6,141.99 2000 18 34 2001 2,758.95 898.00 2,567.21 1,373.78 0.00 385.70 0.00 214.16 2,150.22 385.70 1,446.16 0.00 46.74 0.00 12,226.62 67.20 43.00 0.00 30.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 152.00 292.20 12,518.82 2001 34 20 2002 1,330.89 235.00 0.00 199.00 1,152.49 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000 0.00 0.00 626.660 0.00 2,917.38 125.85 326.34 207.95 0.00 0.00 40.00 0.00 0.00 281.00 981.14 3,898.52 2002 17 33 2003 6,314.24 3,346.60 2,519.77 2,637.19 72.32 1,743.08 600.00 889.15 0.00 0.00 1,976.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 20,098.41 90.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 90.50 20,188.91 2003 36 22 2004 2,049.88 1,168.90 1,703.86 992.74 1,205.70 0.00 1,233.22 248.69 512.76 1,118.05 579.15 0.00 479.72 0.00 11,292.67 66.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 441.78 0.00 507.78 11,800.45 2004 26 21 2005 679.70 282.99 1,152.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 60.78 322.27 322.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,819.87 72.00 17.49 141.00 63.65 0.00 0.00 161.00 0.00 266.00 721.14 3,541.01 2005 16 21

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source: WV Department of Environmental Protection

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You Need To Know West Virginia coal is shipped to 33 states and the District of Columbia. West Virginia coal is shipped to 25 countries. West Virginia provides 50% of all American coal exports. West Virginia is the national leader in underground mining production. West Virginia is second only to Wyoming in U.S. coal production. West Virginia coal is second to none in the value of its coal production at $5 billion. The coal industry and the coal burning electric generating industry together represent nearly 60% of the business taxes paid to the State of West Virginia. West Virginia coal miners earn an average of more than $50,0000 annually, more than twice the amount of the statewide average for all workers. West Virginias coal industry pays nearly One Billion Dollars in annual direct wages. Every coal mining job generates between ve and six other jobs in the local economy. Since 1863, West Virginia has mined nearly 13 Billion tons of coal. West Virginias estimated recoverable coal reserves amount to nearly 53 Billion tons. Coal is responsible for more than $3.5 Billion to West Virginias gross state product, nearly 13% of the total. 20% of New York electricity is generated by coal, at an average cost of 13 cents per kilowatt/hour. 99% of West Virginia electricity is generated by coal, at an average cost of 5 cents per kilowatt/hour. More than half of American electricity is generated by coal, at an average cost of 8 cents per kilowatt/hour.22 WVCA

County Proles of West Virginias Coal Country

Barbour CountyFounded 1843 Named For Virginia Judge Philip Pendleton Barbour County Seat Philippi Area/State Rank 343 square miles 30th Population (2000)/State Rank 15,557 36th Incorporated Communities Philippi, Belington, Junior Principal Waterways Tygart River, Buckhannon River, Middle Fork River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface Recoverable Reserves Tons 15 176 $11,040,800 $133,840 898,769 752,190 146,579 1,564,055,319

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Major Seams Bakerstown, Kittanning, Pittsburgh, Redstone, Sewickley Primary Producers Roblee Coal Co. Anker Mining Co., Inc. 461,474 239,791

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Boone CountyFounded 1847 Named For Frontiersman Daniel Boone County Seat Madison Area/State Rank 503 square miles 16th Population (2000)/State Rank 25,535 28th Incorporated Communities Madison, Danville, Whitesville, Sylvester Principal Waterways Coal River, Little Coal River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface 103 3,614 $226,712,580 $4,232,143 30,648,389 15,058,730 15,589,659 Primary Producers Independence Coal Co. Hobet Mining, Inc. Elk Run Coal Co. Eastern Associated Coal Corp. Legacy Resources, LLC Long Branch Energy Rivers Edge Mining, Inc. Independence Coal Co. Pine Ridge Coal Co. Dakota Mining, Inc. Spartan Mining Co. Mystic Energy, Inc. IO Coal Co., Inc. Miller Brothers Coal River Mining, LLC Mountain Edge Mining Inc. Thunderhill Coal Co., Inc. Appalachian Fuels, LLC Pritchard Mining Co., Inc. Hollow Mountain Resources 3-D Management Services, Inc. Point Mining, Inc. Mason Mining, LLC Steven R. Mullins Excavating HMC Mining, LLC Mid-Atlantic Minerals, Inc. Old Country Mining, Inc.

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Recoverable Reserves Tons 3,704,444,703 Major Seams Cedar Grove, Chilton, Coalburg, Dorothy, Eagle, Hernshaw, Kittanning, No. 2 Gas, Peerless, Powellton, Stockton-Lewiston, Winefrede

5,018,338 3,870,928 4,438,364 1,901,959 1,728,006 1,712,496 1,629,398 1,440,897 1,082,250 1,053,830 963,647 960,042 894,599 846,554 752,454 438,978 336,818 326,482 324,315 317,870 250,488 242,754 242,068 241,174 232,683 202,949 129,006

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Braxton CountyFounded 1836 Named For American founding father Carter Braxton County Seat Sutton Area/State Rank 516 square miles 14th Population (2000)/State Rank 14,702 39th Incorporated Communities Sutton, Gassaway, Burnsville, Flat Woods Principal Waterways Elk River, Little Kanawha River, Holley River, Birch River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface 5 118 $7,402,300 $91,959 1,153,785 1,153,785

Brooke CountyFounded 1797 Named For Virginia Governor Robert Brooke County Seat Wellsburg Area/State Rank 92 square miles 54th Population (2000)/State Rank 25,447 29th Incorporated Communities Follansbee, Wellsburg, Bethany, Beech Bottom, Windsor Heights Principal Waterway Ohio River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface Recoverable Reserves Tons Major Seam Pittsburgh Primary Producer Valley Mining, Inc. 220,638 4 34 $2,132,900 $71,098 220,638 0 220,638 55,838,108

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Recoverable Reserves Tons 1,112,185,157 Major Seams Bakerstown, Lower Kittanning, Pittsburgh Primary Producer Brooks Run Mining Co., LLC 1,153,785

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Clay CountyFounded 1858 Named For U.S. Senator Henry Clay County Seat Clay Area/State Rank 344 square miles 37th Population (2000)/State Rank 10,330 45th Incorporated Communities Clay Principal Waterway Elk River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface 2 146 $9,158,837 $331,276 3,942,353 0 3,942,353

Fayette CountyFounded 1831 Named For French General Marquis de Lafayette County Seat Fayetteville Area/State Rank 668 square miles 6th Population (2000)/State Rank 47,579 11th Incorporated Communities Oak Hill, Fayetteville, Montgomery, Ansted, Mount Hope, Smithers, Gauley Bridge, Meadow Bridge, Pax, Thurmond Principal Waterways Kanawha River, Gauley River, New River 15th 5th Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface 21 507 $31,805,000 $451,183 3,673,240 1,432,766 2,240,474

Recoverable Reserves Tons 1,833,623,052 Major Seams Coalburn, Lower Kittanning, Upper Kittanning Primary Producer Fola Coal Co., Inc. 3,942,353

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Recoverable Reserves Tons 1,854,024,987 Major Seams Bradshaw, Coalburg, Eagle Firecreek, Gilbert, Kittanning, No. 2 Gas, Peerless, Powellton, Sewell, Stockton-Lewiston Primary Producers Kingston Mining, Inc. Appalachian Fuels, LLC Powellton Coal Co., LLC New Land Leasing Co., Inc. Relgis, Inc. Frasure Creek Mining, LLC 1,150,711 1,085,548 736,941 253,093 210,104 135,570

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Grant CountyFounded 1866 Named For U.S. President and General Ulysses S. Grant County Seat Petersburg

Greenbrier CountyFounded 1782 Named For Reference to local foliage County Seat Lewisburg Area/State Rank 1,024 square miles 2nd

Area/State Rank 480 square miles 19

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Population (2000)/State Rank 34,453 17th Population (2000)/State Rank 11,299 43rd

Incorporated Communities Petersburg, Bayard Principal Waterways North Branch Potomac River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface 10 127 $7,966,900 $141,112 269,207 269,207 0

Incorporated Communities Lewisburg, White Sulphur Springs, Ronceverte, Rainelle, Alderson, Rupert, Quinwood, Falling Springs Principal Waterways Greenbrier River, Meadow River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface 1 77 $4,830,300 $269,779 401,573 401,573 0

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Recoverable Reserves Tons 482,413,381 Major Seams Bradshaw, Elk Lic,k Freeport Primary Producer Buffalo Coal Co. 177,967

Recoverable Reserves Tons 634,546,359 Major Seams Beckley, Eagle, Pocahontas, Sewell Primary Producer White Buck Coal Co. 401,573

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Harrison CountyFounded 1784 Named For American founding father Benjamin Harrison County Seat Clarksburg Area/State Rank 417 square miles 29th Population (2000)/State Rank 68,652 7th Incorporated Communities Clarksburg, Bridgeport, Shinnston, Salem, Stonewood, Nutter Fort, Lumberport, Anmore, West Milford, Lost Creek Principal Waterway West Fork River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface 14 650 $40, 775,600 $295,504 6,826,421 6,716,569 109,852

Kanawha CountyFounded 1788 Named For Indian term meaning place of the white rock, referring to local salt deposits County Seat Charleston Area/State Rank 911 square miles 4th Population (2000)/State Rank 200,073 1st Incorporated Communities Charleston, South Charleston, St. Albans, Dunbar, Nitro, Marmet, Chesapeake, Belle, Clendenin, East Bank, Cedar Grove, Glasgow, Pratt, Handley Principal Waterways Kanawha River, Elk River, Coal River, Pocatalico River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface 42 1,512 $94,850,400 $1,523,606 14,325,240 8,692,381 5,632,859

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Recoverable Reserves Tons 2,673,562,642 Major Seams Cedar Grove, Coalburg, Eagle, Hernshaw, Kittanning, No. 2 Gas, PeerPowellton, Stockton-Lewiston, Winefrede Primary Producers Catenary Coal Co. 4,322,393 Speed Mining, Inc. 3,399,986 Newtown Energy, Inc. 2,434,427 Spartan Mining Co. 908,043 Selah Corp. 898,927 Pritchard Mining Co. 587,634 Remington LLC 571,654 Keystone Development 349,202 Upper Kanawha Valley Development314,499 Point Mining, Inc. 219,883 Wildcat LLC 173,175

Recoverable Reserves Tons 494,648,502 Major Seams Pittsburgh, Redstone Primary Producers Consolidation Coal Co. Fairfax Mining Co., Inc. 6,188,130 453,286

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Lincoln CountyFounded 1867 Named For U.S. President Abraham Lincoln County Seat Hamlin Area/State Rank 439 square miles 25th Population (2000)/State Rank 22,108 31st

Logan CountyFounded 1824 Named For Mingo Indian Chief County Seat Logan Area/State Rank 456 square miles 22nd Population (2000)/State Rank 37,710 15th Incorporated Communities Logan, Chapmanville, Man, West Logan, Mitchell Heights Principal Waterways Guyandotte River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface 49 1,347 $84,499,700 $1,659,700 12,940,187 3,431,698 9,508,489

Incorporated Communities Hamlin, West Hamlin Principal Waterways Guyandotte River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface 3 88 $5,520,400 $713,566 861,917 839,743 22,174

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Recoverable Reserves Tons 3,508,733,672 Recoverable Reserves Tons 1,045,431,780 Major Seam Lower Kittanning Primary Producer Coal river Mining, LLC 839,743 Major Seams Alma, Belmont, Buffalo Creek, Cedar Grove, Chilton, Coalburg, Dorothy, Eagle, Kittanning, StocktonLewiston, Winifrede Primary Producers Arch of West Virginia, Inc. 2,758,922 Aracoma Coal Co., Inc. 1,832,040 Alex Energy, Inc. 1,511,089 Roadfork Development Co., Inc. 1,384,417 Highland Mining Co. 1,008,090 Bandmill Coal Corp. 707,588 Phoenix Coal-Mac Mining, Inc. 554,912 Appalachian Fuels, LLC 476,205 Rio Group, Inc. 453,417 Rockhouse Creek Development Co. 369,404 Stollings Trucking Co., Inc. 346,412 Chan Branch Coal Co. 317,322 Contractors Enterprise, Inc. 280,115 Laurel Coal Corp. 218,005 Spartan Mining Co., Inc. 127,221

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Marion CountyFounded 1842 Named For American Revolution Ofcer Francis Marion County Seat Fairmont

Marshall CountyFounded 1835 Named For U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall County Seat Moundsville Area/State Rank 312 square miles 43rd

Area/State Rank 311 square miles 44

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Population (2000)/State Rank 35,519 16th Population (2000)/State Rank 56,598 9th

Incorporated Communities Fairmont, Mannington, Barracksville, Monongah, Rivesville, Grant Town, White Hall, Fairview, Farmington, Worthington Principal Waterways Monongahela River, Tygart River, West Fork River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface 16 568 $35,631,600 $1,345,617 6,453,648 6,359,281 94,369

Incorporated Communities Moundsville, Pleasant Valley, McMechen, Benwood, Glen Dale, Cameron Principal Waterway Ohio River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface 2 1,189 $74,588,000 $1,687,793 13,924,916 13,924,916 0

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10th Recoverable Reserves Tons 1,879,579,377 7th 17th Major Seam Pittsburgh Primary Producers McElroy Consolidation Coal Co. 10,419,126 3,505,790

Recoverable Reserves Tons 1,427,823,611 Major Seams Kittanning, Pittsburgh, Redstone Primary Producer Consolidation Coal Co. 6,359,281

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McDowell CountyFounded 1858 Named For Virginia Governor James McDowell County Seat Welch Area/State Rank 535 square miles 13th Population (2000)/State Rank 27,329 23rd Incorporated Communities Welch, Gary, War, Northfork, Keystone, Kimball, Davy, Iaeger, Bradshaw, Anawalt Principal Waterway Tug Fork River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface 63 947 $59,407,000 $807,560 4,877,472 2,636,742 2,240,730

Mercer CountyFounded 1837 Named For American Revolution General Hugh Mercer County Seat Princeton Area/State Rank 421 square miles 28th Population (2000)/State Rank 62,980 8th Incorporated Communities Blueeld, Princeton, Athens, Bramwell, Matoaka, Oakvale Principal Waterway Bluestone River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface Recoverable Reserves Tons 2 7 $440,000 $201,873 66,272 48,534 17,738 99,766,723

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Recoverable Reserves Tons 1,650,126,076 Major Seams Primary Producers Bluestone Coal Corp. Extra Energy, Inc. Brooks Run Mining Co., LLC XMV, Inc. R & S Coal Co., Inc. Double Take Mining Co., Inc. C & A Coal Co. Chad Coal Corp. Postar Coal Co., Inc. Rock N Roll Coal Co. Mt. View Resources, Inc. 1,012,817 810,730 587,058 456,972 178,953 169,982 157,381 144,970 135,979 132,860 114,307

Major Seam Pocahontas No. 2 Primary Producer Coal Valley, LLC 48,534

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Mineral CountyFounded 1866 Named For local natural resources County Seat Keyser Area/State Rank 329 square miles 40th Population (2000)/State Rank 27,078 24th

Mingo CountyFounded 1895 Named For former Indian tribe County Seat Williamson Area/State Rank 424 square miles 26th Population (2000)/State Rank 28,253 21st Incorporated Communities Williamson, Matewan, Delbarton, Gilbert, Kermit Principal Waterways Tug Fork River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface 66 1,551 $97,297,000 $1,450,732 13,442,710 6,165,813 7,276,897

Incorporated Communities Keyser, Piedmont, Carpendale, Ridgely, Elk Garden Principal Waterways North Branch Potomac River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface 4 12 $752,800 $97,182 93,316 0 93,316

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Recoverable Reserves Tons 3,032,909,414 Major Seams Alma, Cedar Grove, Coalburg, Eagle, Freeport, No. 2 Gas, Williamson, Winifrede Primary Producers Mingo Logan Coal Co. Premium Energy, Inc. Coal-Mac, Inc. Laurel Creek Co., Inc. White Flame Energy, Inc. Miller Brothers Coal, Inc. Rockhouse Creek Development Corp. Spartan Mining Co. Phoenix Coal-Mac Mining, Inc. TMP Enterprises, LLC Open fork Mining LLC Jacob Mining Co. LLC Wayco Limited Partnership No.1 Appalachian Fuels, LLC Kencoal Equipment, Inc. Alpha & Omega Coal Co. LLC Frasure Creek Mining, LLC Southern WV Resources, LLC 2,774,998 1,649,662 1,544,910 1,498,777 1,472,214 846,554 670,270 499,908 408,667 350,734 239,670 239,157 224,632 186,508 147,308 142,227 135,570 120,347

Recoverable Reserves Tons 360,980,866 Major Seams Bakerstown, Elk Lick, Harlem, Kittanning, Mahoning Primary Producers D&L Coal Co. Duckworth Coal, Inc. 56,788 36,526

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Monongalia CountyFounded 1776 Named For derivative of the Monongahela River, Delaware Indian word for river of falling banks County Seat Morgantown Area/State Rank 366 square miles 33rd Population (2000)/State Rank 81,866 4th Incorporated Communities Morgantown, Westover, Star City, Granville, Blacksville Principal Waterways Monongahela River, Cheat River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface Recoverable Reserves Tons 17 1,064 $66,746,600 $914,542 10,662,357 10,229,601 432,756 988,419,278

Nicholas CountyFounded 1843 Named For Virginia Governor Cary Nicholas County Seat Summersville Area/State Rank 654 square miles 7th Population (2000)/State Rank 26,562 25th Incorporated Communities Summersville, Richwood Principal Waterways Gauley River, Meadow River, Cranberry River, Cherry River, Birch River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface 16 459 $28,794,900 $624,784 4,061,982 641,339 3,420,643

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Recoverable Reserves Tons 3,367,718,550 Major Seams Campbell Creek, Dorothy, Eagle, Gilbert, Kittanning, McQueen, Peerless, Powellton, Sewell Primary Producers Alex Energy, Inc. White Buck Coal Co. Little Eagle Coal Co., LLC 3,393,672 411,069 154,621

Major Seams Bakerstown, Kittanning, Redstone, Sewickley Primary Producers Consolidation Coal Co. Eastern Associated Coal Corp. Dana Mining Co., Inc. Red Bone Mining Co., Inc. Patriot Mining Co., Inc. 5,276,487 4,100,022 469,350 383,742 242,032

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Preston CountyFounded 1818 Named For Virginia Governor James Perry Preston County Seat Kingwood Area/State Rank 651 square miles 8th Population (2000)/State Rank 29,334 19th Incorporated Communities Kingwood, Terra Alta, Masontown, Rowelsburg, Reedsville, Newburg, Tunnelton, Albright, Brandonville, Bruceton Mills Principal Waterway Cheat River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production \ Underground Surface 4 236 $14,804,700 $265,117 1,529,360 1,509,216 20,144

Raleigh CountyFounded 1850 Named For Englishman Sir Walter Raleigh County Seat Beckley Area/State Rank 609 square miles 10th Population (2000)/State Rank 79,220 5th Incorporated Communities Beckley, Mabscott, Sophia, Lester, Rhodell Principal Waterways Coal River, Clear Fork River, Marsh Fork River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface Recoverable Reserves Tons 44 1,136 $71,263,300 $1,119,218 9,882,380 6,507,617 3,374,763 1,639,193,973

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Recoverable Reserves Tons 1,394,498,044 Major Seams Bakerstown, Elk, Freeport, Kittanning, Mahoning, Pittsburgh Primary Producer Kingwood Mining Co., LLC 1,509,216

Major Seams Beckley, Eagle, Fire Creek, Hernshaw, No. 2 Gas, Pocahontas, Powellton, Sewell, Stockton-Lewiston Primary Producers Marfork Coal Co., Inc. Independence Coal Co., Inc. Performance Coal Co. Simmons Fork Mining, Inc. Black Hawk Mining Baylor Mining, Inc. Elk Run Coal Co., Inc. Appalachian Fuels, LLC Peachtree Ridge Mining Co., Inc. Spartan Mining Co. 2,628,200 2,311,016 2,240,612 550,602 448,600 426,318 391,019 372,874 279,860 130,123

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Randolph CountyFounded 1786 Named For Virginia Governor Edmund Jennings Randolph County Seat Elkins Area/State Rank 1,040 square miles 1st

Tucker CountyFounded 1856 Named For Virginia Judge Henry St. George Tucker County Seat Parsons Area/State Rank 421 square miles 27thth

Population (2000)/State Rank 28,262 20

Population (2000)/State Rank 7,321 53rd Incorporated Communities Parsons, Davis, Thomas, Hendricks, Hambleton Principal Waterways Cheat River, Blackwater River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface Recoverable Reserves Tons Major Seam Upper Freeport Primary Producer Mettiki Coal, LLC 114,582 6 30 $1,882,000 $27,297 114,582 114,582 0 177,941,316

Incorporated Communities Elkins, Mill Creek, Beverly, Coalton, Huttonsville, Montrose, Harman Principal Waterways Tygart River, Elk River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface Recoverable Reserves Tons 2 61 $3,826,600 $90,589 473,571 473,571 0 2,415,847,817

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Major Seams Bakerstown, Lower Kittanning, Pittsburgh Primary Producer Carter Roag Coal Co. 473,571

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Upshur CountyFounded 1851 Named For U.S. Cabinet Secretary Abel Parker Upshur County Seat Buckhannon Area/State Rank 355 square miles 35th Population (2000)/State Rank 23,404 39th Incorporated Communities Buckhannon Principal Waterways Little Kanawha River, Buckhannon River, Middle Fork River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface Recoverable Reserves Tons 13 327 $20,513,300 $267,781 1,198,424 1,191,323 7,101 1,673,838,377

Wayne CountyFounded 1842 Named For American Revolution General Mad Anthony Wayne County Seat Wayne Area/State Rank 512 square miles 15th Population (2000)/State Rank 42,903 13th Incorporated Communities Kenova, Ceredo, Wayne, Fort Gay Principal Waterways Ohio River, Big Sandy River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface Recoverable Reserves Major Seam Coalburg Primary Producers Rockspring Development, Inc. Argus Energy WV LLC 3,018,448 1,985,936 6 422 $26,473,800 $431,745 5,004,384 4,191,105 813,279 794,291,751

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Major Seams Alma, Elk Lick, Kittanning, Peerless, Pittsburgh, Redstone Primary Producers Anker Mining Co., Inc. Roblee Coal Co. Odyssey Energy, Inc. 757,630 166,628 113,243

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Webster CountyFounded 1860 Named For U.S. Senator Daniel Webster County Seat Webster Springs 12th Area/State Rank 556 square miles Population (2000)/State Rank 9,719 46th Incorporated Communities Webster Springs, Cowen, Camden-On-Gauley Principal Waterways Gauley River, Elk River, Williams River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface 11 347 $21,767,900 $489,158 4,865,386 1,462,088 3,403,298

Wyoming CountyFounded 1850 Named For Delaware Indian word meaning wide plain County Seat Pineville Area/State Rank 502 square miles 17th Population (2000)/State Rank 25,708 27th Incorporated Communities Mullens, Oceana, Pineville Principal Waterways Guyandotte River Mines Employees Estimated Direct Wages Severance Tax Receipts Production Underground Surface Recoverable Reserves Tons 31 1,240 $77,787,400 $980,663 6,685,590 4,402,037 2,283,553 2,416,618,675

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Recoverable Reserves Tons 3,658,911,372 Major Seams Eagle, Kittanning, Peerless, Pocahontas, Sewell, Stockton-Lewiston Primary Producers Brooks Run Mining Co. Evergreen Mining Co. ICG Eastern, LLC 2,203,144 1,753,655 908,587

Major Seams Alma, Beckley, Bens Creek, Cedar Grove, Douglas, Eagle, Gilbert, Kittanning, Matewan, Pocahontas, No. 2 Gas, Red Ash, Sewell, Stockton-Lewiston Primary Producers Pinnacle Mining Co., LLC Simmons Fork Mining, Inc. Dynamic Energy, Inc. Double Bonus Coal Co. Brooks Run Mining Co. JMAC Leasing, Inc. Justice Highwall Mining, Inc. U.S. Steel Mining Co., LLC TMR Loading & Processing, Inc. Baylor Mining, Inc. 2,688,662 843,899 639,333 520,159 515,837 373,378 205,689 192,279 172,539 118,033

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The Origin of CoalCoal is the primary form of energy used in the United States each day, accounting for one-third of the nations total energy production. It is the source of 50% of the electricity generated nation wide. It is by far the most abundant American energy source, accounting for 90% of Americas fossil energy reserves. In the Industrial Revolution, coal was the fuel that powered the transformation of the United States from an agricultural society into the greatest economic power in the world. Today, it is the direct and indirect source of hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic impact. Abundant and affordable, coal-fired electricity is the life force of the American economy. It is Americas best friend. American coal was used 1,000 years ago by Hopi Indians in present day Arizona to bake clay pottery. Europeans discovered the mineral in the Illinois River basin in the 1670s. The first coal mining occurred before the American Revolution, along the Potomac River near the modern border of West Virginia and Maryland. Technically, coal is not a mineral. Like petroleum and natural gas, coal is a fossil fuel, formed from once living organic materials. Coal developed from the remains of trees, ferns and other plant life that thrived in the age of dinosaurs, from 400 million to a billion years ago. Each foot of a coal seam represents the accumulation of about 10,000 years of plant remains. Over time, geological processes compressed and altered the plant remains, gradually increasing the carbon content and transforming the material into coal . Due to varying levels of geologic pressure, coal deposits are of four types: lignite, subbituminous, bituminous and anthracite. Each succeeding type is higher in heating value, as measured by British Thermal Units, or BTUs. Lignite is found primarily in the southwest and subbituminous in the upper west. Anthracite is limited primarily to certain areas of Pennsylvania. Considering quality and quantity, bituminous coal is the nations most valuable coal resource. Bituminous coal is found primarily in the Appalachian states and in the midwest. West Virginia is the most intensive coal state in the U.S. Western coals were formed 50 to 70 million years ago. Eastern and midwestern coals were formed 200 to 250 million years ago. America is in no danger of running out of coal. Recoverable U.S. reserves total over 290 billion tons, nearly three centuries worth at current production levels.

Fast Facts The average haulage truck holds about 25 tons of coal. A rail car holds about 100 tons, or the equivilent of 4 trucks. A river coal barge holds about 1500 tons, the equivilent of 15 rail cars or 60 trucks. It takes one pound of coal to produce 1.25 kilowatt hours of electricity, enough to light one 100 watt lightbulb for 10 hours. A typical computer spread with internet access requires about 1,000 watts of power. A lump of coal is burned every time a book is ordered on-line. It takes about a pound of coal to create, package, store and move 2 megabytes of data. The average internet user (12 hours per week) uses over 300 pounds of coal annually for this purpose. The total demand for electricity from personal computers on the internet amounts to 8% of the U.S. electrical supply. When one billion people are accessing the internet, as is projected, the required electricity will be equal to total current capacity of U.S. electric power production. One ton of coal equals 3.8 barrels of oil, 189 gallons of gasoline, one cord of seasoned firewood, 21,000 cubic feet of natural gas, and 6,500 kilowatts of electricity. One BTU equals one blue-tip kitchen match. Eighty three pounds of coal equals one million BTUs; a ton of coal equals more than 24 million BTUs.

Average BTU Values For Major FuelsFuel Source Bituminous coal Fuel Oil Kerosene Gasoline Natural Gas Unit one ton one barrel one barrel one barrel one cubic foot BTUs 24,050,000 6,287,000 5,670,000 5,248,000 1,031

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Coal in West VirginiaCoal has a rich heritage in West Virginia and has contributed significantly to the progress and well-being of West Virginians since it was first discovered in what is now Boone County in 1742 by Peter Salley, more than a century before West Virginia became a state. The coal industry has played a major leadership role in the states economic, political and social history. The industry has also been a center of controversy and the brunt of unfounded criticism, giving rise to battles in the arenas of labor, environment and safety. Over the years, West Virginia has furnished our nation and the world with the finest bituminous coal found anywhere. And today, West Virginias coal miners apply efficient and effective mineral extraction technology that makes them the envy of their counterparts around the globe. West Virginia exports more coal than any other American state, has more longwall mining systems than any other state, leads the nation in underground coal production and sets the pace for the rest of the industry in reclamation and environmental protection. At the same time, the West Virginia coal industry exhibits a sense of responsibility - social, health, safety and environmental - that is unmatched anywhere in the world. It was coal that transformed West Virginia from a frontier state to an industrial state. Coal in 62 recoverable seams can be found in 43 of the states 55 counties. Knowledge of the coal reserves in western Virginia predated the American Revolution. Thomas Jefferson reported in his Notes on the State of Virginia that coal underlay most of the trans-Allegheny Ohio Valley. Jeffersons neighbor, John Peter Salley, traced huge deposits of bituminous coal along the Coal and Kanawha Rivers in the mid-eighteenth century, but there was little demand for the mineral outside of local use in iron forges and blacksmith shops. The first widespread use of West Virginia coal began when the saltworks along the Kanawha River expanded dramatically in the decades before the Civil War. Coal was used to heat the brine pumped from salt beds underneath the river. That modest use soon was dwarfed by the demands of a growing nation that looked to coal to heat its homes, power its factories and fuel its locomotives and steamships. When the anthracite fields of Pennsylvania no longer could provide the tonnage needed, American industrialists discovered the massive coalfields of West Virginia. Large-scale investment soon opened the remote valleys along the New, Bluestone, Tug, Monongahela, and Guyandotte rivers. The Chesapeake & Ohio and Norfolk & Western railroads were built specifically to penetrate the rugged terrain of the coalfields, and investors purchased extensive tracts of land to lease to independent coal operators, Later, the Virginian and the Baltimore & Ohio also became coal-hauling lines as well.

By Dr. Stuart McGeheeIn those days, coal mining was highly labor intensive, but only a few rugged mountaineers lived in the remote, isolated hills and hollows where the operations developed. Thus, operators recruited much of their labor from two human migrations underway around 1900. Thousands of African-Americans fleeing discrimination and segregation left the Deep South, and many exchanged the poverty of the cotton fields for the bustling coalfields. Meanwhile, European immigrants fleeing religious persecution and impending war came to America to find jobs and homes, and many came from coal-bearing regions of Europe to the prosperous mines in West Virginia. Over the next half century, tonnage and employment increased dramatically. By 1950, some 125,000 West Virginia coal miners lived and worked in more than 500 company towns built to house them and their families. Whole new cities sprang up where silent mountains had rested for centuries. Although coal mining was dark, dirty, and inherently dangerous, many miners enjoyed their days work. They enjoyed being skilled craftsmen who produced a product they could take pride in. People liked the close friendly life in the company towns, where ties of family, neighbors, church, school, and home bred a close-knit community. Old-timers fondly recall company baseball teams, neighborhood gatherings, church suppers, and other characteristic features of coalfield life. Today many decry conditions in the coal camps, but miners and their families fared as well as most working class Americans, and better than those unfortunate souls who labored in urban sweatshops or as rural sharecroppers. West Virginias coalfields were home to some of the most significant labor strife in this nations history, as the United Mine Workers battled coal operators for control of the industry. Spectacular incidents such as the famed Matewan Massacre and the Battle of Blair Mountain, landmarks in American labor history, showed the strategic importance of the states crucial industry, and its national significance. After World War II, coal mining became increasingly dependent upon mechanization and sophisticated machinery. Continuous mining machines, conveyor belts and other advances increased tonnage dramatically. Surface mining operations and longwall machines produced astounding outputs in an efficient and safe manner. Increased productivity meant more coal could be produced by fewer miners. Pointing to that lower level of employment, some foolishly argue that coals day is over. They couldnt be more wrong. Today, West Virginias coal industry contains more than 500 mines, provides more than 44,000 direct and contract jobs, pays $1 billion dollars in annual payroll and hundreds of million dollars to state and local governments in taxes and contributions. Coal is still the rock-solid backbone of West Virginias industrial economy.

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Glossary of Coal Industry TermsAir split The division of a current of air into two or more parts. Anemometer Instrument for measuring air velocity. Angle of dip The angle at which strata or mineral deposits are inclined to the horizontal place. Anthracite - The hardest classication of coal, almost pure carbon, used mainly for heating homes. Anthracite is mined primarily in Pennsylvania. Auger mining - Used less frequently in recent years, auger mining employs a large auger, which functions much like a carpenters wood drill. The auger bores into a coal seam and discharges coal out of the spiral onto waiting conveyor belts. After augering is completed, the openings are regraded. This method of mining is usually employed to recover any additional mineral left in areas that cannot be reached economically by other types of surface mining. Approximate original contour - The surface conguration achieved by backlling and grading of the mined area so that the reclaimed area, including any terracing or access roads, closely resembles the general surface conguration of the land prior to mining and blends into and complements the drainage pattern of the surrounding terrain, with all highwalls and spoil piles eliminated. Aquifer A water-bearing bed or porous rock, often sandstone. Backll - Operation of relling an area where overburden has been removed, including the grading of the relled excavation. Also, the material placed in an excavation in the process of backlling. Barricading Enclosing part of a mine to prevent inow of noxious gasses from a mine re or an explosion. Bed A stratum of coal or other sedimentary deposit. Belt conveyor A looped belt on which coal or other materials can be carried and which is generally constructed of ame-resistant material or reinforced rubber. Bench One or more divisions of a coal seam separated by slate or formed by the process of extracting coal. Binder A streak of impurity in a coal seam. Bituminous - A medium soft classication of coal, the most common and useful type mined in the U.S. It is used primarily for electric generation and for coke making for the steel industry. Bottom Floor or underlying surface of an underground excavation. Brow A low place in the mine roof, causing insufcient headroom. BTU - British Thermal Unit. A measure of the energy required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit. On average, coal contains 25 million BTUs per ton. Bump An abrupt dislocation of the mine workings, usually due to severe stress in the surrounding rock. Byproducts - Useful substances made from the gases and liquids left over when coal is converted to coke Cannel coal A non-caking block coal with a ne, even grain, burns with a long, yellow ame and is very easy to ignite. Canopy A protective covering of a cab on a mining machine. Captive mine - A mine in which the production is used wholly or primarily by the mine owner or a subsidiary. Cast A blast in which rock and dirt is directed to a specic spot. Chain pillar The pillar of coal left to protect the gangway or entry and the parallel airways. Cleat The vertical cleavage of coal seams. The main set of joints along which coal breaks when mined. Coal gasication The conversion of coal into a gaseous fuel. Coal seam - A bed or stratum of coal. The term is usually applied to a large deposit of coal. Coal washing - The process of separating coal of various sizes, densities and shapes by allowing them to settle in a uid. The washing process plays an important role in improving coal quality by removing rock, other impurities and some organic sulfur. Washing takes place at preparation plants, usually located at the mine or shipping site. Coke - A hard, dry carbon substance produced by heating coal to a very high temperature in the absence of air. Coke is used in the manufacture of iron and steel. Colliery British term for a coal mine. Continuous mining - The most common method of underground coal mining currently in use in the U.S. This process utilizes a continuous mining machine that totally mechanizes the coal extraction process by cutting or removing the coal from the seam using a large steel drum with many huge teeth and loading the cut coal into a shuttle car or a continuous haulage system for removal from the mine. Contour An imaginary line that connects all points on a surface having the same elevation. Conventional mining - This type of mining involves the insertion of explosives into the coal seam, blasting the seam and removal of the coal onto a conveyor or shuttle car by loading machine. Once the most common form of deep mining, conventional mining now accounts for only a small proportion of overall coal production. Core Sample A cylinder sample generally 1-5 inches in diameter, drilled out of an are to determine the geologic and chemical analysis of the overburden and coal. Cover The overburden of any deposit. Cribbing - The construction of cribs or timbers laid at right angles to each other, sometimes lled with earth, as a roof support or as a support for machinery.

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Glossary of Coal Industry TermsCrosscut - A passageway driven between the entry and its parallel air course or air courses for ventilation purposes. Also, a tunnel driven from one seam to another through or across the intervening measures; sometimes called crosscut tunnel, or breakthrough. In vein mining, an entry perpendicular to the vein. Cross entry - An entry running at an angle with the main entry. Deep mine - An underground mine. Demonstrated reserve base - Coal deposits, which are potentially mineable on an economic basis with existing technology. Dip - The inclination of a geologic structure (bed, vein, fault, etc.) from the horizontal; dip is always measured downwards at right angles to the strike. Dragline - A large earthmoving machine which uses a giant bucket suspended from cables to remove the overburden from a coal seam in surface mining. Drift mine - A coal mine entered directly through a horizontal opening drilled into the side of a hill or mountain. This method of mining is used in hilly or mountainous areas. Face - The exposed area of a coalbed from which coal is extracted. Fluidized bed combustion - A process that removes sulfur from coal during combustion. Crushed coal and limestone are burned together in a boiler. Sulfur gases from the coal combine with the limestone to form a solid compound that is recovered with the ash. Fossil fuel - Any naturally occurring fuel of an organic nature, such as coal, crude oil and natural gas. Fly ash - The nely divided particles of ash resulting from the combustion of fuel. Frequency Rate/Incident Rate - Frequency with which accidents and fatalities occur. Calculated on the basis of 200,000 hours of exposure during work. Haul road - Shot rock or asphalt road constructed or utilized to transport coal by truck from the mine to the tipple, or to rail or barge facilities. Haulageway - Any underground entry or passageway that is designed for transport of mined material, personnel, or equipment, usually by the installation of track or belt conveyor. Highwall - Unexcavated face of exposed overburden and coal in a surface mine. Highwalls must be recontoured following the extraction of coal. Highwall miner A highwall mining system consists of a remotely controlled continuous miner which extracts coal and conveys it via augers, belt or chain conveyors to the outside. The cut is typically a rectangular, horizontal cut from a highwall bench, reaching depths of several hundred feet or deeper. Hopper Cars - Open freight cars with a oor sloping to one or more hinged doors for discharging bulk materials, including coal. Inby - In the direction of the working face. In situ - In the natural or original position. Applied to a rock, soil, or fossil when occurring in the situation in which it was originally formed or deposited. Intake - The passage through which fresh air is drawn or forced into a mine or to a section of a mine. Lignite - The softest classication of coal, with the highest moisture content. It is mined primarily in the western U.S. and used for some electric generation and for conversion to synthetic gas. Liquefaction The process of converting coal into a synthetic fuel, similar in nature to crude oil and/or rened products, such as gasoline. Longwall mining - Longwall mining employs a steel plow or rotating drum, which is pulled mechanically backand-forth across a face of coal that is usually several hundred feet long. The loosened coal falls onto a conveyor for removal from the mine. Longwall operations include a hydraulic roof support system that advances as mining proceeds allowing the roof to fall in a controlled manner. Longwall operations are the fastest growing underground mining technique, highly productive, and generally improve mine safety. West Virginia is the leading longwall mining producer in the United States. Man Car/Man Trip - The vehicle that transports miners to working sections of a deep mine. Metallurgical coal - The types of coal carbonized to make coke for steel manufacture, typically high in BTU value and low in ash content. Methane - A potentially explosive gas formed naturally from the decay of vegetative matter, similar to that which formed coal. Methane, which is the principal component of natural gas, is frequently encountered in underground coal mining operations, and is kept within safe limits through the use of extensive mine ventilation systems. In recent years, coalbed methane has been recognized as an important energy resource. Increased efforts are underway to expand its extraction from coal seams. Mine mouth power plant - A steam-electric power plant built close to a mine. Because of this proximity, the coal is often delivered to the plant by tramway or covered conveyor. The plant delivers its electricity output to distant points through use of large transmission lines. Mountain top mining - Surface mining technique which removes overburden at the top of the mountain in order to recover 100 % of the mineral. Outby - Nearer to the shaft, and hence farther from the working face. Toward the mine entrance. The opposite of inby. Outcrop - Coal which appears near or at the surface.

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Glossary of Coal Industry TermsOverburden - Layers of native rock and soil covering a coal seam. Overburden is removed prior to surface mining and replaced after the coal is taken from the seam. The excess of this material is often placed in valley lls. Panel - A coal mining block that generally comprises one operating unit. Pillar - An area of coal left to support the overlying strata in a mine; sometimes left permanently to support surface structures. Pneumoconiosis - A chronic disease of the lung arising from breathing coal dust, commonly known as black lung. Portal - The structure surrounding the immediate entrance to a mine; the mouth of a tunnel. Preparation Plant - Usually located on a mine site, although one plant may serve several mines. A preparation plant is a facility for crushing, sizing and washing coal to prepare it for use by a particular customer. The washing process has the added benet of removing some of the coals sulfur content. Productivity - The amount of coal produced by one worker in one workday. Productivity is calculated by dividing the total number of worker/days into total coal production. The productivity of underground and surface mining operations is calculated in the same manner, using the specic man day and production totals. Reclamation - The restoration of land and environment after the coal is extracted. Reclamation operations are usually underway where the coal has already been taken from a mine, even as mining operations are taking place elsewhere at the site. The process commonly includes recontouring or reshaping the land to its approximate original appearance, restoring topsoil and planting native grasses and ground covers. Reclamation is closely regulated by both state and federal law, and the coal industrys outstanding effo