List of coal mines in the United States

The following table lists the 52 coal mines in the United States that produced at least 4,000,000 short ton

Short ton

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s of coal

Coal

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in 2007. Data have been compiled by the Energy Information Administration

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of the United States Department of Energy

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Major United States Coal Mines in 2007
Mine Names	Company	Mine Type	State	2007 Production (short tons)
North Antelope Rochelle Mine	Peabody Energy Corporation	Surface	Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...	91,523,280
Black Thunder Mine	Arch Coal Arch Coal Arch Coal is an American coal mining and processing company. The company mines, processes, and markets bituminous and sub-bituminous coal with low sulfur content in the United States. Arch Coal is the second largest supplier of coal in the U.S. behind Peabody Energy. The company supplies 16% of...	Surface	Wyoming	86,196,275
Cordero Mine	Rio Tinto Energy America Rio Tinto Energy America Rio Tinto Energy America is a wholly owned American subsidiary of the England and Australia-based mining giant, the Rio Tinto Group, headquartered in Gillette, Wyoming... (Rio Tinto Group Rio Tinto Group The Rio Tinto Group is a diversified, British-Australian, multinational mining and resources group with headquarters in London and Melbourne. The company was founded in 1873, when a multinational consortium of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto river, in Huelva, Spain from the... )	Surface	Wyoming	40,467,627
Jacobs Ranch Mine	Rio Tinto Energy America (Rio Tinto Group)	Surface	Wyoming	38,101,560
Antelope Coal Mine	Rio Tinto Energy America (Rio Tinto Group)	Surface	Wyoming	34,474,682
Caballo Mine	Peabody Energy Corporation	Surface	Wyoming	31,172,396
Belle Ayr Mine Belle Ayr Mine -Overview:The Belle Ayr mine is a coal mine located 18 miles southeast of Gillette, Wyoming in the United States in the coal-rich Powder River Basin. The mine is an open pit, "truck and shovel", mine producing a low-sulfur, sub-bituminous coal from the Wyodak-Anderson seam that is used for domestic...	Foundation Coal Foundation Coal Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. was a large American coal mining company. Until its July 31, 2009 merger with Alpha Natural Resources to form the third largest American coal company, the company was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol FCL...	Surface	Wyoming	26,608,765
Buckskin Mine	Kiewit Corporation	Surface	Wyoming	25,268,145
Eagle Butte Mine Eagle Butte Mine The Eagle Butte mine is a coal mine located north of Gillette, Wyoming in the United States in the coal-rich Powder River Basin. The mine is an open pit, "truck and shovel", mine producing a low-sulfur, sub-bituminous coal from the Roland and Smith seams that is used for domestic energy...	Foundation Coal	Surface	Wyoming	24,985,991
Rawhide Mine Rawhide Mine The Rawhide Mine mine is a coal mine located 10 miles north of Gillette, Wyoming in the United States in the coal-rich Powder River Basin. The mine is an open pit mine that utilizes a combination of cast blast/dozer push and truck/shovel mining methods to strip an average of 150' of overburden off...	Peabody Energy Corporation	Surface	Wyoming	17,144,361
Spring Creek Coal Company	Rio Tinto Energy America (Rio Tinto Group)	Surface	Montana Montana Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...	15,712,091
Freedom Mine	North American Coal Corporation North American Coal Corporation North American Coal Corporation is an American coal mining and mining services company. The company, now held as the main subsidiary of NACCO, is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and operates coal mines in North Dakota, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas...	Surface	North Dakota North Dakota North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....	14,955,989
Rosebud Mine	Westmoreland Coal Company	Surface	Montana	12,583,084
Enlow Fork Mine	CONSOL Energy Consol Energy Consol Energy is an energy company headquartered in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, suburb of Cecil Township, in the Southpointe complex. It is one of the US's largest coal mining companies, along with Peabody Energy and Arch Coal...	Underground	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...	11,222,052
Coal Creek Mine	Arch Coal	Surface	Wyoming	10,216,194
Bailey Mine	CONSOL Energy	Underground	Pennsylvania	9,827,946
McElroy Mine	CONSOL Energy	Underground	West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...	9,667,258
Navajo Mine	BHP Billiton BHP Billiton BHP Billiton is a global mining, oil and gas company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia and with a major management office in London, United Kingdom...	Surface	New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...	8,529,955
Foidel Creek Mine	Peabody Energy Corporation	Underground	Colorado Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...	8,290,117
Kayenta Mine	Peabody Energy Corporation	Surface	Arizona Arizona Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...	7,982,584
Falkirk Mine	North American Coal Corporation	Surface	North Dakota	7,788,852
Absaloka Mine	Westmoreland Coal Company	Surface	Montana	7,704,556
Cumberland Mine	Foundation Coal	Underground	Pennsylvania	7,264,244
Century Mine	Murray Energy Corporation	Underground	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...	7,141,934
Galatia Mine	Murray Energy Corporation	Underground	Illinois Illinois Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...	7,009,160
Decker Mine	Rio Tinto Energy America (Rio Tinto Group)	Surface	Montana	6,984,546
San Juan Mine 1	BHP Billiton	Underground	New Mexico	6,898,040
West Elk Mine	Arch Coal	Underground	Colorado	6,874,101
Jewett Mine	Westmoreland Coal Company	Surface	Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...	6,779,166
Sufco	Arch Coal	Underground	Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...	6,711,925
Loveridge No 22	CONSOL Energy	Underground	West Virginia	6,642,339
Robinson Run No 95	CONSOL Energy	Underground	West Virginia	6,502,004
Beckville Strip	Energy Future Holdings Corporation	Surface	Texas	6,172,298
Emerald Mine No 1	Foundation Coal	Underground	Pennsylvania	5,674,111
Colowyo Mine	Rio Tinto Group	Surface	Colorado	5,596,568
Bowie No 2 Mine	Bowie Resources	Underground	Colorado	5,480,569
Lee Ranch Coal Company	Peabody Energy Corporation	Surface	New Mexico	5,358,749
Dry Fork Mine Dry Fork Mine The Dry Fork mine is a coal mine located 8 miles north of Gillette, Wyoming in the United States in the coal-rich Powder River Basin. The mine is an open pit mine that utilizes truck and shovel mining method to mine a low-sulfur, sub-bituminous coal that is used for domestic energy generation and...	Western Fuels Association Western Fuels Association The Western Fuels Association is a not-for profit cooperative that supplies coal and transportation services to consumer-owned electric utility in the Great Plains, Rocky Mountain and Southwest regions...	Surface	Wyoming	5,303,516
Kemmerer Mine	Chevron Corporation Chevron Corporation Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation headquartered in San Ramon, California, United States and active in more than 180 countries. It is engaged in every aspect of the oil, gas, and geothermal energy industries, including exploration and production; refining,...	Surface	Wyoming	5,190,147
Twilight MTR Surface Mine	Massey Energy Company	Surface	West Virginia	5,164,718
Blacksville No 2	CONSOL Energy	Underground	Pennsylvania	5,150,114
Wyodak	Black Hills Corporation Black Hills Corporation Black Hills Corporation is a Rapid City, South Dakota diversified energy company that is an electric and gas utility in South Dakota and Wyoming and sells power throughout the American West....	Surface	Wyoming	5,049,231
Elk Creek Mine	Oxbow Corporation	Underground	Colorado	4,823,662
Cardinal Mine	Alliance Resource Partners	Underground	Kentucky Kentucky The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...	4,650,696
Dotiki Mine	Alliance Resource Partners	Underground	Kentucky	4,597,010
Powhatan No. 6 Mine	Murray Energy Corporation	Underground	Ohio	4,594,616
West Ridge Mine	Murray Energy Corporation	Underground	Utah	4,254,863
South Hallsville No 1 Mine	North American Coal Corporation	Surface	Texas	4,153,485
Hobet 21 Surface Mine	Patriot Coal	Surface	West Virginia	4,145,752
Three Oaks Mine	Energy Future Holdings Corporation	Surface	Texas	4,120,619
Oak Hill Strip	Energy Future Holdings Corporation	Surface	Texas	4,108,562
Federal No 2	Patriot Coal	Underground	West Virginia	4,020,116

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