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Viper Mine

Location: 10 km NE from Williamsville, Illinois, United States

Address:

500 Cutler-Trico Road
Percy
Illinois, United States
62272

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Overview

Mine TypeUnderground
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Continuous
  • Room-and-pillar
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SnapshotThe Viper mining complex consists of one underground coal mine and a preparation plant.

Owners

SourceSource
CompanyInterestOwnership
ICG Illinois, LLC (operator) 100 % Direct
Knight Hawk Coal, LLC. 100 % Indirect
Knight Hawk Holdings, LLC owns the Viper mine through ICG Illinois, LLC.
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Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

Mining operations extract thermal coal from the Illinois No. 5 seam, also referred to as the Springfield seam.

Seam Depth: 290 ft
Seam Thickness: 5.75 ft

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Production

CommodityUnits202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal (thermal) Mt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe1.51.61.51.51.9
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.

Operational metrics

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Hourly processing capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe750 tons750 tons800 tons
Tonnes processed  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe2,612,314 tons
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Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Financials

Units201920182017
Book Value M USD 35.3   31.7   25  

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Personnel

Mine Management

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