Overview
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Mine Type | Underground |
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Bituminous coal is mined at the Marion County (Loveridge #22) Coal Mine. |
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Summary:
Coal is mined from the Pittsburgh Number 8 coal seam.
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The mine is a belt haulage coal mine, mining the Pittsburgh #8 coal seam with average depth of
cover of approximately 850 to 1000 feet. The mine has eight air shafts and one slope opening located at Sugar Run Portal in Fairview, West Virginia. The mine operates one continuous mining machine section and a longwall section to produce coal.
Conveyor belts transport the coal from the working sections to the preparation plant located near the slope. The mine operates five days a week with three production shifts. The average daily production at the mine is approximately 25,000 raw tons of coal per day.
Description Longwall:
- Seam – Pittsburgh No 8;
- Seam height - 88 inches;
- Cutting height - 88 inches;
- Panel width - 1,438 ft;
- Panel length – 14,376 ft;
- Overburden – 1,150 ft;
- No. of gate entries - 3;
- Depth of cut - 42 inches;
- Shearer - Joy 7LS1D, double-drum ranging arm shearer with 1,880 hp installed;
- Haulage system - Ultratrac 2,000 ;
- Roof support yield (tons) – ZMJ 937;
- Roof support controls (type) – N/A;
- Face conveyor type (strand, motors) - CEMI/HBT CSTs, 48 TIB 3x1,900;
- Face conveyor drives – N/A;
- Face conveyor width/speed - 1,000 mm/378 fpm;
- Stageloader type, width, speed - CEMI/HBT, 1,200 mm, 531 fpm;
- Crusher - HBT;
- Electrical controls – Line Power;
- Voltage to face - 4,160.
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Heavy Mobile Equipment as of June 2, 2021:
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Continuous Miner
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Longwall mining unit
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