Overview
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Mine Type | Underground |
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Bituminous coal is mined at the Ohio County Coal Mine. |
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Ohio County Coal Resources, Inc., a subsidiary of American Consolidated Natural Resources, Inc., owns and operates the Ohio County Mine.
Contractors
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Summary:
Shoemaker extracts from the prolific Pittsburgh 8 seam.
Summary:
The mine operator extracts coal using room and pillar and longwall mining methods and transports the coal to the surface by a belt conveyor. The mine operates three, eight-hour shifts per day, seven days per week.
The Ohio County Mine extracts coal from the Pittsburgh #8 coal seam operating 3 continuous miner sections and 1 longwall section. There are 3 portals by which miners enter the underground mine. The mine employs approximately 435 coal miners and operates 3 shifts per day. The average mining height is 7.5 feet and is ventilated by 12 air shafts.
Description Longwall:
- Seam – Pittsburgh No. 8;
- Seam height - 72 inches;
- Cutting height - 88 inches;
- Panel width - 1,541 ft;
- Panel length – 15,000 ft;
- Overburden – 680 ft;
- No. of gate entries - 3;
- Depth of cut - 42 inches;
- Shearer - Joy 7LS1A, double-drum ranging arm shearer with 1,840 hp installed;
- Haulage system - Ultratrac 2,000 ;
- Roof support yield (tons) – Cat 862;
- 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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Production:
Commodity | Units | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Coal (thermal)
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Operational Metrics:
Metrics | 2023 |
Hourly processing capacity
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