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Prairie Eagle Mine

Location: 8 km N from Percy, Illinois, United States

Address:

500 Cutler-Trico Road
Percy
Illinois, United States
62272

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Summary

Mine TypeUnderground
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Room-and-pillar
  • Continuous
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SnapshotThe Prairie Eagle mine opened in 2005 as a surface mine, it was expanded to include two underground mines, Knight Hawk’s main coal preparation plant and multiple truck load-out facilities.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Knight Hawk Coal, LLC. (operator) 100 % Direct
Knight Hawk Coal, LLC. owns and operates the Prairie Eagle Mine.
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Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

Mining operations extract thermal coal from Herrin No. 6 coal seam.

Seam Thickness: 6.0 feet;
Seam Depth: 120 - 220 feet.

Mining Methods

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Commodity Production

CommodityUnits202420232022202120202019201820172016
Coal (thermal) tons  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe4,095,0323,944,8573,610,4413,277,461
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.

Operational metrics

Metrics2023202220212020201920182016
Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe5,905,518 tons
Hourly processing capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe850 tons850 tons850 tons
Tonnes processed  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe6,258,914 tons6,378,953 tons4,269,530 tons

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Personnel

Mine Management

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