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{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}}The '''Lone Mountain Mine''' is an underground coal mining operation in Harlan County, Kentucky, and Lee County, Virginia, owned by [[Arch Coal]].<ref>[http://www.archcoal.com/aboutus/lonemountain.aspx "Our mines: Lone Mountain"], Arch Coal website, November 2009.</ref> It is part of Arch Coal's Central Appalachia mining region, which sold 14.6 million tons of coal in 2008.<ref>[http://www.archcoal.com/aboutus/coalsupplyregions.aspx "Our mines"], Arch Coal website, November 2009.</ref>
 
{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}}The '''Lone Mountain Mine''' is an underground coal mining operation in Harlan County, Kentucky, and Lee County, Virginia, owned by [[Arch Coal]].<ref>[http://www.archcoal.com/aboutus/lonemountain.aspx "Our mines: Lone Mountain"], Arch Coal website, November 2009.</ref> It is part of Arch Coal's Central Appalachia mining region, which sold 14.6 million tons of coal in 2008.<ref>[http://www.archcoal.com/aboutus/coalsupplyregions.aspx "Our mines"], Arch Coal website, November 2009.</ref>
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*'''Parent company''': [[Arch Coal]]
 
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*'''Location''': Harlan County, Kentucky, and Lee County, Virginia
 
*'''Location''': Harlan County, Kentucky, and Lee County, Virginia
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*'''Production''': 2.7 million tons (2008)
 
*'''Production''': 2.7 million tons (2008)
 
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* [http://www.doi.gov/restoration/restoration/stories/lone-mountain.cfm  Dept. of Interior, Lone Mountain spill recovery]
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* [http://www.fws.gov/northeast/virginiafield/contaminants/NRDAR.html Fish and Wildlife on the Lone Mountain spill recovery]
 
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Latest revision as of 17:25, 14 January 2013

{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}}The Lone Mountain Mine is an underground coal mining operation in Harlan County, Kentucky, and Lee County, Virginia, owned by Arch Coal.[1] It is part of Arch Coal's Central Appalachia mining region, which sold 14.6 million tons of coal in 2008.[2]

Mine Data

  • Owner:
  • Parent company: Arch Coal
  • Location: Harlan County, Kentucky, and Lee County, Virginia
  • GPS coordinates: 36.880178, -82.925727
  • Production: 2.7 million tons (2008)
  • Type of coal:
  • Mine type: Underground
  • Equipment: Continuous miner units and continuous haulage units
  • Number of employees:

Contact Details

Lone Mountain Processing, Inc.
Drawer C
St. Charles, VA 24282
(276) 383-4455

Physical Address

Route 636
Benedict Road
St. Charles, VA 24282

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References

  1. "Our mines: Lone Mountain", Arch Coal website, November 2009.
  2. "Our mines", Arch Coal website, November 2009.

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