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Revision as of 03:39, 26 January 2010

{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}}The Jones Fork Complex is an underground coal mining operation in eastern Kentucky owned by CONSOL Energy.[1] In June 2009, CONSOL announced that it planned to idle coal production at Jones Complex by July 1, 2009, while restarting its Buchanan Mine near Mavisdale, Virginia, by mid-July 2009.[2]

Mine Data

  • Owner: CONSOL of Kentucky Inc.
  • Parent company: CONSOL Energy
  • Location: Mousie, Kentucky
  • GPS coordinates: 37.434283,-82.88734
  • Production: 2.5 million tons (2008)
  • Type of coal: Bituminous
  • Mine type: Underground/Surface
  • Equipment: Continuous mining machines
  • Number of employees:
  • Recoverable reserves: 37.7 million tons

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References

  1. "Map of Mines: Jones Fork Complex", CONSOL Energy website, November 2009.
  2. "CONSOL Energy Will Restart Buchanan Mine" Reuters Online, June 3, 2009
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