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*'''Owner''': Black Beauty Coal Company | *'''Owner''': Black Beauty Coal Company | ||
*'''Parent company''': [[Peabody Energy]] | *'''Parent company''': [[Peabody Energy]] | ||
| − | *'''Location''': Daviess County, Indiana | + | *'''Location''': south of Montgomery, Daviess County, Indiana |
| − | *'''GPS coordinates''': | + | *'''GPS coordinates''': 38.6107,-87.015495 |
*'''Production''': 1.6 million tons (2008) | *'''Production''': 1.6 million tons (2008) | ||
*'''Type of coal''': Medium-sulfur | *'''Type of coal''': Medium-sulfur | ||
Revision as of 00:06, 11 December 2009
{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}} The Viking Mine is a surface operation in Daviess County, Indiana, owned by Peabody Energy. The mine shipped 1.6 million tons of coal in 2008, which was trucked to a variety of electricity generating and industrial customers. The mine's 130 workers use truck/shovel fleets and dozer push to remove overburden and work two shifts per day, seven days a week year round, mining six different seams of coal. Viking has 8 million tons of assigned recoverable reserves.[1]
Mine Data
- Owner: Black Beauty Coal Company
- Parent company: Peabody Energy
- Location: south of Montgomery, Daviess County, Indiana
- GPS coordinates: 38.6107,-87.015495
- Production: 1.6 million tons (2008)
- Type of coal: Medium-sulfur
- Mine type: Surface
- Equipment: Truck, shovel fleets, bulldozer
- Number of employees: 130
- Recoverable Reserves: 8 million tons
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References
- ↑ "Viking Mine" Peabody Energy Website, October 2009
