Century Mine
{{#badges:CoalSwarm}} Century Mine is an underground coal mine in Beallsville, Ohio, owned by Murray Energy Corporation.
In October 2010, water contaminated with coal dust "spilled" for the fourth time since 2000 into a Belmont County creek that is home to an endangered salamander, Ohio state agencies reported. The coal slurry - water used to wash newly mined coal and filled with potentially toxic heavy metals - came from a pipeline that runs from Murray Energy's Century Mine across Captina Creek to the company's Ohio Valley coal waste slurry impoundment, said Mike Shelton, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The break occurred in a joint in the pipeline about 250 feet north of the creek in a hayfield, Shelton said, spilling slurry into the field and the creek.[1]
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Mine Data
- MSHA ID: 3301070
- Owner: American Energy Corporation
- Parent company: Murray Energy Corporation
- Location: Beallsville, Ohio
- GPS coordinates: 39.89, -81.02
- Production: 7,141,934 short tons
- Type of coal: Bituminous
- Mine type: Underground
- Mine Status: Active
- Number of employees: 450
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References
- ↑ Doug Caruso, "Coal slurry spill threatens Belmont County creek" The Columbus Dispatch, Oct. 1, 2010.
External links
- "Major U.S. Coal Mines," Energy Information Administration
- "Coal Slurry Discharge News Release" Ohio EPA
