{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}}'''Pattiki Mine''' is an underground mining complex located near the city of Carmi, in White County, Illinois. It is operated by White County Coal, LLC, a subsidiary of [[Alliance Resource Partners]]. Construction of the complex began in 1980. The Pattiki complex utilizes continuous mining units employing room-and-pillar mining techniques to produce high-sulfur coal. The preparation plant has a throughput capacity of 1,000 tons of raw coal an hour. Coal from the Pattiki complex is shipped via the Evansville Western Railway.<ref>Patrick L. Thimangu [http://www.arlp.com/operations/il_pattiki.htm "Alliance Resource Partners Operations: Pattiki"] Alliance Resource Partners Website, November 2009</ref>