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{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}} '''Shoal Creek Mine''' is an underground mine owned by [[Drummond Company]] located near the central portion of the Warrior Coal Basin in Adger, Alabama. It is the largest coal mine in Alabama and one of the largest underground facilities in the country.<ref name="Shoal">[http://www.drummondco.com/operations/coal/ShoalCreek.aspx "Operations: Coal: Shoal Creek"] Drummond Company website, November 2009</ref>

The operation stretches across three counties – Jefferson, Tuscaloosa and Walker. The mine's main portal and preparation plant is in Jefferson County, 45 miles from Birmingham. The operations have access to truck, rail and river transportation systems, including water access to ports in Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans, Louisiana. The mine produces a medium-volatile, low-sulfur metallurgical coal, exported globally through the Port of Mobile, Alabama. The coal is mined underground using both longwall and continuous mining operations. The preparation plant is a 2,000-ton per hour jig plant, capable of washing over 11 million raw tons of coal per year.<ref name="Shoal"/>