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Table 14. Major U.S. Coal Mines, 2000
Rank Mine Name/Company Mine Type State Production (short tons)
1 Rochelle Mine Complex/Powder River Coal Surface Wyoming 70,769,071
2 Black Thunder/Thunder Basin Coal Surface Wyoming 60,102,031
3 Cordero/Cordero Mining Surface Wyoming 38,698,196
4 Jacobs Ranch/Jacobs Ranch Coal Surface Wyoming 28,307,022
5 Caballo/Caballo Coal Surface Wyoming 25,595,660
6 Antelope/Antelope Coal Surface Wyoming 22,971,230
7 Eagle Butte/RAG Coal West Surface Wyoming 18,622,992
8 North Rochelle/Triton Coal Co Surface Wyoming 17,206,504
9 Freedom Mine/Coteau Properties Surface North Dakota 16,125,847
10 Buckskin/Triton Coal Surface Wyoming 15,833,179
11 Belle Ayr/RAG Coal West Surface Wyoming 15,015,064
12 Spring Creek/Spring Creek Coal Co Surface Montana 11,302,150
13 Rosebud No 6/Western Energy Co. Surface Montana 10,430,858
14 Decker/Decker Coal Surface Montana 9,932,166
15 Bailey No 1/Consol PA Coal Co. Underground Pennsylvania 9,863,772
16 Enlow Fork/Consol PA Coal Co. Underground Pennsylvania 9,521,262
17 Navajo/BHP Minerals Surface New Mexico 8,489,100
18 Keyenta/Peabody Western Coal Surface Arizona 8,485,952
19 Jewett/Northwestern Resources Surface Texas 7,987,833
20 Falkirik/Falkirk Mining Surface North Dakota 7,633,171
21 Galatia/American Coal Company Underground Illinois 7,348,369
22 Foidel Creek/Twenty Mile Coal Underground Colorado 7,221,704
23 Oak Hill/Texas Utilities Mining Surface Texas 6,885,681
24 McElroy/McElroy Coal Co. Underground West Virginia 6,763,483
25 Sandow-Rockdale/ALCOA Surface Texas 6,624,060
26 Jim Bridger/Bridger Coal Surface Wyoming 6,506,632
27 Cumberland/RAG Cumberland Resources Underground Pennsylvania 6,505,910
28 Samples/Catenary Coal Surface West Virginia 6,446,851
29 Emerald No 1/RAG Emerald Coal Underground Pennsylvania 6,425,738
30 Robinson Run/CONSOL Underground West Virginia 5,993,666
31 SUFCO/Canyon Fuel Underground Utah 5,901,601
32 Mountaineer/Mingo Logan Coal Underground West Virginia 5,241,469
33 McKinley/Pittsburg & Midway Coal Surface New Mexico 5,229,392
34 Colowyo/Colowyo Coal Surface Colorado 5,171,221
35 Blacksville No 2/CONSOL Underground Pennsylvania 5,155,382
36 Beckville/Texas Utilities Mining Surface Texas 5,128,059
37 Lee Ranch/Lee Ranch Coal Surface New Mexico 5,080,836
38 Bowie No 2/Bowie Resources Underground Colorado 5,034,239
39 Absaloka/Westmoreland Resources Surface Montana 4,910,263
40 Dilworth/CONSOL Underground Pennsylvania 4,835,330
41 Center Mine/BNI Surface North Dakota 4,777,341
42 La Plata/San Juan Coal Surface New Mexico 4,757,674
43 Black Mesa/Peabody Western Surface Arizona 4,625,345
44 Powhatan No 6/Ohio Valley Coal Underground Ohio 4,619,247
45 Hobet No 21/Hobet Mining Surface West Virginia 4,520,179
46 No 2/Fola Coal Surface West Virginia 4,500,064
47 Buchanan/CONSOL Underground Virginia 4,466,585
48 Twilight MTR Mine/Independence Coal Surface West Virginia 4,296,593
49 No 13 Baker/Lodestar Energy Underground Kentucky 4,277,963
50 Centralia/Transalta Centralia Mining Surface Washington 4,269,765
51 Big Brown/Texas Utilities Mining Surface Texas 4,265,175
52 Deer Creek/Energy Western Underground Utah 4,257,011
53 Federal No 2/Eastern Associated Mining Underground West Virginia 4,255,124
54 Shoal Creek/Drummond Co Underground Alabama 4,194,104
55 Coal Creek/Thunder Basin Coal Surface Wyoming 4,190,057
56 Mine No 84/Eighty Four Mining Underground Pennsylvania 4,180,350
57 Trail Mountain/Energy Western Underground Utah 4,173,352
58 Upper Big Branch/Performance Coal Underground West Virginia 4,049,498
  Subtotal     609,978,373
  All Other Mines     463,633,188
  U.S. Total     1,073,611,561


       Notes: Major mines are mines that produced more than 4 million short tons in 2000.  The company is the firm operating the mine.
       Sources: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-7A, "Coal Production Report"; State Mining Agency Coal Production Reports; and/or U.S.  Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Form 7000-2, "Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report."