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Table 5. Underground Coal Production by State and Mining Method, 2000
(Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing State and Region Continuous1 Conventional2 Longwall3 Other4 Total
Alabama 212 - 15,683 - 15,895
Colorado 688 - 17,764 1,530 19,982
Illinois 16,875 - 12,767 - 29,642
Indiana 3,688 - - - 3,688
Kentucky Total 68,267 1,734 10,020 156 80,177
  Eastern 55,983 1,734 1,914 156 59,787
  Western 12,284 - 8,106 - 20,390
Maryland 529 - 2,667 - 3,196
New Mexico - - - 4 4
Ohio 2,996 - 8,937 * 11,933
Oklahoma 241 - - - 241
Pennsylvania Total 8,542 63 49,240 114 57,959
  Anthracite 155 63 - 90 309
  Bituminous 8,387 - 49,240 23 57,650
Tennessee 1,453 - - 2 1,456
Utah 2,642 - 24,007 7 26,656
Virginia 15,761 - 6,727 692 23,181
West Virginia Total 56,721 555 39,952 1,211 98,439
  Northern 9,785 - 22,484 12 32,281
  Southern 46,935 555 17,468 1,199 66,158
Wyoming - - 1,210 - 1,210
Appalachian Total5 142,197 2,353 125,119 2,176 271,845
Interior Total5 33,089 - 20,872 - 53,962
Western Total5 3,331 - 42,981 1,541 47,852
East of Miss. River 175,045 2,353 145,992 2,176 325,565
West of Miss. River 3,572 - 42,981 1,541 48,093
U.S. Total 178,617 2,353 188,972 3,717 373,659


1/ Mines that produce greater than 50 percent of coal by continuous mining method.
2/ Mines that produce greater than 50 percent of coal by conventional mining method.
3/ Mines that have any production from longwall mining method.  A typical longwall mining operation uses 80 percent longwall mining and 20 percent continuous mining.
4/ Mines that produce coal using shortwall, scoop loading, hand loading, or other mining methods or a 50/50 percent continuous/conventional split in mining method, or mines that produce less than 10,000 short tons, which are not required to provide data.
5/ For a definition of coal-producing regions, see Appendix C.
* Data round to zero. Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
       Sources: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-7A, "Coal Production Report" and U.S.  Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Form 7000-2, "Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report."