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Table 28. Recoverable Coal Reserves at Producing Underground Mines by State and Mining Method, 2000
(Million Short Tons)
Coal-Producing State and Region Continuous1 Conventional2 Longwall3 Other4 Total
Alabama w - w - 343
Colorado 31 - 334 23 388
Illinois 320 - 360 - 681
Indiana w - - - w
Kentucky Total 749 9 36 - 794
  Eastern 521 9 3 - 533
  Western 228 - 32 - 261
Maryland w - w - 66
Ohio 24 - 125 - 149
Oklahoma w - - - w
Pennsylvania Total 73 1 315 * 388
  Anthracite 1 1 - * 2
  Bituminous 71 - 315 - 386
Tennessee 28 - - - 28
Utah 87 - 342 - 429
Virginia 145 - 62 19 225
West Virginia Total 708 5 485 11 1,209
  Northern 179 - 377 - 556
  Southern 529 5 107 11 653
Appalachian Total5 1,531 15 1,367 29 2,942
Interior Total5 701 - 393 - 1,094
Western Total5 118 - 676 23 817
East of Miss. River 2,218 15 1,760 29 4,023
West of Miss. River 131 - 676 23 830
U.S. Total 2,349 15 2,436 52 4,853


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.
w/ Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
       Notes: Recoverable reserves represent the quantity of coal that can be recovered (i.e., mined) from existing coal reserves at reporting mines.  Excludes mines producing less than 10,000 short tons, which are not required to provide data. 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."