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Table 89. Average Price of Underground Coal by State and Productivity Range, 2000
(Nominal Dollars per Short Ton)

Coal-Producing State and Region Productivity Range (short tons per miner per hour)
>=16 8 to 16 4 to 8 2 to 4 0 to 2 Total
Alabama - - - $33.96 $34.55 $33.97
Colorado - $14.55 $18.55 w - w
Illinois - - 21.98 $24.53 - $22.65
Indiana - - w w 21.66 w
Kentucky Total w 22.37 $23.95 $24.91 27.81 $24.31
  Eastern w 22.37 25.37 25.25 27.81 25.32
  Western - - 21.37 w - 21.42
Maryland - - w $18.98 - w
Ohio - - $19.70 99.60 - $50.92
Oklahoma - - - w - w
Pennsylvania Total - 22.45 22.30 $25.96 30.76 $22.85
  Anthracite - - - - 34.27 34.27
  Bituminous - w w 25.96 29.65 22.80
Tennessee - - w 26.34 25.76 w
Utah $16.23 w $18.18 w - $17.56
Virginia - $27.48 24.31 $26.53 26.64 26.10
West Virginia Total w w 25.20 26.87 25.05 25.79
  Northern - w 21.54 27.65 w 22.55
  Southern w $27.11 27.84 26.53 w 27.39
Wyoming - w - - - w
Appalachian Total1 20.90 24.73 24.28 31.89 27.84 26.65
Interior Total1 - - 21.66 23.73 21.66 22.13
Western Total1 16.23 16.40 18.41 18.47 - 17.02
East of Miss. River 20.90 24.73 23.69 30.80 27.65 25.89
West of Miss. River 16.23 16.40 18.41 19.21 - 17.08
U.S. Total 16.30 21.28 23.38 30.34 27.65 24.73


1/ For a definition of coal-producing regions, see Appendix C.
w/ Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
       Notes: Average mine price is calculated by dividing the total free on board (f.o.b.) rail/barge value of the coal sold by the total coal sold.  Excludes silt, culm, refuse bank, slurry dam, and dredge operations except for Pennsylvania anthracite.  Excludes mines producing less than 10,000 short tons, which are not required to provide data.
       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."