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Recoverable Coal Reserves and Average Recovery Percentage at Producing Underground Coal Mines by State and Mining Method                                          
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Table 16. Recoverable Coal Reserves and Average Recovery Percentage at Producing Underground Coal Mines by State and Mining Method, 2006
(Million Short Tons)
Coal-Producing State Continuous[1] Conventional and Other [2] Longwall [3] Total
Recoverable Coal Reserves
at Producing Mines 		Average Recovery Percentage Recoverable Coal Reserves
at Producing Mines 		Average Recovery Percentage Recoverable Coal Reserves
at Producing Mines 		Average Recovery Percentage Recoverable Coal Reserves
at Producing Mines 		Average Recovery Percentage
Alabama  W W - - W W 280 53.46
Arkansas  W W - - - - W W
Colorado  W W - - W W 300 68.12
Illinois  W W - - W W 1,255 60.87
Indiana  249 62.53 - - - - 249 62.53
Kentucky Total  937 W W 56.69 W W 962 49.52
  Eastern  W W W W W W 554 47.03
  Western  W W W W - - 408 52.9
Maryland  W W - - W W W W
Montana  W W - - - - W W
New Mexico  - - - - W W W W
Ohio  24 53.73 W W W W 192 66.96
Oklahoma  W W - - - - W W
Pennsylvania Total  125 64.79 W W W W 468 69.98
  Anthracite  W W W W - - 2 76.23
  Bituminous  W W - - W W 466 69.95
Tennessee  12 45.44 - - - - 12 45.44
Utah  W 65.74 W W 167 W 243 57.8
Virginia  W W - - W W 223 48.41
West Virginia Total  700 52.43 10 60 496 49.18 1,206 51.16
  Northern  111 57.23 - - 141 65.47 252 61.84
  Southern  589 51.52 10 60 355 42.71 954 48.33
Wyoming  W W - - - - W W
U.S. Total  3,044 56.07 87 49.02 2,765 61.67 5,897 58.59
[1] Mines that produce greater than 50 percent of their coal by continuous mining methods.
[2] Mines that produce greater than 50 percent of their coal by conventional mining methods or mines that produce coal using shortwall, scoop loading, hand loading, or other methods or a 50/50 percent continuous conventional split in mining method.
[3] Mines that have any production from the longwall mining method.  A typical longwall mining operation uses 80 percent longwall mining and 20 percent
  - =  No data are reported.
  W = Data withheld to avoid disclosure.
Note: ·Recoverable coal reserves at producing mines represent the quantity of coal that can be recovered (i.e. mined) from existing coal reserves at reporting mines.  Average recovery percentage represents the percentage of coal that can be recovered from coal reserves at reporting mines, weighted for all mines in the reported geographic area.  Excludes mines producing less than 10,000 short tons, which are not required to provide data and refuse recovery.
Source: 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."
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see also:
Historical Coal Data back to 1949
Projected Coal Supply & Demand to 2030
International Coal Data