Coal Resources, Reserves, and Mine Sizes, Illinois
Category Type of Mining Total
Underground Surface
Demonstrated Reserve Base      
    (Million Short Tons as of January 1, 2000) 88,247 16,590 104,837
Estimated Recoverable Reserves      
    (Million Short Tons as of January 1, 1997)      
    Sulfur Content (pounds per million Btu)      
      < 0.61 (low sulfur) 234 0 234
      0.61-1.67 (medium-sulfur) 1,741 206 1,947
      > 1.67 (high sulfur) 26,124 9,900 36,025
      Total 28,099 10,106 38,206
Recoverable Reserves at Producing Mines, Year End 1999 754 26 780
Number of Producing Mines in 1999 17 6 23
Production Range (thousand short tons)      
     1,000 and over, number 13 2 15
                   percent 95% 63% 93%
       500 to 1,000, number 2 2 4
                   percent 4% 32% 6%
       100 to 500,  number 1 1 2
                   percent * 4% 1%
        10 to 100   number 1 1 2
                   percent * 1% *
            < 10,   number 0 0 0
                   percent 0% 0% 0%


       Notes: "Recoverable Reserves at Producing Mines" includes no reserves at mines that produced less than 10,000 tons in the calendar year.  These small mines are not required to provide reserves data.  Excludes silt, culm, refuse bank, slurry dam, and dredge operations except for Pennsylvania anthracite.  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
* = Data round to zero. W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
       Sources: Energy Information Administration, Coal Reserves Data Base program and Form EIA-7A "Coal Production Report."