West Virginia Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training

1998 Methods of Coal Production and Shipment

Method of Production	Tonnage	Method of Shipment	Tonnage
Auger:	914,600	Rail:	104,122,424
Conventional:	1,004,496	River:	21,591,876
Continuous:	76,954,561	Truck:	44,297,423
Shortwall/Longwall:	47,123,931	Used Locally:	22,460
Total Underground:	125,997,588	Total Tons Distributed	169,918,795
Total Surface:	54,796,424	(NOTE initial shipments from mine)
Total Tonnage:	180,794,012