West Virginia Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training
1999 Method of Coal Production and Shipment
Method of Production |
Tonnage |
Distribution |
Tonnage |
Auger: |
130,751 |
Rail: |
90,284,122 |
Conventional: |
441,045 |
River: |
20,643,627 |
Continuous: |
72,443,553 |
Truck: |
42,159,218 |
Shortwall/Longwall: |
41,084,041 |
Used Locally: |
4,139,588 |
Total Underground: |
114,099,390 |
Total Tons Distributed: |
156,550,147 |
Total Surface: |
55,107,444 |
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Total Tonnage: |
169,206,834 |
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Last Updated on 5/7/2000