List of coal mines in the United States
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The following table lists the coal mines in the United States that produced at least 4,000,000 short tons of coal.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), there were 853 coal mines in the U.S. in 2015, producing a total of 896,941,000 short tons of coal.[1]
| Name | Owner | Type | State | Short tons (2017)[2] | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Antelope Rochelle Mine | Peabody Energy Corporation[3] | Surface | Wyoming | 101,595,323 |  |
| Black Thunder Mine | Arch Coal[4] | Surface | Wyoming | 99,450,689 | |
| Antelope Coal Mine | Cloud Peak Energy[5] | Surface | Wyoming | 28,503,504 | |
| Eagle Butte Mine | Foundation Coal[6] | Surface | Wyoming | 17,264,483 |  |
| Cordero Rojo Mine | Cloud Peak Energy[5] | Surface | Wyoming | 16,393,569 | |
| Belle Ayr Mine | Foundation Coal[6] | Surface | Wyoming | 15,826,344 | |
| Freedom Mine | North American Coal Corporation[7] | Surface | North Dakota | 14,716,777 | |
| Buckskin Mine | Kiewit Corporation[8] | Surface | Wyoming | 14,517,853 | |
| Mc 1 Mine | M-Class Mining | Underground | Illinois | 12,812,197 | |
| Spring Creek Coal Company | Cloud Peak Energy[5] | Surface | Montana | 12,725,656 | |
| Bailey Mine | CONSOL Energy[9] | Underground | Pennsylvania | 12,123,618 | |
| Marshall County Mine | Marshall County Coal Company | Underground | West Virginia | 11,653,535 | |
| Caballo Mine | Peabody Energy Corporation[3] | Surface | Wyoming | 11,125,949 | |
| Kosse Strip | Luminant Mining | Surface | Texas | 10,997,088 | |
| Rawhide Mine | Peabody Energy Corporation[3] | Surface | Wyoming | 10,346,144 | |
| Enlow Fork Mine | CONSOL Energy[9] | Underground | Pennsylvania | 9,180,468 | |
| Coal Creek Mine | Arch Coal[4] | Surface | Wyoming | 8,963,048 | |
| River View Mine | River View Coal | Underground | Kentucky | 8,961,616 | |
| Rosebud Mine | Westmoreland Coal Company[10] | Surface | Montana | 8,630,002 | |
| Bear Run Mine | Peabody Bear Run Mining | Surface | Indiana | 7,271,178 | |
| Falkirk Mine | North American Coal Corporation[7] | Surface | North Dakota | 7,219,086 | |
| Three Oaks Mine | Luminant Mining | Surface | Texas | 7,186,478 | |
| Harrison County Mine | CONSOL Energy[9] | Underground[11] | West Virginia | 7,131,341 | |
| Tunnel Ridge Mine | Tunnel Ridge | Underground | West Virginia | 6,988,112 | |
| Cumberland Mine | Foundation Coal[6] | Underground | Pennsylvania | 6,769,916 | |
| Mach 1 Mine | Mach Mining | Underground | Illinois | 6,335,835 | |
| Marion County Mine | CONSOL Energy[9] | Underground | West Virginia | 6,114,799 | |
| Ohio County Mine | Ohio County Coal | Underground | West Virginia | 6,046,582 | |
| Dry Fork Mine | Western Fuels Association[12] | Surface | Wyoming | 6,045,618 | |
| Gibson South | Gibson County Coal | Underground | Indiana | 5,955,676 | |
| Sufco | Arch Coal[4] | Underground | Utah | 5,883,975 | |
| Bull Mountains Mine No 1 | Signal Peak Energy | Underground | Montana | 5,883,820 | |
| Century Mine | Murray Energy Corporation[13] | Underground | Ohio | 5,676,639 | |
| Buchanan Mine 1 | Buchanan Minerals | Underground | Virginia | 5,352,731 | |
| San Juan Mine 1 | San Juan Coal | Underground | New Mexico | 5,327,442 | |
| No 7 Mine | Warrior Met Coal Mining | Underground | Alabama | 4,864,828 | |
| El Segundo | El Segundo Coal | Surface | New Mexico | 4,855,010 | |
| West Elk Mine | Arch Coal[4] | Underground | Colorado | 4,821,281 | |
| Harvey Mine | CONSOL Energy | Underground | Pennsylvania | 4,805,028 | |
| Skyline Mine 3 | Canyon Fuel Company | Underground | Pennsylvania | 4,374,500 | |
| Center Mine | Bni Coal | Surface | North Dakota | 4,288,404 | |
| Kemmerer Mine | Chevron Corporation[14] | Surface | Wyoming | 4,224,426 | |
| Wyodak Mine | Black Hills Corporation[15] | Surface | Wyoming | 4,182,800 |  |
| Decker Mine | Decker Coal Company | Surface | Montana | 4,158,338 |