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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Directory of Coal Operators.............................................................................................

Directory of Coal Mines..............................................................................................

Statistical Information, 2000 - 2004........................................................................

Rank of Counties by Production, 2000 - 2004........................................................

Monthly Output of All Mines..................................................................................

Tons of Coal Produced, Number of Mines Operating and

Number of Employees, 1930 - 2004......................................................................

Illinois Coal Mine Employment, 2000 - 2004.........................................................

Preparation Plants.................................................................................................

Railroads Hauling Coal..........................................................................................

Average Man-shift Production (by County)............................................................

Physical Mine Characteristics...............................................................................

Mode of Shipment...............................................................................................

Coal Production per Month by County.................................................................

Mine Employment and Production......................................................................

Cumulative Production of Coal in Tons (by County)...........................................

Explosives Used in Blasting.................................................................................

Method of Mining with Longwall Units.................................................................

Method of Mining with Continuous Miners...........................................................

Directory of Coal Operators

Operators Main Office Address City and State

American Coal Company 101 Prosperous Place, Suite 125 Lexington, KY 40509

Arclar Company 420 Long Lane Rd. Equality, IL 62934

Black Beauty Coal Company 414 South Fares Ave. Evansville, IN 47714

Coulterville Coal Company P.O. Box 397 Coulterville, IL 62237

Freeman United Coal Mining Co. P.O. Box 4630 Springfield, IL 62708

ICG Illinois 8100 East Main Street Elkhart, IL 62634

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC 984 E. Sugar Hill Road Ava, IL 62907

Monterey Coal Company 14300 Brushy Mound Rd. Carlinville, IL 62626

Nubay Mining, LLC 4270 N. America Rd. Galatia, IL 62935

S Coal Company P.O. Box 219 Cambria, IL 62915

Vigo Coal Company 528 Main St., Suite 202 Evansville, IN 47708

Wabash Mine Holding Co. P.O. Box 144 Keensburg, IL 62852

White County Coal Corporation 1717 South Boulder Tulsa, OK 74119

Directory of Coal Mines

Mine Name Mine Office Address City and State

American Coal Co.Galatia Mine P.O. Box 727 Harrisburg, IL 62946

Arclar CompanyWillow Lake Mine 420 Long Lane Road Equality, IL 62934

Black Beauty Coal Co.Riola Mine 8282 Catlin-Indianola Rd. Catlin, IL 61817

Black Beauty Coal Co.Vermilion Grove Mine 4500 N. 1500 E. Road Ridge Farm, IL 61870

Black Beauty CompanyWild Cat Hills Mine 12250 Mclain Road Equality, IL 62934

Coulterville Coal Co.Gateway Mine 13101 Zeigler 11 Rd. Coulterville, IL 62237

Freeman United Coal Mining Co.Crown II Mine P.O. Box 347 Virden, IL 62690

Freeman United Coal Mining Co.Crown III Mine P.O. Box 259 Farmersville, IL 62533

ICG Illinois Viper Mine 8100 East Main St. Williamsville, IL 62693

Knight Hawk Coal, LLCCreek Paum Mine 984 East Sugar Hill Road Ava, IL 62907

Knight Hawk Coal, LLCRed Hawk Mine 984 East Sugar Hill Road Ava, IL 62907

Directory of Coal Mines

Mine Name Mine Office Address City and State

Monterey Coal Co.Mine #1 14300 Brushy Mound Rd. Carlinville, IL 62626

Nubay Mining LLCLiberty Mine 4270 North American Rd. Galatia, IL 62935

S Coal CompanyCambria #1 Mine P.O. Box 219 Cambria, IL 62915

S Coal CompanyElkville Mine

P.O. Box 219 Cambria, IL 62915

Vigo Coal Co.Friendsville Mine 7790 State Route 15 Mt. Carmel, IL 62863

Wabash Mine Holding Co.Wabash Mine P.O. Box 144 Keensburg, IL 62852

White County Coal Corp.Pattiki Mine P.O. Box 457 Carmi, IL 62821

Statistical Information

2000 - 2004

Statistical Information 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000

Counties and Mines

No. of Counties ProducingCoal

11 12 13 13 12

No. of Mines Operated 18 20 21 19 18

No. of Underground Mines 12 13 15 13 12

No. of Surface Mines 6 7 6 6 6

Output of Tons

All Mines 32,279,112 31,135,859 33,445,848 33,793,509 33,541,271

Underground Mines 27,316,578 25,938,203 27,063,776 28,054,204 29,731,399

Surface Mines 4,962,534 5,197,656 6,382,072 5,739,305 3,809,872

Employees

All Mines 3,252 3,534 3,582 3,516 3,461

Underground Mines 2,903 3,222 3,102 3,075 3,131

Surface Mines 349 312 480 441 330

Disposition of Tonnage

Via Railroad 11,382,196 11,014,931 11,846,100 12,691,364 12,300,780

Via Rail/Barge Combination 6,364,328 6,795,891 8,417,946 7,012,348 8,854,696

Via Truck 6,950,384 6,253,105 5,664,104 7,092,444 5,873,821

Via Truck/Barge or Truck/Rail 6,828,926 6,977,422 7,475,759 7,576,540 6,510,775

Casualties

No. of Fatal Accidents 0 3 0 1 2

Rank of Counties by Production

2000 - 2004

CountyRank

2004

Rank

2003

Rank

2002

Rank

2001

Rank

2000

Saline 1 10,628,500 1 10,065,220 1 10,072,845 1 9,423,745 1 10,468,952

Macoupin 2 6,315,059 2 6,545,710 2 6,890,511 2 7,049,402 2 6,338,014

Gallatin 3 2,747,473 3 2,532,710 3 2,784,745 3 3,918,626 3 3,199,508

White 4 2,450,288 6 1,821,876 6 1,847,446 7 1,889,486 5 2,442,334

Vermilion 5 2,295,063 8 1,785,776 5 1,870,982 10 1,108,034 9 995,000

Logan 6 2,135,333 5 2,135,236 7 1,759,240 5 2,075,250 7 1,953,847

Randolph 7 1,827,000 4 2,547,000 4 2,549,000 4 2,634,000 6 2,420,000

Wabash 8 1,750,971 7 1,790,822 9 1,490,794 8 1,569,495 8 1,505,399

Jackson 9 1,542,164 9 1,400,624 10 1,296,268 9 1,203,938 10 895,882

Perry 10 504,621 12 44,070 12 444,178 12 396,464 12 76,282

Williamson 11 82,640 10 267,589 13 278,643 13 90,942

McDonough 11 199,226 11 478,582 11 482,638 11 506,629

Jefferson 8 1,682,614 6 1,951,489 4 2,739,424

Washington

Monthly Output of All Mines

2000 - 2004

Month 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000

January 2,858,771 2,833,495 3,065,259 3,023,534 2,938,621

February 2,904,753 2,613,143 2,886,157 2,781,892 2,731,257

March 3,125,969 2,730,204 3,185,524 3,335,722 3,170,887

April 2,878,336 2,882,959 3,110,263 3,087,827 2,889,446

May 2,445,819 3,049,345 2,939,653 2,984,118 3,213,100

June 2,737,856 2,459,947 2,807,713 2,617,158 2,698,143

July 2,482,039 2,134,403 2,403,846 2,701,036 2,355,225

August 2,859,782 2,427,842 2,697,840 2,923,199 2,965,808

September 2,821,639 2,313,626 2,466,388 2,644,446 2,717,249

October 2,476,084 2,775,706 2,686,613 2,822,167 2,906,496

November 2,394,030 2,477,167 2,720,539 2,305,189 2,438,631

December 2,294,034 2,438,022 2,476,053 2,564,221 2,516,408

Totals 32,279,112 31,135,859 33,445,848 33,793,509 33,541,271

Tons of Coal Produced, Number of Mines Operated and Number of Employees

1930 - 2004

YearAll

Mines Persons

Tons

Produced

Surface

Mines Persons

Tons

Produced

U/G

Mines Persons

Tons

Produced

1930 185 51,215 51,996,608 15 1,519 6,220,336 170 49,696 45,776,272

1931 167 47,024 43,073,058 15 1,591 6,576,677 152 45,433 36,496,381

1932 162 44,078 31,402,399 17 1,769 6,628,228 145 42,939 24,774,171

1933 159 40,660 35,390,677 20 1,890 5,599,006 139 38,770 29,791,671

1934 172 40,943 38,655,527 26 2,042 6,008,218 146 38,901 32,647,309

1935 182 40,496 41,410,414 28 2,338 7,088,104 154 38,158 34,322,310

1936 176 40,011 47,285,587 30 2,803 8,873,299 146 37,208 38,412,288

1937 168 38,553 48,062,076 30 3,133 11,176,074 138 35,420 36,886,002

1938 149 35,247 38,442,859 25 2,881 10,058,999 124 32,366 28,383,860

1939 146 33,034 42,994,107 26 2,854 11,295,547 120 30,180 31,698,560

1940 139 26,695 46,071,806 27 2,873 12,024,635 112 23,822 34,047,171

1941 143 30,258 51,033,319 30 3,169 13,367,089 113 27,089 37,666,230

1942 141 30,022 61,124,628 28 3,495 15,937,681 113 26,527 45,186,947

1943 141 28,753 68,971,621 26 3,431 15,484,712 115 25,322 53,486,909

1944 157 29,010 73,958,923 31 3,730 17,108,528 126 25,280 56,850,395

1945 159 28,198 70,322,301 37 3,481 16,203,763 122 24,717 54,118,538

1946 160 29,745 60,932,785 36 3,479 14,302,739 124 26,266 46,630,046

1947 160 29,594 64,612,627 38 3,702 17,827,339 122 25,892 46,785,288

1948 160 29,803 62,494,412 45 4,064 16,758,306 115 25,739 45,736,106

1949 157 28,520 44,772,617 45 4,248 12,835,980 112 24,272 31,936,637

1950 149 28,246 54,356,918 39 3,729 16,459,126 110 14,517 37,897,792

1951 136 26,936 52,595,098 33 3,429 17,289,932 103 23,507 35,305,166

1952 111 21,674 43,274,400 27 3,066 15,340,989 84 18,608 27,933,411

1953 97 17,201 43,847,321 29 3,076 15,495,734 68 14,125 28,351,587

1954 87 15,252 40,017,802 28 2,889 15,388,078 59 12,363 24,629,724

1955 85 12,418 43,880,729 35 2,879 17,353,630 50 9,539 26,527,099

1956 88 11,857 45,538,998 42 3,038 18,041,603 46 8,819 27,497,395

1957 92 11,604 44,532,214 50 3,154 18,439,200 42 8,450 26,093,014

Tons of Coal Produced, Number of Mines Operated and Number of Employees

1930 - 2004 (Cont.)

YearAll

Mines Persons

Tons

Produced

Surface

Mines Persons

Tons

Produced

U/G

Mines Persons

Tons

Produced

1958 85 10,313 41,856,967 49 3,402 19,318,772 36 6,911 22,538,195

1959 83 10,027 43,515,737 46 3,185 20,532,528 37 6,842 22,983,209

1960 78 9,772 43,703,382 40 3,168 20,946,982 38 6,604 22,756,400

1961 67 8,252 42,825,911 36 3,114 20,999,859 31 5,138 21,826,052

1962 62 7,892 45,262,974 37 2,984 22,482,457 27 4,908 22,780,517

1963 67 8,002 48,375,564 42 3,089 25,194,264 25 4,913 23,181,300

1964 68 8,225 51,888,467 40 3,091 27,863,966 28 5,134 24,024,501

1965 63 8,135 55,452,130 39 3,053 30,714,714 24 5,082 24,737,416

1966 56 8,298 59,261,953 35 3,143 33,726,863 21 5,155 25,535,090

1967 52 8,054 60,488,521 32 3,129 34,794,177 20 4,925 25,694,344

1968 48 8,547 57,670,671 25 3,173 34,142,920 23 5,374 23,527,751

1969 62 9,591 64,832,584 34 3,647 34,659,957 48 5,944 30,172,627

1970 64 10,214 64,884,103 35 3,429 33,268,533 29 6,785 31,615,570

1971 63 10,571 58,415,239 36 3,483 28,961,313 27 7,088 29,453,926

1972 59 11,237 65,521,394 33 3,367 33,805,599 26 7,870 31,715,795

1973 56 11,409 61,548,670 32 3,615 28,971,317 24 7,794 32,577,353

1974 55 12,467 58,072,640 32 3,749 26,968,528 23 8,718 31,104,112

1975 57 13,646 59,539,019 36 4,097 27,658,936 21 9,549 31,880,083

1976 62 14,731 58,136,144 39 4,335 27,224,448 23 10,396 30,911,696

1977 70 16,114 53,880,434 45 4,739 24,291,457 25 11,375 29,588,977

1978 71 17,861 48,744,149 43 5,241 23,854,568 28 12,620 24,889,581

1979 71 18,499 59,538,127 40 5,299 26,856,987 31 13,200 32,681,140

1980 66 18,284 62,542,417 35 5,065 27,573,744 31 13,219 34,968,673

1981 58 18,148 51,798,653 27 4,797 22,563,150 31 13,351 29,235,503

1982 61 14,950 61,428,170 28 4,396 25,744,299 33 10,554 35,683,871

1983 54 14,759 58,373,580 23 4,245 25,003,197 33 10,514 33,370,383

1984 52 14,803 65,289,191 21 3,946 25,343,704 31 10,857 39,945,487

1985 52 14,831 60,477,256 20 3,445 21,828,633 32 11,386 38,648,623

1986 51 13,549 63,233,302 20 3,170 22,301,678 31 10,379 40,931,624

Tons of Coal Produced, Number of Mines Operated and Number of Employees

1930 - 2004 (Cont.)

Year All

Mines Persons

Tons

Produced

Surface

Mines Persons

Tons

Produced

U/G

Mines Persons

Tons

Produced

1987 47 12,188 60,761,368 19 2,925 21,572,898 28 9,263 39,188,470

1988 43 11,514 59,852,384 16 2,684 19,968,587 27 8,830 39,883,797

1989 42 11,105 60,131,053 15 2,376 19,603,356 27 8,729 40,527,697

1990 42 10,129 61,657,068 16 2,389 18,645,931 26 7,740 43,011,137

1991 44 9,667 60,035,515 15 1,823 15,903,062 29 7,844 44,132,453

1992 39 8,831 60,331,826 12 1,458 12,848,071 27 7,373 47,483,755

1993 37 7,389 42,143,821 12 1,148 7,936,760 25 7,389 34,207,061

1994 32 6,663 54,026,365 10 957 9,245,898 22 5,706 44,780,467

1995 28 5,663 49,537,182 8 764 6,878,172 20 4,899 42,659,010

1996 27 5,008 47,311,477 8 623 7,595,787 19 4,385 39,715,690

1997 23 4,377 41,247,632 6 511 6,269,500 17 3,866 34,978,132

1998 22 4,259 39,639,334 7 408 4,414,761 15 3,851 35,224,573

1999 20 3,675 40,315,208 5 377 3,636,524 15 3,298 36,678,688

2000 18 3,461 33,541,271 6 330 3,809,872 12 3,131 29,731,399

2001 19 3,516 33,793,509 6 441 5,739,305 13 3,075 28,054,204

2002 21 3,582 33,445,848 6 480 6,382,072 15 3,102 27,063,776

2003 20 3,534 31,135,859 7 312 5,197,656 13 3,222 25,938,203

2004 18 3,252 32,279,112 6 349 4,962,534 12 2,903 27,316,578

Illinois Coal Mine Employment

2000 - 2004

County 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000

Gallatin 186 163 160 341 287

Jackson 129 80 74 60 38

Jefferson 0 0 84 336 428

Logan 239 224 215 216 218

Macoupin 798 787 779 781 778

McDonough 0 5 74 77 72

Perry 27 13 37 33 23

Randolph 13 275 303 277 265

Saline 1,125 1,261 1,159 922 893

Vermilion 222 225 238 166 68

Wabash 252 269 230 203 171

White 261 213 211 211 220

Williamson 0 19 15 15 0

Totals 3,252 3,534 3,582 3,516 3,461

2004 Preparation Plants

Company Name Mine Name Type of PlantAverage Percent Rejects

PlantCapacityTons/Hour

TonnageProcessed at Plant

American Coal Co. Galatia Mine Hvy Media 42.8 2,200 11,332,152

Arclar Co., LLC Willow Lake* Hvy Media 42.2 1,400 9,447,283

Black Beauty Coal Co. Riola Mine Hvy Media 44.4 300 1,796,937

Black Beauty Coal Co. Vermilion Grove Hvy Media 42.8 600 2,156,036

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Creek Paum Mine Hvy Media 21.4 300 1,475,842

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Red Hawk Mine Jig & Spiral 20.0 200 672,828

Freeman United Coal Mng. Co. Crown II Jig Washing 26.0 1,000 1,850,616

Freeman United Coal Mng. Co. Crown III Water Jig 30.0 1,200

Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 Jig Washing 43.0 1,250 5,391,451

Nubay Mining LLC Liberty Mine Jig Washing 35.8 600

Coulterville Coal Co. Gateway Mine Hvy Media 33.0 1,000 2,701,595

ICG Illinois Viper Mine Hvy Media 37.2 800 3,382,056

Wabash Mine Holding Co. Wabash Mine Hvy Media 10.0 1,500 1,823,733

White County Coal Corp. Pattiki Mine Hvy Media 27.7 1,000 3,389,691

Vigo Coal Co., Friendsville Mine Air 36.0 100 87,500

* Willow Lake and Wildcat Hills/Cottage Grove Mine use same preparation plant.

Railroads Hauling Coal

2004

County and Company Name Mine Name Railroad Name

TonnageShipped

Jackson

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Creek Paum Mine IC/Canadian National 95,441

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Creek Paum Mine Union Pacific 51,646

Macoupin

Freeman United Coal Mng. Co. Crown II Burlington Northern 899,365

Freeman United Coal Mng. Co. Crown III IC/CanadianNational 1,099,470

Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 Norfolk Southern 2,357,149

Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 Union Pacific 490,500

Perry

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Red Hawk Mine Canadian National 25,062

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Red Hawk Mine Union Pacific 76,276

Randolph

Coulterville Coal Company Gateway Mine Union Pacific 1,811,419

Saline

American Coal Co. Galatia Mine IC/Canadian National 6,515,869

Nubay Mining LLC Liberty Mine IC/Canadian National

Vermilion

Black Beauty Coal Co. Vermilion Grove CSX 475,441

Wabash

Wabash Mine Holding Co. Wabash Mine Norfolk Southern 1,642,168

White

White County Coal Corp. Pattiki Mine CSX 2,470,999

Average Man-Shift Production

2004

County and MineType

ReportsTabulated

Man-shifts

Tons Mined

Average Tons per Man-shift

Gallatin

Surface 1 53,752 2,747,473 51.1

Underground 0 0 0 0.0

Jackson

Surface 2 30,616 1,542,164 50.4

Underground 0 0 0 0.0

Logan

Surface 0 0 0 0.0

Underground 1 57,225 2,135,333 37.3

Macoupin

Surface 0 0 0 0.0

Underground 3 205,751 6,315,059 30.7

Perry

Surface 1 5,961 504,621 84.7

Underground 0 0 0 0.0

Average Man-Shift Production

2004 (cont.)

County and MineType

ReportsTabulated

Man-shifts Tons Mined

Average Tons PerMan-shift

Randolph

Surface 0 0 0 0.0

Underground 1 51,772 1,786,000 34.5

Saline

Surface 0 0 0 0.0

Underground 3 375,233 10,628,500 28.3

Vermilion

Surface 0 0 0 0.0

Underground 2 69,657 2,295,063 32.9

Wabash

Surface 1 2,379 85,636 36.0

Underground 1 63,318 1,665,335 26.3

White

Surface 0 0 0 0.0

Underground 1 75,221 2,450,288 32.6

Williamson

Surface 1 1,840 82,640 44.9

Underground 0 0 0 0.0

Physical Mine Characteristics

2004

County and Company Name Mine Name MineType

Coal Seam

SeamThickness

SeamDepth

2004 Tonnage

Cumulative MineProduction

Gallatin

Arclar Company Wildcat Hills SIL #6IL #7

4.02.0

100 50

2,747,473 13,844,095

Jackson

Knight Hawk Coal, LLCCrk. Paum S

M’Boro IL #5IL #6

4.04.06.0

6070 40

1,515,751 7,126,904

S Coal Company Elkville S IL#6 6.0 70 26,413 26,413

Logan

ICG Illinois Viper U IL #5 5.8 280 2,135,333 34,291,942

Macoupin

Freeman United Coal Mng. Crown II U IL #6 8 320 1,369,460 37,897,793

Freeman United Coal Mng. Crown III U IL #6 8.0 365 1,894,839 24,376,835

Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 U IL #6 6.8 330 3,050,760 79,754,067

Perry

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Red Hawk SIL #5IL#6

2.06.0

110 80

504,621 1,465,615

Randolph

Coulterville Coal Co. Gateway U IL #6 6.5 220 1,786,000 38,840,683

Physical Mine Characteristics

2004 (Cont.)

County and Company Name Mine NameMineType

Coal Seam

SeamThickness

SeamDepth

2004 Tonnage

Cumulative Mine Production

Saline

American Coal Co. Galatia UIL #5IL #6

85450 350

6,517,541 92,427,632

Arclar Company Willow Lake U IL #5 5 350 3,448,395 8,373,395

Nubay Mining Liberty Mine U IL #5 4 362 662,564 1,570,391

Vermilion

Black Beauty Coal Co. Riola U IL #6 5.6 257 1,006,638 6,266,068

Black Beauty Coal Co. Verm. Grove U IL #6 6.0 251 1,288,425 3,264,058

Wabash

Vigo Coal Co. Friendsville S Frndsvile 4.2 60 85,636 309,091

Wabash Mine Holding Co. Wabash U IL #5 6.7 850 1,665,335 73,635,352

White

White County Coal Corp. Pattiki U IL #6 5 810 2,450,288 36,771,818

Williamson

S Coal Co.,Cambria #1 S

IL #5IL #6

4 8

82,640 719,814

Illinois Coal Seams

Colchester (IL #2) Danville (IL #7) Davis

Dekoven Friendsville Herrin (IL #6 )

Murphysboro Springfield (IL #5)

Mode of Shipment

2004

County and Company NameMine Name Railroad

Railroador Truckto Barge

Truck or Truck to Railroad

Other Tons Shipped

Gallatin

Black Beauty Coal Company Wildcat Hills 1,756,358 991,115 2,747,473

Jackson

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Creek Paum 988,576 561,068 1,549,644

S Coal Company Elkville Mine 26,413 26,413

Logan

ICG Illinois Viper 2,135,333 2,135,333

Macoupin

Freeman United Coal Mng. Crown II 899,365 464,763 1,364,128

Freeman United Coal Mng. Crown III 1,043,530 55,940 800,697 1,900,167

Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 2,847,649 203,143 3,050,792

Perry

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Red Hawk 194,835 330,324 525,159

Randolph

Coulterville Coal Co. Gateway 1,051,235 744,328 37,750 1,833,313

Saline

American Coal Co. Galatia 1,077,070 5,438,799 6,515,869

Arclar Company Willow Lake 3,535,209 3,535,209

Nubay Mining, LLC Liberty Mine

Vermilion

Black Beauty Coal Co. Riola 990,533 990,533

Black Beauty Coal Co. Vermilion Grve 475,441 789,611 1,265,052

Wabash

Vigo Coal Co. Friendsville 138,068 138,068

Wabash Mine Holding Co. Wabash 1,642,168 1,642,168

White County

White County Coal Corp. Pattiki 2,345,738 125,261 2,470,999

Williamson County

S Coal Company Cambria #1 82,640 82,640

2004 Coal Production per Month by County

County January February March April May June

Gallatin 210,199 231,866 252,234 247,014 246,871 252,138

Jackson 111,030 119,063 127,429 137,042 105,945 110,770

Logan 191,580 166,986 179,877 160,703 159,758 186,356

Macoupin 563,297 529,458 589,089 591,469 521,125 551,769

Perry 32,822 38,017 39,318 43,535 43,908 51,947

Randolph 214,000 218,000 247,000 223,000 209,000 198,000

Saline 970,478 1,043,886 1,079,605 949,395 659,110 860,932

Vermilion 196,582 182,048 203,904 176,575 164,941 190,837

Wabash 152,595 145,991 187,568 129,869 132,717 136,658

White 192,286 207,477 199,925 202,977 202,444 198,449

Williamson 23,902 21,961 20,020 16,757 0 0

Totals 2,858,771 2,904,753 3,125,969 2,878,336 2,445,819 2,737,856

2004 Coal Production per Month by County(cont.)

County July August September October November DecemberAnnual

Production

Gallatin 239,536 230,584 209,989 252,306 201,283 173,453 2,747,473

Jackson 121,920 126,813 130,450 151,193 161,364 139,145 1,542,164

Logan 189,044 191,397 161,067 193,140 152,031 203,394 2,135,333

Macoupin 552,726 553,658 576,005 452,298 441,368 392,797 6,315,059

Perry 40,045 51,681 44,656 46,962 43,502 28,228 504,621

Randolph 133,000 192,000 193,000 0 0 0 1,827,000

Saline 836,929 905,866 970,613 798,186 800,469 753,031 10,628,500

Vermilion 170,960 191,225 192,146 203,624 211,119 211,102 2,295,063

Wabash 42,269 176,043 135,973 172,210 150,618 188,460 1,750,971

White 155,610 240,515 207,740 206,165 232,276 204,424 2,450,288

Williamson 0 0 0 0 0 0 82,640

Totals 2,482,039 2,859,782 2,821,639 2,476,084 2,394,030 2,294,034 32,279,112

Mine Employment and Production

2004

County and Company Name Mine Name Tons MinedNumber

Employed

Gallatin

Black Beauty Coal Co.,

Wild Cat Hills/Cottage

Grove 2,747,473 186

Jackson

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Creek Paum 1,515,751 107

S Coal Company Elkville 26,413 22

Logan

ICG Illinois Viper 2,135,333 239

Macoupin

Freeman United Coal Mining Co. Crown II 1,369,460 213

Freeman United Coal Mining Co. Crown III 1,894,839 234

Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 3,050,760 351

Perry

Knight Hawk Coal LLC Red Hawk 504,621 27

Randolph

Coulterville Coal Co. Gateway Mine 1,827,000 13

Saline

American Coal Co. Galatia 6,517,541 602

Arclar Company Willow Lake 3,448,395 410

Nubay Mining LLC Liberty Mine 662,564 113

Vermilion

Black Beauty Coal Co. Riola 1,006,638 89

Black Beauty Coal Co. Vermilion Grove 1,288,425 133

Wabash

Vigo Coal Co. Friendsville 85,636 7

Wabash Mine Holding Co. Wabash 1,665,335 245

White

White County Corp. Pattiki 2,450,288 261

Williamson

S Coal Co. Cambria #1 Mine 82,640 0

Cumulative Production of Coal in Tons by Counties2004

County2003

Production

Total

Production County

2003

Production

Total

Adams 341,924 McDonough 12,508,897

Bond 7,355,569 McLean 5,544,139

Brown 74,068 Madison 164,295,772

Bureau 53,823,055 Marion 39,247,722

Calhoun 96,247 Marshall 12,516,141

Cass 212,477 Menard 13,462,005

Christian 358,959,916 Mercer 15,519,862

Clark 4,482 Monroe 8,284

Clay 801 Montgomery 141,824,660

Clinton 83,632,358 Morgan 190,787

Coles 210,930 Moultrie 2,032,236

Crawford 45,400 Peoria 96,718,740

Douglas 44,397,202 Perry 504,621 533,762,638

Edgar 2,295,898 Pike 5,081

Effingham 796 Pope 36,266

Franklin 720,987,818 Putnam 10,071,893

Fulton 318,608,365 Randolph 1,827,000 270,633,342

Gallatin 2,747,473 80,324,969 Richland 154

Greene 693,191 Rock Island 3,846,169

Grundy 40,872,430 St. Clair 367,370,806

Hamilton 6,172,927 Saline 10,628,500 427,414,716

Hancock 771,281 Sangamon 233,449,607

Hardin 40 Schuyler 15,732,422

Henry 22,910,053 Scott 612,476

Jackson 1,542,164 136,010,215 Shelby 4,119,763

Jasper 23,739 Stark 9,569,336

Jefferson 200,647,884 Tazewell 17,633,802

Jersey 120,350 Vermilion 2,295,063 176,408,549

Johnson 314,325 Wabash 1,750,971 72,172,892

Kankakee 19,192,105 Warren 685,466

Knox 65,896,605 Washington 58,845,645

LaSalle 65,547,638 White 2,450,288 37,741,256

Livingston 10,111,437 Will 37,553,733

Logan 2,135,333 48,825,310 Williamson 52,640 469,288,276

Macon 11,000,468 Woodford 7,810,160

Macoupin 6,315,059 408,195,591

Explosives Used in Blasting

Overburden and Coal

2004

Company Name Mine NameCaps orDetonators

Dynamite/Primers (Pounds)

Water Gel/Slurry(Pounds)

AmmoniumNitrate/FuelOil (Pounds)

Black Beauty Mining Inc. Wildcat Hills 52,899 4,575,540 18,243,981

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Creek Paum 74,800 48,194 4,838,643 8,869,625

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Red Hawk 11,460 5,693 1,445,586 2,348,153

Vigo Coal Co., Friendsville 785 605 0 248,500

Totals 87,045 107,391 10,859,769 29,710,259

Method of Mining with Longwall Units

2004

Company Name Mine NameTonsProduced

Number ofLongwall Units

MachineShiftsUsed

Tons Loaded

American Coal Co. Galatia 6,517,541 2 1,879 5,372,166

Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 3,050,760 2 587 2,780,038

Method of Mining with Continuous Miners

2004

Company NameMine Name

TonsProduced

Number ofContinuous Miners

Machine Shifts Used

TonsLoaded

American Coal Co. Galatia 6,517,541 6 3,635 1,145,375

Arclar Company Willow Lake 3,448,395 5 3,409 3,448,395

Black Beauty Coal Co. Riola 1,006,638 2 1,114 1,006,638

Black Beauty Coal Co. Vermilion Grove 1,288,425 4 2,069 1,288,425

Coulterville Coal Co. Gateway Mine 1,827,000 6 1,076 1,827,000

Freeman United Coal Mng. Co. Crown II 1,369,460 4 874 1,369,460

Freeman United Coal Mng. Co. Crown III 1,894,839 6 1,310 1,894,839

ICG, Illinois Viper 2,135,333 6 1,499 2,135,333

Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 3,050,760 3 537 270,722

Nubay Mining LLC Liberty Mine

Wabash Mine Holding Co. Wabash Mine 1,665,335 5 1,216 1,665,335

White County Coal Corp. Pattiki 2,450,288 8 4,128 2,450,288