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  2. Coal mining in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Average annual number of coal miners, 1985 to 2015 (Data from St. Louis Federal Reserve Board) Average annual number of employed coal miners in the United States, 1890–2014. At the end of July 2022, the coal industry employed approximately 38,400 miners. [1] US employment in coal mining peaked in 1923, when there were 863,000 coal miners. [46]

  3. List of coal mines in the United States - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. History of coal mining in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1810, 176,000 short tons of bituminous coal, and 2,000 tons of anthracite coal, were mined in the United States. American coal mining grew rapidly in the early 1820s, doubling or tripling every decade. Anthracite mining overtook bituminous coal mining in the 1840s; from 1843 through 1868, more anthracite was mined than bituminous coal.

  5. List of countries by coal production - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries by coal production ranking countries with coal production larger than 5 million tonnes as of 2023. Coal production (million tonnes) Country

  6. Vintage photos of coal miners in America - AOL

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    Coal was originally used in America in the 1300s by the Hopi Indians as a way to cook their food, warm themselves and fire their clay. Coal did not resurface in the United States until 1673.

  7. Mining in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2015, the value of coal, metals, and industrial minerals mined in the United States was US$109.6 billion. 158,000 workers were directly employed by the mining industry. [ 1 ] The mining industry has a number of impacts on communities, individuals and the environment.

  8. Category:Coal mines in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Coal mines in the United States" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. ... Centralia Coal Mine; Century Mine (coal mine)

  9. US proposes ending new federal leases in nation's biggest ...

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    The Biden administration on Thursday proposed an end to new coal leasing from federal reserves in the most productive coal mining region in the U.S. as officials seek to limit climate-changing ...