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The Eastern Kentucky Coalfield covers 31 counties with a combined land area of 13,370 sq mi (34,628 km 2), or about 33.1 percent of the state's land area.Its 2000 census population was 734,194 inhabitants, or about 18.2 percent of the state's population.
By 2001 8.36 billion tons of coal had been extracted from Kentucky, 5.78 billion tons coming from the Eastern Coalfield and 2.58 billion tons coming from the Western Coalfield. [6] As of 2004 around 13% of total coal reserves had been extracted from the Western Coalfield, although much of the remaining 87% of reserves were not reachable with ...
Eastern Kentucky Coalfield geography stubs (27 C) Pages in category "Eastern Kentucky Coalfield" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
More recently, in December 2018, the Kentucky Department for Natural Resources issued a surface mining and reclamation permit for the site to a different company, Lexington Coal Company LLC, which ...
The Eastern Mountain Coal Fields task force covers articles relating to the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field region of Kentucky. The 31 counties covered by the region ...
Proponents of the bill – its sponsor is from the Western Kentucky coalfields and has a powerful co-sponsor from Eastern Kentucky in Senate President Robert Stivers – say it is needed to ensure ...
A series of blasts in 1976 at the Scotia Mine in Eastern Kentucky is considered to be among the worst mine disasters in U.S. history. It was shortly before noon March 9, 1976, when an explosion ...
Eastern Kentucky Coalfield (3 C, 10 P) L. Logan Coalfield (8 P) N. National Coal Heritage Area (4 C, 10 P) New River Coalfield (6 P) P. Coal mining in Pennsylvania (2 ...