TABLE OF CONTENTS

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

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

Statistical Information, 1996 - 2000................................................................................

Rank of Counties by Production, 1996 - 2000................................................................

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

Tons of Coal Produced, Number of Mines Operating and

Number of Employees, 1930 - 2000........................................................................

Illinois Coal Mine Employment, 1996 - 2000.................................................................

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 Co.101 Prosperous Place, Suite 125

Lexington, KY 40509

Big Ridge Inc. 29 West Raymond Street Harrisburg, IL 62946

Black Beauty Mining, Inc. P.O. Box 312 Evansville, IN 47702-0312

Coal Miners Inc. P.O. Box 444 Harrisburg, IL 62946

Consol Energy Inc. 1800 Washington Rd. Pittsburgh, PA 15241

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

Illini Energy Resources, LLC 6126 Sutter Road DuQuoin, IL 62832

Jader Fuel Co., Inc. P.O. Box 40 Herod, IL 62947

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

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

Old Ben Coal Co. P.O. Box 397 Coulterville, IL 62237

Turris Coal Co. Elkhart Mine Road Elkhart, IL 62634

United Minerals Co., LLC P.O. Box 400 Huntingburg, IN 47542

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

White County Coal Corp. 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

Big Ridge Inc.Big Ridge Mine 29 West Raymond Street Harrisburg, IL 62946

Black Beauty Coal Co.Wild Cat Hills Mine

1755 Kedron Road Equality, IL 62934

Black Beauty Coal Co.Riola Mine P.O. Box 19 Catlin, IL 61817

Coal Miners Inc.Eagle Valley Mine 999 Barrett Cemetery Rd. Equality, IL 62934

Consol Energy Inc.Rend Lake Mine P.O. Box 566 Sesser, IL 62884

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

Freeman United Coal Mining Co.Industry Mine P.O. Box 260 Industry, IL 61440

Illini Energy Resources, LLCRazorback Mine I P.O. Box 1523 Murphysboro, IL 62966

Illini Energy Resources, LLCRazorback Mine II P.O. Box 1523 Murphysboro, IL 62966

Jader Fuel Co., Inc.Mine #4 920 Gape Hollow Rd. Herod, IL 62947

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

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

Old Ben Coal Co.Zeigler #11 Mine 13101 Zeigler 11 Rd. Coulterville, IL 62237

Directory of Coal Mines

Mine Name Mine Office Address City and State

Turris Coal Co.Elkhart Mine P.O. Box 21 Elkhart, IL 62634

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

1996 - 2000

Statistical Information 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996

Counties and Mines

No. of Counties ProducingCoal

12 13 14 14 16

No. of Mines Operated 18 20 22 23 27

No. of Underground Mines 12 15 15 17 19

No. of Surface Mines 6 5 7 6 8

Output of Tons

All Mines 33,541,271 40,315,208 39,639,334 41,247,632 47,311,477

Underground Mines 29,731,399 36,678,684 35,224,573 34,978,132 39,715,690

Surface Mines 3,809,872 3,636,524 4,414,761 6,269,500 7,595,787

Employees

All Mines 3,461 3,675 4,259 4,377 5,008

Underground Mines 3,131 3,298 3,851 3,866 4,385

Surface Mines 330 377 408 511 623

Disposition of Tonnage

Via Railroad 12,300,780 19,264,891 16,896,183 21,200,780 26,530,816

Via Rail/Barge Combination 8,854,696 7,299,858 10,356,288 11,332,190 11,451,778

Via Truck 5,873,821 6,947,357 7,671,109 7,798,239 6,510,183

Via Truck/Barge or Truck/Rail 6,510,775 6,446,983 4,966,252 3,706,450 3,197,527

Casualties

No. of Fatal Accidents 2 1 0 1 1

Rank of Counties by Production

1996 - 2000

CountyRank

2000

Rank

1999

Rank

1998

Rank

1997

Rank

1996

Saline 1 10,468,952 1 10,324,928 1 8,942,479 1 8,279,964 1 8,548,832

Macoupin 2 6,338,014 2 6,279,730 2 5,775,412 2 6,477,763 3 5,454,416

Gallatin 3 3,199,508 4 3,394,972 6 2,826,372 10 1,562,594 9 1,995,208

Jefferson 4 2,739,424 3 3,760,617 3 4,097,120 4 4,335,833 4 4,299,026

White 5 2,442,334 9 2,327,101 9 2,129,324 8 2,008,790 11 1,796,342

Randolph 6 2,420,000 6 2,516,000 7 2,388,000 6 3,006,000 8 2,090,000

Logan 7 1,953,847 8 2,344,124 8 2,372,928 7 2,058,589 10 1,982,241

Wabash 8 1,505,399 10 1,295,750 10 1,389,309 9 1,588,024 7 3,239,695

Vermilion 9 995,000 11 921,526 11 795,040 11 635,443 17 123,262

Jackson 10 895,882 12 815,441 13 477,627 14 139,039

McDonough 11 506,629 13 504,984 12 495,031 12 596,375 14 532,585

Perry 12 76,282 7 2,435,616 5 3,476,030 3 6,103,017 2 7,059,999

Washington 5 3,394,719 4 4,065,151 5 3,995,220 5 3,673,750

Schuyler 14 409,511 13 460,981 15 417,043

Franklin 6 3,635,406

Clinton 12 1,700,977

Williamson 13 557,746

Fulton 16 204,949

Monthly Output of All Mines

1996 - 2000

Month 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996

January 2,938,621 3,353,501 3,350,091 3,583,950 3,942,158

February 2,731,257 3,562,087 3,064,773 3,851,464 4,057,912

March 3,170,887 3,661,714 3,820,003 3,829,836 4,236,827

April 2,889,446 3,257,174 3,699,270 3,645,484 4,279,850

May 3,213,100 3,675,976 3,424,149 3,539,412 4,363,143

June 2,698,143 3,678,424 3,343,352 3,175,586 3,887,204

July 2,355,225 2,862,936 2,650,702 2,694,393 3,452,624

August 2,965,808 3,614,067 3,383,505 3,409,283 4,183,993

September 2,717,249 3,736,030 3,072,940 3,665,541 3,839,270

October 2,906,496 3,259,945 3,620,617 3,691,144 3,906,438

November 2,438,631 2,903,554 3,119,185 2,991,589 3,434,129

December 2,516,408 2,749,800 3,090,747 3,169,950 3,727,929

Totals 33,541,271 40,315,208 39,639,334 41,247,632 47,311,477

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

1930 - 2000

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 - 2000

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 - 2000

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

Illinois Coal Mine Employment

1996 - 2000

County 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996

Clinton 0 0 0 0 16

Franklin 0 0 0 0 229

Fulton 0 0 0 0 7

Gallatin 287 414 416 280 273

Jackson 38 32 34 19 0

Jefferson 428 491 468 446 556

Logan 218 250 235 238 224

Macoupin 778 750 721 726 656

McDonough 72 79 57 66 59

Perry 23 6 277 496 587

Randolph 265 267 261 239 200

Saline 893 908 923 1,052 904

Schuyler 0 0 39 37 37

Vermilion 68 71 42 40 41

Wabash 171 165 162 134 579

Washington 0 0 388 377 380

White 220 233 236 227 230

Williamson 0 0 0 0 30

Totals 3,461 3,675 4,259 4,377 5,008

2000 Preparation Plants

Company Name Mine Name Type of PlantAverage Percent Rejects

PlantCapacityTons/Hour

TonnageProcessed at Plant

American Coal Co. Galatia Mine Hvy Media 41 2,200 12,352,759

Big Ridge Inc. Big Ridge Mine Water Jig 30 450 2,600,000

Black Beauty Coal Co. Wildcat HillsJig & HvyMedia

35 700 4,162,808

Black Beauty Coal Co.. Riola Mine Hvy Media 30 300 1,200,000

Coal Miners, Inc. Eagle Valley MineJig & HvyMedia

35 700 (see note)

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Creek Paum Mine Hvy Media 15 300 108,806

Consol Energy Inc. Rend Lake Mine Hvy Media 28 1,250 4,301,664

Freeman United Coal Mng.Co.

Crown II Jig Washing 25 1,500

Freeman United Coal Mng.Co.

Crown III Water Jig 30 1,200

Freeman United Coal MngCo.

Industry Water Jig 37 500 807,060

Illini Energry Resources Razorback Mine I Rotary Breaker 5 200

Illini Energry Resources Razorback Mine II Rotary Breaker 1 250 45,282

Jader Fuel Co., Inc. Mine #4 Jig Washing 30 200 1,309,770

Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 Jig Washing 38 1,250 4,301,590

Old Ben Coal Co. Zeigler #11 Water Jig 36 1,000 3,746,114

Turris Coal Co. Elkhart Mine Water Jig 36 650 3,027,867

Wabash Mine Holding Co. Wabash Mine Hvy Media 16 1,500 1,800,838

White County Coal Corp. Pattiki Mine Hvy Media 25 1,000 3,128,248

(Note: Eagle Valley Mine and Wild Cat Hills Mine use same preparation plant)

Railroads Hauling Coal

2000

County and Company Name Mine Name Railroad Name

TonnageShipped

Jackson

Knight Hawk Coal, LLCCreek Paum Mine

IC/CanadianNational

5,573

Jefferson

Consol Energy Inc. Rend Lake Mine Burlington Northern 669,176

Consol Energy Inc. Rend Lake Mine Illinois Central Gulf 1,076,402

Consol Energy Inc. Rend Lake Mine Union Pacific 972,759

Macoupin

Freeman United Coal Mng.Co.

Crown II Burlington Northern 1,004,984

Freeman United Coal Mng.Co.

Crown IIIIC/CanadianNational

1,689,781

Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 Norfolk Southern 2,085,267

Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 Union Pacific 305,477

Randolph

Old Ben Coal Co. Zeigler #11 Union Pacific 2,182,028

Saline

American Coal Co. Galatia MineIC/CanadianNational

7,233,786

Wabash

Wabash Mine Holding Co. Wabash Mine Norfolk Southern 1,517,688

White

White County Coal Corp. Pattiki Mine CSX 2,418,128

Average Man-Shift Production

2000

County and MineType

ReportsTabulated

Man-shifts

Tons Mined

Average Tons per Man-shift

Gallatin

Surface 1 38,125 1,244,915 32.7

Underground 1 68,814 1,954,593 28.4

Jackson

Surface 2 11,211 895,882 79.9

Underground 0 0 0 0.0

Jefferson

Surface 0 0 0 0.0

Underground 1 135,274 2,739,424 20.3

Logan

Surface 0 0 0 0.0

Underground 1 54,122 1,953,847 36.1

Macoupin

Surface 0 0 0 0.0

Underground 3 209,179 6,338,014 30.3

McDonough

Surface 1 21,287 506,629 23.8

Underground 0 0 0 0.0

Perry

Surface 1 3,394 76,281 22.5

Underground 0 0 0 0.0

Average Man-Shift Production

2000

County and MineType

ReportsTabulated

Man-shifts Tons Mined

Average Tons PerMan-shift

Randolph

Surface 0 0 0 0.0

Underground 1 70,225 2,420,000 34.5

Saline

Surface 1 39,146 1,086,164 27.8

Underground 2 228,497 9,382,788 41.1

Vermilion

Surface 0 0 0 0.0

Underground 1 15,680 995,000 63.5

Wabash

Surface 0 0 0 0.0

Underground 1 48,091 1,505,399 31.3

White

Surface 0 0 0 0.0

Underground 1 66,805 2,442,334 36.6

Physical Mine Characteristics

2000

County and Company Name Mine Name MineType

Coal Seam

SeamThickness

SeamDepth

2000 Seam Tonnage

Cumulative MineProduction

Gallatin

Black Beauty Mining Co. Wildcat Hills S IL #6 4.0 80 1,244,915 3,385,890

Coal Miners Inc. Eagle Valley UIL #5/Davis

4.53.5

250 450

1,044,022910,571

16,273,917

Jackson

Illini Energy Resources Razorback I S IL #6 7.5 70 100,762 617,666

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Crk. Paum S M’Boro 4 60 795,120 1,710,323

Jefferson

Consol Energy Inc. Rend Lake U IL #6 8 733 2,739,424 77,622,470

Logan

Turris Coal Co. Elkhart U IL #5 5.8 280 1,953,847 26,186,883

Macoupin

Freeman United Coal Mng. Crown I U IL #6 6 330 1,585,514 32,234,151

Freeman United Coal Mng. Crown III U IL #6 7.2 360 2,073,543 15,767,838

Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 U IL #6 6.8 330 2,678,957 67,226,324

McDonough

Freeman United Coal Mng. Industry S IL #2 2.3 50 506,629 8,713,048

Perry

Illini Energy Resources Razorback II SIL #5IL#6

3.57.0

80 60

11,902 64,380

76,282

Physical Mine Characteristics

2000

County and Company Name Mine NameMineType

Coal Seam

SeamThickness

SeamDepth

2000 SeamTonnage

Cumulative Mine Production

Randolph

Old Ben Coal Co. Zeigler #11 U IL #6 6.5 265 2,420,000 29,324,683

Saline

American Coal Co. Galatia U IL #5 8 800 7,518,829 66,770,656

Big Ridge Inc. Big Ridge U IL #5 6 300 1,863,959 15,410,211

Jader Fuel Co. Mine #4 SDavis/Dekven

4.02.5

129103

810,234 577,150

9,555,932

Vermilion

Black Beauty Coal Co. Riola U IL #6 5.8 250 995,000 2,470,271

Wabash

Wabash Mine Holding Co. Wabash U IL #5 6.7 850 1,505,399 67,342,361

White

White County Coal Corp. Pattiki U IL #6 7 1,006 2,442,334 28,762,722

Illinois Coal Seams

Danville (Illinois #7) Dekoven

Herrin (Illinois #6) Davis

Springfield (Illinois #5) Murphysboro

Colchester (Illinois #2)

Mode of Shipment

2000

County and Company NameMine Name Railroad

Railroador Truckto Barge

Truck or Truck to Railroad

Other Tons Shipped

Gallatin

Black Beauty Mining Inc. Wildcat Hills 0 1,244,915 0 0 1,244,915

Coal Miners Inc. Eagle Valley 0 1,957,672 0 0 1,957,672

Jackson

Illini Energy Resources Razorback I 0 0 100,762 0 100,762

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Creek Paum 0 511,830 283,290 0 795,120

Jefferson

Consolidation Coal Co. Rend Lake 1,729,495 988,842 10,695 0 2,729,032

Logan

Turris Coal Co. Elkhart 0 0 1,840,828 0 1,840,828

Macoupin

Freeman United Coal Mng. Crown II 1,004,984 0 555,702 0 1,560,686

Freeman United Coal Mng. Crown III 1,689,781 0 387,746 0 2,077,527

Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 2,390,744 0 591,218 0 2,981,962

McDonough

Freeman United Coal Mng. Industry 0 0 539,462 0 539,462

Perry

Illini Energy Resources Razorback II 0 0 76,282 0 76,282

Randolph

Old Ben Coal Co. Zeigler #11 1,178,638 1,003,390 224,489 0 2,406,517

Mode of Shipment

2000

County and Company NameMine Name Railroad

Railroad or Truck to Barge

Truck or Truck to Railroad

Other

Tons Shipped

Saline

American Coal Co. Galatia 648,516 6,585,270 114,583 0 7,348,369

Big Ridge Inc. Big Ridge 0 1,787,831 76,128 0 1,863,959

Jader Fuel Co., Inc. Jader #4 0 957,508 128,656 0 1,086,164

Vermilion

Catlin Coal Co. Riola 0 0 995,000 0 995,000

Wabash

Wabash Mine Holding Co. Wabash 1,517,688 0 0 0 1,517,688

White County

White County Coal Corp. Pattiki 2,140,934 277,194 0 0 2,418,128

2000 Coal Production per Month by County

County January

February

March

April

May

June

Gallatin 311,898 297,865 321,967 273,425 284,908 235,847

Jackson 54,604 56,878 57,334 74,813 102,986 102,176

Jefferson 274,339 330,743 287,886 187,673 287,931 197,947

Logan 176,253 189,694 185,346 166,813 172,774 178,351

Macoupin 557,195 366,905 651,311 580,712 639,717 543,908

McDonough 57,034 51,090 54,018 52,733 61,056 45,084

Perry 0 0 0 0 0 0

Randolph 208,000 232,000 242,000 222,000 229,000 217,000

Saline 900,381 764,888 904,877 957,283 1,009,580 812,585

Vermilion 85,293 89,346 92,972 60,517 83,510 83,930

Wabash 133,014 132,363 140,038 130,857 139,498 100,659

White 180,610 219,485 233,138 182,620 202,140 180,656

Totals 2,938,621 2,731,257 3,170,887 2,889,446 3,213,100 2,698,143

2000 Coal Production per Month by County

County July August September October November DecemberAnnual

Production

Gallatin 243,537 291,853 215,686 231,262 232,339 258,921 3,199,508

Jackson 98,369 118,257 77,987 56,673 48,505 47,300 895,882

Jefferson 196,010 193,660 119,890 254,208 220,038 189,099 2,739,424

Logan 157,639 183,309 163,058 147,203 113,722 119,685 1,953,847

Macoupin 435,028 564,585 654,252 573,022 294,542 476,837 6,338,014

McDonough 28,218 0 45,745 46,441 35,285 29,925 506,629

Perry 0 5,834 11,985 18,463 21,461 18,539 76,282

Randolph 114,000 165,000 187,000 220,000 197,000 187,000 2,420,000

Saline 753,737 961,722 812,872 901,844 863,967 825,216 10,468,952

Vermilion 83,761 95,402 79,106 79,515 80,031 81,617 995,000

Wabash 79,661 139,620 129,598 139,700 119,269 121,122 1,505,399

White 165,265 246,566 220,070 238,165 212,472 161,147 2,442,334

Totals 2,355,225 2,965,808 2,717,249 2,906,496 2,438,631 2,516,408 33,541,271

Mine Employment and Production

2000

County and Company NameMine Name Tons Mined

Number Employed

Gallatin

Black Beauty Coal Co.,Wild Cat Hills/CottageGrove

1,244,915111

Coal Miners, Inc. Eagle Valley 1,954,593 176

Jackson

Illini Energy Resources LLC Razorback I 100,762 0

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Creek Paum 795,120 38

Jefferson

Consolidation Coal Co. Rend Lake 2,739,424 428

Logan

Turris Coal Co. Elkhart 1,953,847 218

Macoupin

Freeman United Coal Mining Co. Crown II 1,585,514 239

Freeman United Coal Mining Co. Crown III 2,073,543 214

Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 2,678,957 325

McDonough

Freeman United Coal Mining Co. Industry 506,629 72

Perry

Illini Energy Resources LLC Razorback II 76,282 23

Mine Employment and Production

2000

County and Company NameMine Name Tons Mined

Number Employed

Randolph

Old Ben Coal Co. Zeigler #11 2,420,000 265

Saline

American Coal Co. Galatia 7,518,829 581

Big Ridge Inc. Big Ridge 1,863,959 226

Jader Fuel Co., Inc. Mine #4 1,086,164 86

Vermilion

Black Beauty Coal Co. Riola 995,000 68

Wabash

Amax Coal Co. Wabash 1,505,399 171

White

White County Corp. Pattiki 2,442,334 220

Cumulative Production of Coal in Tons by Counties

2000

County1999

Production

Total

Production County

1999

Production

Total

Adams 341,924 McDonough 506,629 11,348,451

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 76,282 532,373,305

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 2,420,000 261,076,342

Gallatin 3,199,508 68,341,415 Richland 154

Greene 693,191 Rock Island 3,846,169

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

Hamilton 6,172,927 Saline 10,468,952 283,488,701

Hancock 771,281 Sangamon 233,449,607

Hardin 40 Schuyler 15,732,422

Henry 22,910,053 Scott 612,476

Jackson 895,882 130,567,221 Shelby 4,119,763

Jasper 23,739 Stark 9,569,336

Jefferson 2,739,424 197,013,781 Tazewell 17,633,802

Jersey 120,350 Vermilion 995,000 169,348,694

Johnson 314,325 Wabash 1,505,399 65,570,810

Kankakee 19,192,105 Warren 685,466

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

LaSalle 65,547,638 White 2,442,334 29,732,160

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

Logan 1,953,847 40,720,251 Williamson 468,568,462

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

Macoupin 6,338,014 381,394,909

Explosives Used in Blasting

Overburden and Coal

2000

Company Name Mine NameCaps orDetonators

Dynamite/Primers (Pounds)

Water Gel/Slurry(Pounds)

AmmoniumNitrate/FuelOil (Pounds)

Black Beauty Mining Inc. Wildcat Hills 80,200 70,854 5,183,980 15,992,360

Freeman United Coal Mng. Industry 7,928 17,015 0 3,750,950

Illini Energy Resources, LLC Razorback I 1,590 343 145,098 49,950

Illini Energy Resources, LLC Razorback II 13,690 4,312 19,065 561,750

Jader Fuel Co., Inc. Mine #4 48,261 23,992 0 22,518,570

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Creek Paum 180,690 15,399 603,737 6,147,335

Totals 332,359 131,915 5,951,880 49,020,815

Method of Mining with Longwall Units

2000

Company Name Mine Name

TonsProduced

Number ofLongwall Units

MachineShiftsUsed

Tons Loaded

American Coal Co. Galatia 7,518,829 2 1,996 6,372,064

Consolidation Coal Co. Rend Lake 2,739,424 3 592 2,296,866

Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 2,678,957 1 426 2,338,870

Method of Mining with Continuous Miners

2000

Company NameMine Name

TonsProduced

Number ofContinuous Miners

Machine Shifts Used

TonsLoaded

American Coal Co. Galatia 7,518,829 6 2,578 1,146,765

Big Ridge Inc. Big Ridge 1,863,959 3 n/a 1,863,959

Black Beauty Coal Co. Riola 995,000 2 n/a 995,000

Coal Miners, Inc. Eagle Valley 1,954,593 8 2,299 1,954,593

Consol Energy, Inc. Rend Lake 2,739,424 4 1,545 442,558

Freeman United Coal Mng. Co. Crown II 1,585,514 3 1,559 1,585,514

Freeman United Coal Mng. Co. Crown III 2,073,543 5 1,526 2,073,543

Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 2,678,957 2 509 340,087

Old Ben Coal Co. Zeigler #11 2,420,000 6 1,377 2,420,000

Turris Coal Co. Elkhart 1,953,847 6 1,262 1,953,847

Wabash Mine Holding Co. Wabash Mine 1,505,399 4 1,043 1,505,399

White County Coal Corp. Pattiki 2,442,334 6 2,880 2,442,334