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  • DOTIKI

    Operated By: Webster County Coal, LLC

    Approximate Employment: 450
    Annual Production: 3.9 million tons in 2010
    Reserve Estimates: 55.5 million tons (as of 12/31/10)
    Status: Producing
    Transportation Options: Barge access via rail or truck, Truck, CSX
    Coal Type: High-sulfur
    Method: Continuous mining
    Employment Opportunities

    1586 Balls Hill Rd.
    Nebo, Kentucky, 42441
    Ph: (270) 249-2205
    Fax: (270) 249-0916
    Sales Contact: jim.plaisted@arlp.com

    Webster County Coal, LLC operates Dotiki, which is an underground mining complex located near the city of Providence in Webster County, Kentucky. The complex was opened in 1966; Alliance purchased the mine in 1971. Dotiki utilizes continuous mining units employing room-and-pillar mining techniques to produce high-sulfur coal.

    Dotiki's preparation plant has a throughput capacity of 1,300 tons of raw coal an hour.

  • GIBSON COUNTY COAL

    Operated By: Gibson County Coal, LLC

    Approximate Employment: 323
    Annual Production: 3.1 million tons in 2010
    Reserve Estimates: 22.1 million tons (as of 12/31/10)
    Status: Producing
    Transportation Options: Barge access via rail or truck, Truck, NS, CSX
    Coal Type: Medium-sulfur
    Method: Continuous mining
    Employment Opportunities

    P.O. Box 1269
    Route 3, Lyle Station Road
    Princeton, Indiana, 47670
    Ph: (812) 385-1816
    Fax: (812) 385-0130
    Sales Contact: jim.plaisted@arlp.com

    Gibson County Coal, LLC operates the Gibson mine, an underground mining complex located near the city of Princeton in Gibson County, Indiana. The mine began production in November 2000 and utilizes continuous mining units employing room-and-pillar mining techniques to produce medium-sulfur coal.

    The preparation plant has a throughput capacity of 700 tons of raw coal an hour.

  • GIBSON SOUTH COMPLEX

    Estimated Production: 3.1 million tons
    Reserve Estimates: 48.4 million tons (as of 12/31/10)
    Status: Permitting In Process
    Coal Type: Medium-sulfur
    Method: Continuous mining
    Employment Opportunities
    P.O. Box 1269
    Route 3, Lyle Station Road
    Princeton, Indiana, 47670
    Ph: (812) 385-1816
    Fax: (812) 385-0130

    The Gibson South Reserve is located due south of the existing mining area of Gibson County Coal.

  • HOPKINS COUNTY COAL

    Operated By: Hopkins County Coal, LLC

    Approximate Employment: 351
    Annual Production: 3.3 million tons in 2010
    Reserve Estimates: 45.9 million tons (as of 12/31/10)
    Status: Producing
    Transportation Options: Barge access via rail or truck, Truck, CSX, PAL
    Coal Type: High-sulfur
    Method: Continuous mining
    Employment Opportunities

    35 Frank Cox Rd
    Madisonville, Kentucky, 42431
    Ph: (270) 821-8602
    Fax: (270) 821-7604
    Sales Contact: jim.plaisted@arlp.com

    Hopkins County Coal LLC's mining complex, acquired in January 1998, is located near the city of Madisonville in Hopkins County, Kentucky. Hopkins County Coal operates the Elk Creek underground mine using continuous mining units employing room-and-pillar mining techniques to produce high-sulfur coal.

    Hopkins County Coal's preparation plant has a throughput capacity of 1,200 tons of raw coal an hour.

  • MT. VERNON

    Operated By: Mt. Vernon Transfer Terminal, LLC Status: Active
    Transportation Options: Served by the EVWR and Truck
    Employment Opportunities
    MP 827.5 Ohio River
    3300 Bluff Road
    Mt. Vernon, Indiana, 47620
    Ph: (812) 838-5531
    Fax: (812) 838-3215
    Sales Contact: vicki.carleton@arlp.com

    The Mt. Vernon Transfer Terminal is a coal-loading terminal on the Ohio River at Mt. Vernon, Indiana. Coal is delivered to Mt. Vernon by both rail and truck. The terminal has a capacity of 8 million tons per year with existing ground storage. During 2009, the terminal loaded approximately 2.9 million tons for customers of Pattiki, Gibson, and Elk Creek, and for third parties.

    Mt. Vernon is capable of receiving and unloading 100-car unit trains of coal via EVWR that can transfer to ground storage and/or direct to barge(s).

  • PATTIKI

    Operated By: White County Coal, LLC

    Approximate Employment: 323
    Annual Production: 1.7 million tons in 2010
    Reserve Estimates: 60.4 million tons (as of 12/31/10)
    Status: Producing
    Transportation Options: EVWR, Barge access via rail
    Coal Type: High-sulfur
    Method: Continuous mining
    Employment Opportunities

    White County Coal - Pattiki
    P.O. Box 457, 1525 County Road, 1300 North
    Carmi, Illinois, 62821
    Ph: (618) 382-4651
    Fax: (618) 382-8629
    Sales Contact: eric.linn@arlp.com

    White County Coal, LLC operates Pattiki, which is an underground mining complex located near the city of Carmi in White County, Illinois. We began construction of the complex in 1980 and have been the sole operator since inception. The Pattiki complex utilizes continuous mining units employing room-and-pillar mining techniques to produce high-sulfur coal.

    The preparation plant has a throughput capacity of 1,000 tons of raw coal and hour.

  • RIVER VIEW

    Operated By: River View Coal, LLC

    Approximate Employment: 437
    Annual Production: 5.9 million tons in 2010
    Reserve Estimates: 128.5 million tons (as of 12/31/10)
    Status: Producing
    Transportation Options: Barge - Ohio River MP 843
    Coal Type: High-sulfur
    Method: Continuous mining
    Employment Opportunities

    River View Coal, LLC
    835 State Route 1179
    Waverly, Kentucky, 42462
    Ph: (270) 389-6700
    Fax: (270) 389-6780
    Sales Contact: jim.plaisted@arlp.com

    River View Coal, LLC operates the River View mine, which is an underground mining complex located near Morganfield in Union County, Kentucky. Production began at River View in 2009 utilizing continuous mining units employing room-and-pillar mining techniques.

    River View's preparation plant has a throughput capacity of 1,800 tons of raw coal per hour.

  • WARRIOR COAL

    Operated By: Warrior Coal, LLC

    Approximate Employment: 399
    Annual Production: 5.8 million tons in 2010
    Reserve Estimates: 113.9 million tons (as of 12/31/10)
    Status: Producing
    Transportation Options: Barge access via rail or truck, Truck, CSX, PAL
    Coal Type: High-sulfur
    Method: Continuous mining
    Employment Opportunities

    Warrior Coal, LLC
    57 JE Ellis Lane
    Madisonville, Kentucky, 42431
    Ph: (270) 249-3100
    Fax: (270) 249-0800
    Sales Contact: jim.plaisted@arlp.com

    Warrior Coal, LLC operates the Cardinal mine, an underground mining complex located near Madisonville in Hopkins County, Kentucky. The Warrior complex was opened in 1985 and acquired by Alliance in February 2003. Warrior utilizes continuous mining units employing room-and-pillar mining techniques.

    Warrior completed construction of a new preparation plant in February of 2009, which has a throughput capacity of 1,200 tons of raw coal per hour.