Northern Appalachia
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METTIKI - Mountain View Mine
Operated By: Mettiki Coal, LLCApproximate Employment: 235
Annual Production: 2.5 million tons in 2010
Reserve Estimates: 20.0 million tons (as of 12/31/09)
Status: Producing
Transportation Options: Truck, CSX
Coal Type: Medium-sulfur
Method: Longwall
Employment Opportunities293 Table Rock RoadSales Contact: clayton.williams@arlp.com
Oakland, Maryland, 21550
Ph: (301) 334-3952
Fax: (301) 334-1602In July 2005, Mettiki (WV) began continuous miner development of the Mountain View mine located in Tucker County, West Virginia. Mettiki began to transition its people and equipment to the Mountain View operation during the third quarter of 2006. Longwall mining began in November of that same year.
The Mountain View mine produces medium-sulfur coal which is transported by truck either to the Mettiki (MD) preparation plant (which is served by CSX) or to the coal blending facility at the VEPCO Mt. Storm Power Station.
Medium-sulfur coal produced from two small-scale third-party mining operations (a surface mine and an underground mine) on properties controlled by Mettiki (MD) and another of our subsidiaries, Backbone Mountain, LLC, supplements the Mettiki Coal (WV) production, providing blending optimization and allowing the operation to take advantage of market opportunities as they arise.
The preparation plant has a throughput capacity of 1,350 tons of raw coal an hour. -
PENN RIDGE
Estimated Production: 5.0 million tons
Reserve Estimates: 56.7 million tons (as of 12/31/10)
Status: Initiating Permitting Process
Coal Type: High-sulfur
Method: Longwall/Continuous Mining
Employment Opportunities2596 Battle Run Road
Triadelphia, West Virginia, 26059
Ph: (304) 547-2900
The Penn Ridge reserve is located in Southwestern Pennsylvania near our Tunnel Ridge Operation.
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TUNNEL RIDGE
Operated By: Tunnel Ridge Coal, LLCApproximate Employment: 230 planned
Annual Production: 6.0 million tons (projected full production)
Reserve Estimates: 97.4 million tons (as of 12/31/10)
Status: Under Construction
Transportation Options: Barge - Ohio River MP 82.3
Coal Type: High-sulfur
Method: Longwall
Employment Opportunities2596 Battle Run RoadSales Contact: clayton.williams@arlp.com
Triadelphia, West Virginia, 26059
Ph: (304) 547-2900
On September 11, 2008, we announced the development of a new mining operation to access the Tunnel Ridge reserve. The Tunnel Ridge reserve area covers approximately 9,400 acres of coal under land located in Ohio County, West Virginia, and Washington County, Pennsylvania. This includes approximately 70.5 million tons of high-sulfur coal. Tunnel Ridge is slated to begin longwall mining in the first quarter of 2012.
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