Tuesday, December 21, 2010

 

Underground Mines Under Development

KENTUCKY...
A western Kentucky official says two underground coal mines are under development and could employ up to 650 people.

McLean County Judge-Executive Larry Whitaker said Massey Energy and Buck Creek Resources are developing mines in the area.

Whitaker said Monday that Massey plans to begin work within 10 days on a mine near Delaware on the Daviess-McLean county line that will employ up to 250 miners to extract 2.2 million tons of coal over 20 years. He said Buck Creek plans to develop a larger mine near Rumsey that could employ up to 400 miners to extract 3.2 million tons of coal.

Both mines could both be producing coal within two years, Whitaker says, but the Delaware mine is ahead in the permitting process.





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