Massey has invested heavily in exploring, evaluating and acquiring high quality metallurgical and steam coal reserves. Currently, the company controls 2.2 billion tons of coal reserves in southern West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, southwest Virginia and Tennessee.
For details on each of Massey's mines, roll over a location name on the map or on the list to the right.
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| Location: Pike County, KY |
| 2007 Production: - |
| 2007 Shipments: 1,641 |
| Status: Active |
| Established/Acquired: 1991 |
The Long Fork preparation plant processes coal produced by two underground room and pillar mines of the Sidney Resource Group. The rail loading facility serves customers on the Norfolk Southern railway with unit trains of up to 150 railcars.
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| Location: Martin County, KY |
| 2007 Production: 242 |
| 2007 Shipments: 270 |
| Status: Inactive |
| Established/Acquired: 1969 |
The Martin County complex includes a surface mine, an underground room and pillar mine and a preparation plant. Direct-ship coal from the surface mines is trucked to river docks, and coal processed at the preparation plant can be shipped via the Norfolk Southern railway or trucked to river docks.
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| Location: Pike County, KY |
| 2007 Production: - |
| 2007 Shipments: 504 |
| Status: Active |
| Established/Acquired: 1992 |
The New Ridge complex consists of a loadout facility and a preparation plant. The loadout loads clean coal for transport by truck from the Sidney Resource Group preparation plant as well as coal trucked directly from Sidney’s surface mine. All coal is shipped via CSX rail system.
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| Location: Pike County, KY |
| 2007 Production: 4,932 |
| 2007 Shipments: 3,457 |
| Status: 7 Active |
| Mine Type(s): Surface, Underground |
| Special Equipment: Highwall |
| Established/Acquired: 1984 |
This complex includes six underground room and pillar mines, a surface mine, a highwall miner and a preparation plant. Coal is processed and shipped through the Long Fork Resource Group, the New Ridge Resource Group or the Sidney Preparation plant, which serves customers on the Norfolk Southern railway.
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| Location: Tazewell County, VA |
| 2007 Production: 706 |
| 2007 Shipments: 724 |
| Status: 1 Active |
| Mine Type(s): Underground |
| Established/Acquired: 1997 |
The Knox Creek complex includes one underground room and pillar mine and a preparation plant. Production from the mine is belted by conveyor system to the preparation plant. The preparation plant serves customers on the Norfolk Southern rail system with unit trains of up to 100 railcars.
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| Location: Mingo County, WV |
| 2007 Production: 801 |
| 2007 Shipments: 905 |
| Status: 1 Active |
| Mine Type(s): Underground |
| Established/Acquired: 1999 |
The Delbarton complex includes one underground room and pillar mine and a preparation plant. The plant also processes coal from two surface mines of the Logan County Resource Group. Delbarton ships coal to customers via the Norfolk Southern railway in unit trains of up to 110 railcars.
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| Location: Boone County, WV |
| 2007 Production: 2,274 |
| 2007 Shipments: 1,398 |
| Status: 5 Active |
| Mine Type(s): Underground |
| Special Equipment: Longwall |
| Established/Acquired: 1978 |
The Elk Run complex produces coal from four underground room and pillar mines and the Logans Fork longwall. The Elk Run preparation plant also processes coal produced by Progress Resource Group surface mines. Customer shipments are loaded on the CSX rail system in unit trains of up to 150 railcars.
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| Location: Nicholas County, WV |
| 2007 Production: 759 |
| 2007 Shipments: 808 |
| Status: Active |
| Mine Type(s): Underground Mine |
| Established/Acquired: 1996 |
The Green Valley complex includes two underground room and pillar mines and a preparation plant. The Green Valley preparation plant receives coal from the mines via trucks. The rail loading facility services customers on the CSX rail system with unit train shipments of up to 75 railcars.
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| Location: Wyoming County, WV |
| 2007 Production: 14 |
| 2007 Shipments: 14 |
| Status: Active |
| Mine Type(s): Underground Mine |
| Established/Acquired: 2006 |
The Guyandotte complex, formerly known as Kepler, includes one underground room and pillar mine. The mine trucks coal to a third-party preparation plant for washing and shipment to customers via the Norfolk Southern railway system.
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| Location: Boone County, WV |
| 2007 Production: 1,755 |
| 2007 Shipments: 4,159 |
| Status: 3 Active |
| Mine Type(s): Underground |
| Special Equipment: Longwall |
| Established/Acquired: 1994 |
The Independence complex includes the Revolution longwall mine, two underground room and pillar mines and a preparation plant that also processes a portion of the coal from the Black Castle and Endurance Resource Groups. Coal is shipped via CSX rail in unit trains of up to 150 cars.
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| Location: Logan County, WV |
| 2007 Production: 3,783 |
| 2007 Shipments: 3,722 |
| Status: 6 Active |
| Mine Type(s): Surface, Underground |
| Special Equipment: Highwall |
| Established/Acquired: 1998 |
The Logan County complex includes four surface mines, one highwall miner and two underground room and pillar mines, plus the Bandmill preparation plant and the Feats loadout. The loadout and preparation plant ship coal on the CSX rail system with unit trains of up to 80 and 150 railcars, respectively.
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| Location: Kanawha County, WV |
| 2007 Production: 1,431 |
| 2007 Shipments: 2,039 |
| Status: 3 Active |
| Mine Type(s): Underground |
| Established/Acquired: 2004 |
The Mammoth complex operates three underground room and pillar mines and a preparation plant. Coal is transported to the plant using a continuous 12 mile conveyor system. The plant was upgraded in 2008 and now ships coal via the Norfolk Southern railway or via barge on the upper Kanawha River.
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| Location: Raleigh County, WV |
| 2007 Production: 3,817 |
| 2007 Shipments: 6,656 |
| Status: 7 Active |
| Mine Type(s): Underground |
| Established/Acquired: 1993 |
The Marfork complex includes seven underground room and pillar mines and a preparation plant. The Marfork preparation plant has a capacity of 2,400 tons per hour. Customers are served via the CSX rail system with unit trains of up to 150 railcars.
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| Location: Nicholas County, WV |
| 2007 Production: 3,362 |
| 2007 Shipments: 3,039 |
| Status: 2 Active |
| Mine Type(s): Surface, Underground |
| Special Equipment: Highwall |
| Established/Acquired: 1997 |
The Nicholas Energy complex includes an underground room and pillar mine, a large surface mine, two highwall miners and a preparation plant. Coal is shipped via Norfolk Southern in unit trains of up to 140 cars, or via the Mammoth Resource Group’s Upper Kanawha river loading facility.
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| Location: Boone County, WV |
| 2007 Production: 5,125 |
| 2007 Shipments: 4,529 |
| Status: 1 Active |
| Mine Type(s): Surface |
| Established/Acquired: 1998 |
The Progress complex includes the large Twilight MTR surface mine. A dragline is also utilized at the Twilight MTR surface mine. Production from the Twilight MTR surface mine is transported via underground conveyor to the Elk Run Resource Group for processing and shipment on the CSX railway.
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| Location: Mingo County, WV |
| 2007 Production: 1,044 |
| 2007 Shipments: 104 |
| Status: 2 Active |
| Mine Type(s): Underground |
| Established/Acquired: 1974 |
The Rawl complex includes two underground room and pillar mines and a preparation plant. The preparation plant was idled in 2006, however, and coal produced from the mines is processed in the preparation plants of the Stirrat Resource Group or the Sidney Resource Group.
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| Location: Raleigh County, WV |
| 2007 Production: 1,564 |
| 2007 Shipments: 1,150 |
| Status: 1 Active |
| Mine Type(s): Surface |
| Established/Acquired: 2004 |
The Republic Energy complex consists of one surface mine. Direct-ship coal is trucked to various Kanawha River docks for barge delivery or to the Marfork Resource Group for rail delivery. Coal for processing is trucked to Mammoth Resource Group’s preparation plant for processing and barge delivery.
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| Location: Logan County, WV |
| 2007 Production: 1,359 |
| 2007 Shipments: 1,890 |
| Status: 1 Active |
| Mine Type(s): Surface |
| Established/Acquired: 1993 |
The Stirrat complex includes one surface mine, a preparation plant and the Superior loadout. The Superior loadout serves CSX railway customers with unit trains of up to 100 railcars. The Stirrat preparation plant cleans coal from two adjacent underground room and pillar mines of the Rawl Resource Group.