ConsolEnergy Blacksville Kuhntown Portal
N 39° 45.806 W 080° 16.914
17S E 561508 N 4401747
Quick Description: This is one of the ConsolEnergy Northern West Virginia Operations Mines
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 8/21/2008 11:24:07 AM
Waymark Code: WM4GCC
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Long Description:This is a working mine.
This mine is currently running 1 Longwall Face.
Blacksville 2
Blacksville 2 Mine is considered a West Virginia mine, even though
the portal entrance is located in southwestern Pennsylvania. It
produces coal from the Pittsburgh 8 Seam using one longwall system
and three continuous mining machines. Coal is transported
underground by conveyor belts to a skip hoist which lifts the coal
to the preparation plant, located in northern West Virginia.
Blacksville produced 5.0 million tons of coal in 2006
