Nicholas Energy

The Nicholas Energy Complex is owned by Massey Energy and "includes an underground room and pillar mine, a large surface mine, two highwall miners and a preparation plant. Coal from the underground mine is transported to the preparation plant for processing via conveyor system. Coal from the highwall miners and the portion of surface mined coal requiring processing is transported to the preparation plant using off-road trucks. Coal not requiring processing is transported via off road trucks to a conveyor system that moves the coal directly to a rail loadout facility. The plant has a processing capacity of 1,200 tons per hour. Coal shipments are loaded into rail cars for delivery via the Norfolk Southern railway in unit trains of up to 140 railcars, or are transported via on-highway trucks to the Mammoth Resource Group’s barge loading facility."

Mine Data

 * '''Owner: Nicholas Energy
 * Parent company: Massey Energy
 * Location: Kanawha County, West Virgina
 * GPS coordinates: 38.21, -81.11
 * Production: 3,362 thousands of tons (2007)
 * Type of coal: Utility and Industrial
 * Mine type: Underground
 * Equipment: Highwall
 * Number of employees:
 * Established/Acquired: 2004
 * Recoverable Reserves: 92,303 thousands of tons

Contact Information
Nicholas Energy Corp Rr 39 Drennen, WV 26667 Phone: 	(304) 872-5065

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