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Coal Resource Recoverability
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U.S. Bureau of Mines Circular 9368

Table 8.-Contour strip-recoverable resources and cost ranges

MATEWAN QUADRANGLE
LOWER WHITESBURG B SEAM ***** CONTOUR STRIP SALES - ALL THICKNESSES *****
Saleable
Tons in
<$25
RANGE		 Saleable
Tons in
$25-$30
RANGE		 Saleable
Tons in
$30-$40
RANGE		 Saleable
Tons in
$40-$50
RANGE		 Saleable
Tons in
>$50
RANGE
Haul
Zone
#		 Mining
Thick.
(in.)		 Acres in
Zone		 Coal
Tons		 Parting
Tons
in seam		 Dilution
out
of seam		 Minable
Resource		 Washed
Coal		 Washed
Parting		 Washed
Resource		 % Mine
Recovery		 ROM
Tons		 % WP
Recovery		 Saleable
Tons		 Cost/ton
(in car)
1 12-3 10.79 19641 2667 2158 24466 18070 193 18263 0.78 19083 0.746 14245 $29.21 0 14245 0 0 0
1 >36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.000 0 $0.00 0 0 0 0 0
2 12-3 54.41 225566 596 10882 237044 207520 459 207979 0.78 184994 0.877 162224 $25.77 0 162224 0 0 0
2 >36 142.32 1154726 5341 28464 1188531 1062348 1352 1063700 0.93 1105334 0.895 989241 $22.54 989241 0 0 0 0
3 12-3 105.83 346067 5478 21166 372711 318382 1066 319447 0.78 290714 0.857 249169 $26.25 0 249169 0 0 0
3 >36 58.78 426480 6947 11756 445183 392361 748 393110 0.93 414020 0.883 365592 $22.77 365592 0 0 0 0
4 12-3 97.45 393282 12839 19490 425611 361819 1293 363112 0.78 331976 0.853 283228 $26.68 0 283228 0 0 0
4 >36 207.78 1515532 62701 41556 1619789 1394290 4170 1398460 0.93 1506404 0.863 1300568 $23.50 1300568 0 0 0 0
5 12-3 19.96 71152 130 3992 75274 65460 165 65625 0.78 58714 0.872 51187 $26.02 0 51187 0 0 0
5 >36 156.7 1282155 103926 31340 1417421 1179583 5411 1184994 0.93 1318202 0.836 1102044 $23.87 1102044 0 0 0 0
6 12-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.000 0 $0.00 0 0 0 0 0
6 >36 21.14 168462 3144 4228 175834 154985 295 155280 0.93 163525 0.883 144410 $22.71 144410 0 0 0 0
7 12-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.000 0 $0.00 0 0 0 0 0
7 >36 185.36 1885156 355855 37072 2278084 1734344 15717 1750061 0.93 2118618 0.768 1627557 $25.37 0 1627557 0 0 0
8 12-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.000 0 $0.00 0 0 0 0 0
8 >36 348.17 3393343 604605 69634 4067582 3121875 26970 3148845 0.93 3782851 0.774 2928426 $25.59 0 2928426 0 0 0
9 12-3 0.88 3944 366 176 4486 3629 22 3650 0.78 3499 0.814 2847 $28.07 0 2847 0 0 0
9 >36 282.37 2684715 336085 56474 3077274 2469938 15702 2485640 0.93 2861865 0.808 2311645 $25.10 0 2311645 0 0 0
Haul
Zone
#		 Mining
Thick.
(in.)		 Acres in
Zone		 Coal
Tons		 Parting
Tons
in seam		 Dilution
out
of seam		 Minable
Resource		 Washed
Coal		 Washed
Parting		 Washed
Resource		 % Mine
Recovery		 ROM
Tons		 % WP
Recovery		 Saleable
Tons		 Cost/ton
(in car)		 Saleable
Tons in
<$25
RANGE		 Saleable
Tons in
$25-$30
RANGE		 Saleable
Tons in
$30-$40
RANGE		 Saleable
Tons in
$40-$50
RANGE		 Saleable
Tons in
>$50
RANGE
10 12-3 97.81 287819 26114 19562 333495 264793 1827 266620 0.78 260126 0.799 207964 $28.83 0 207964 0 0 0
10 >36 141.63 1029807 129846 28326 1187980 947423 6327 953750 0.93 1104821 0.803 886987 $25.58 0 886987 0 0 0
11 12-3 0.88 1697 0 176 1873 0 0 0 0.78 1461 1.000 1461 $22.46 1461 0 0 0 0
11 >36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.000 0 $0.00 0 0 0 0 0
12 12-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.000 0 $0.00 0 0 0 0 0
12 >36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.000 0 $0.00 0 0 0 0 0
13 12-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.000 0 $0.00 0 0 0 0 0
13 >36 23.6 261032 108072 4720 373824 240149 4512 244661 0.93 347656 0.654 227535 $29.28 0 227535 0 0 0
14 12-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.000 0 $0.00 0 0 0 0 0
14 >36 108.87 1168170 437865 21774 1627809 1074716 18386 1093102 0.93 1513862 0.672 1016585 $28.25 0 1016585 0 0 0
15 12-3 9.64 34415 8844 1928 45187 31662 431 32092 0.78 35245 0.710 25032 $30.57 0 0 25032 0 0
15 >36 28.73 216689 40722 5746 263157 199354 1859 201213 0.93 244736 0.765 187128 $25.46 0 187128 0 0 0
16 12-3 17.52 50611 4437 3504 58552 46562 318 46880 0.78 45671 0.801 36566 $28.08 0 36566 0 0 0
16 >36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.000 0 $0.00 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 2120.62 16620460 2256580 424124 19301164 15289263 107221 15396484 0.92 17713278 0.797 14121640 3903316 10193292 25032 0 0
TONS % OF TOTAL
TOTAL TONS <$25 RANGE: 3,903,316 27.64
TOTAL TONS $25-$30 RANGE: 10,193,292 72.18
TOTAL TONS $30-$40 RANGE: 25,032 0.18
TOTAL TONS $40-$50 RANGE: 0 0.00
TOTAL TONS >$50 RANGE: 0 0.00
TOTAL TONS 14,121,640 100.00
CHECK 14,121,640
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