Kentucky Coal Facts - 13th Edition - Department for Energy ...
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Knox County<br />
Production Method Mines Production Percentage<br />
Total 19 643,877 100%<br />
Surface 14 579,907 90%<br />
Underground 5 63,970 10%<br />
The EKPC Cooper Power Plant located in southEastern <strong>Kentucky</strong><br />
was the predominant consumer of coal mined in Knox<br />
County during 2012.<br />
On-Site Activity Employment Percentage<br />
Total 207 100%<br />
Surface 148 72%<br />
Underground 50 24%<br />
Preparation Plant 5 2%<br />
Office 4 2%<br />
Only 19 small coal mines and 1 preparation plant remain in<br />
Knox County, which produced a total of 643 thousand tons in<br />
2012, or 0.7 percent of the Commonwealth’s total production.<br />
<strong>Coal</strong> production in Knox County increased by 65.7 percent<br />
in 2012. In 1992, the county’s 30 underground mines, 4<br />
surface mines, and 3 preparation plants produced more than<br />
a million tons. Additionally, surface mining techniques have<br />
become the predominant extraction method since 2003.<br />
Knox County coal mines employed 207 people in 2012, an<br />
increase of 54 percent from 2012, and only 7 percent below<br />
the 10-year average. Approximately 70percent of mining<br />
employment in Knox County was represented by surface<br />
mine sites in 2012. At least temporarily, work<strong>for</strong>ce reductions<br />
have been mitigated by declining productivity.<br />
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