Kentucky Coal Miners by Roger L. Philpot (read aloud books txt) 📕

1.The United States produces about 35%, or 1 billion tons, of the world's coal supply—more than any other country produces.

2. The average coal miner is 45 years old and has 20 years of experience.

3. Coal generates more than half of the electricity used in the United States.

4. Each person in the United States uses 3.8 tons of coal each year.

5. U.S. coal deposits contain more energy than that of all the world's oil reserves
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6. The United States has more than a 250-year supply of coal, if it continues using coal at the same rate at which it uses coal today.

7. Using coal to generate electricity is less than a 1/3 of the cost of other fuels

8. America has more than 200 years of available coal reserves.

9. According to an electric power industry journal, 23 of the 25 power plants in the U.S. that have the lowest operating costs (and therefore provide power to their consumers at the lowest prices) are powered by coal.

10. The world’s largest producers and consumers of coal are China, Poland, Russia, India and the United States.

* There are an estimated 275 billion tons of recoverable coal reserves in the United States, or about one fourth of the world's total.

* The energy content of U.S.coal reserves is four times greater than the recoverable oil of Saudi Arabia and exceeds that of all the world's know recoverable oil reserves.


The average weekly wage for a miner in Kentucky is $751.30

It is estimated that Black Lung disease affects 2.8 percent of coal miners. About 0.2 percent of coal workers have scarring on the lungs, the most severe form of the disease. Each year, close to 400 miners die from black lung disease.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, mining remains the second most dangerous occupation in America.

That one ton of coal = 5 barrels of oil. = 30,000 ft of natural gas. *Approximate figures that depend on grade of coal being considered and particular composition of oil and gas.


If all the energy of a lump of coal could be used (E=mc^2) it would keep a light bulb going for a million years.!

Coal generates more than half of the electricity used in the Unites States.

A typical train car holds between 115 and 117 tons of coal.

Did you know that half of the electricity that heats our homes, lights our schools, and powers our businesses comes from coal?

Wyoming is the leading coal producer at almost 300,000 tons per year. West Virginia and Kentucky, the traditional leaders, with both underground and surface mines, each produce around 170,000 tons

There are over 1,000 surface mines and more than 1,000 underground mines in the US. Underground mining is more difficult




Links of Interest

http://rogerphilpot.com/ (My personal web site)

http://www.coal-miners-in-kentucky.com/ (my personal web site)

http://www.uky.edu/KGS/coal/whatiscoal.htm

http//www.learnaboutcoal.org/

http://homepage.mac.com/keego/CoalCountry.htm

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 Coal Miner and Son

Text: Copyright©2014 Roger Philpot All Rights Reserved
Publication Date: 01-05-2011

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Dedication:
Dedicated to all coal miners who have lost their lives in mining accidents.