Blue Diamond 75 Coal Mine

Blue Diamond #75 is an underground coal mine in Perry County, KY, owned by James River Coal Company.

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State spent one million for land swap for Blue Diamond

In Feb. 2011, it was reported that the Kentucky State Transportation Cabinet spent more than $1 million from 2006 to 2008 to close and move a 2-mile section of Route 699 at the request of a coal company, Blue Diamond Coal. Investigators with the KY cabinet's inspector general found that Blue Diamond Coal approached cabinet official Jason Blackburn about the deal in 2004. The company wanted a land swap that would allow it to mine the area where the road was located. Blackburn's office presented the idea to then-transportation secretary Bill Nighbert, who approved it. According to the inspector's report, cabinet officials were not authorized to execute the land swap.

Mine Data

• MSHA ID: 1517478
• Operator: Blue Diamond Coal Company
• Controller: James River Coal Company
• Union:
• County: Perry
• State: KY
• Latitude: 37.08
• Longitude: -83.14
• 2007 Production (short tons): 575,275
• Coal Type: Bituminous
• Mining Method: Underground
• Mine Status: Active
• Average No. of Employees: 89

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External links

• "Major U.S. Coal Mines," Energy Information Administration