Sugar Camp Mine
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The Sugar Camp mine complex consists of the MC #1 mine and Viking mine, operated separately by M-Class Mining LLC and Viking Mine LLC, subsidiaries of Foresight Energy in Macedonia, Illinois, United States. The operations report their public data under the MC#1 name and produce 14.4 million short tons per annum.
Location
The map below shows the location of the mine, near Macedonia, in Franklin County, Illinois.
Mine Data
- Owner: M-Class Mining LLC, Viking Mine LLC
- Parent company: Foresight Energy[1]
- Location: Macedonia, Franklin county, Illinois, United States
- GPS coordinates: 38.027862, -88.766115
- Production (short tons): 14,460,951 (2018)[2]
- Recoverable reserves: 1,309.9 million tons[1]
- Type of coal: Bituminous
- Mine type: Underground
- Equipment: 2 Longwall systems with two continuous miner units
- Number of employees: 411[3]
- Mine Status: Operating
- Start Year:2012
- MSHA ID: 1103189
Background
Sugar Camp No. 1 Mine is an underground mine near the villages of Akin and Macedonia, in Franklin County, Illinois. The mine is operated by M-Class Mining LLC and Viking Mine LLC, both subsidiaries of Foresight Energy. They both run their own longwall operation on the site.[1] Both longwall mines share common surface infrastructure but maintain separate access points for mine personnel and equipment. The first longwall operation, M Class #1 Mine started in the first quarter of 2012 and the 2nd opeation of Viking Energy at the end of the second quarter of 2014.[1] This complex is also known as MC#1 Mine, that name is used in the EIA 923 database for both longwall operations.
Accident
In November 2013, a 36-year-old miner was killed in an accident at the mine.[4] In December 2015, a 20-year-old miner was killed in an accident at the mine.[5]
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External Links
- "Sugar Camp Mine in Illinois" Photo Gallery
- EIA Major U.S. Coal Mines: http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/coal/page/acr/table9.html
- The Illinois Coal Industry Statutory Mandated Report 2008 an industry report containing information on Illinois mines.
- John Lippert and Mario Parker, "New King Coal," Bloomberg Markets Magazine, October 12, 2010
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Operations" Foresight.com, accessed June 2019.
- ↑ "EIA table 9 2019" EIA.gov accessed June 2020
- ↑ https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/mines/Documents/Annual%20Statistical%20Reports/asr2017.pdf
- ↑ Investigation continues into death of miner crushed by large piece of coal, The Southern Illinoisan, 7 Nov. 2013.
- ↑ Mine accident takes Marion father's life, The Southern Illinoisan, 9 Dec. 2015.