Tucker Run Mine

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Tucker Run Mine is a proposed U.S. coal mine near Grafton, West Virginia. It is owned by Arch Coal.

As of November 2019, the project has not progressed in more than four years and appears to be cancelled.

Location

The below map shows the approximate location for the proposed mine near Grafton, West Virginia.

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Background

The proposed Tucker Run site sits northwest of the Tygart Valley No. 1 mine (renamed Leer Mine), and north of another proposed Arch Coal project—the Shelby Run Mine—in Taylor County, West Virginia.

Shelby Run Mining Co. LLC, a new unit of Arch Coal, applied for a permit on the new Tucker Run room-and-pillar mine on August 31, 2012 at the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. It is one (potential) piece of the Leer Mining Complex, a metallurgical coal mine complex in Taylor County. The application for Tucker Run covers a room-and-pillar job in the Lower Kittanning seam, located near Grafton. The application also covers a loading facility and 33 surface acres for support facilities for the deep mine. Arch Coal acquired this property in a June 2011 buy of International Coal Group.

According to a May 2013 article in The Exponent Telegram newspaper, the Tucker Run mine was slated for construction within a couple of years at a cost of $80 million to $100 million. It was estimated to employ 120-140 people.

Project Details

• Sponsor: Shelby Run Mining Co. LLC
• Parent Company: Arch Coal
• Location: Taylor County, Wyoming, United States
• GPS Coordinates: 39.3715812, -80.0941679 (approximate)
• Status Cancelled
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• Mine Type: Underground
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