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Blue Diamond 75 Coal Mine
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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.[1]
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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References
- ↑ "State spent more than $1M to move road for coal co" AP, Feb. 26, 2011.
External links
- "Major U.S. Coal Mines," Energy Information Administration
