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 Data For: 2003
 Next Release Date: September 2005

Table 29. Average Open Market Sales Price of Coal by State and Underground Mining Method, 2003
(Dollars per Short Ton)
Coal-ProducingState Continuous[1] Conventional[2] Longwall[3] Other[4] Total
Alabama
 W - W - 33.36
Colorado 
W W 17.24 - 17.35
Illinois 
W - W - 23.98
Indiana 
26.74 - - - 26.74
Kentucky Total 
27.83 30.02 W W 28.10
  Eastern
 W 30.02 W - 29.83
  Western 
W - - W 22.23
Maryland 
W - W - W
Montana  
W - - - W
New Mexico
 - - W - W
Ohio 
19.26 W W - 21.58
Oklahoma
W - - - W
Pennsylvania Total  
25.12 W W - 26.43
  Anthracite 
W W - - 45.66
  Bituminous
 W - W - 26.35
Tennessee
32.92 - - - 32.92
Utah  
21.53 - 16.58 - 17.08
Virginia
 28.90 W W - 30.32
West Virginia Total 
31.09 28.24 30.37 - 30.72
  Northern
21.13 W 26.20 - 25.61
  Southern
31.82 W 35.55 - 32.96
U.S. Total
 27.86 29.26 25.63 25.83 26.71
   [1] Mines that produce greater than 50 percent of their coal by continuous mining methods.
   [2] Mines that produce greater than 50 percent of their coal by conventional mining methods.
   [3] Mines that have any production from longwall mining method.  A typical longwall mining operation uses 80 percent longwall mining and 20 percent continuous mining.
   [4] Mines that produce coal using shortwall, scoop loading, hand loading, or other mining methods, or a 50/50 percent conventional/conventional split in mining method.
   W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
   Note:· Open market includes all coal sold on the open market to other coal companies or consumers.  An average open market sales price is calculated by dividing the total free on board (f.o.b) rail/barge value of the open market coal sold by the total open market coal sold.   Excludes mines producing less than 10,000 short tons, which are not required to provide data.  Excludes silt, culm, refuse bank, slurry dam, and dredge operations.  Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
  Source:  Energy Information Administration Form EIA-7A, "Coal Production Report," and U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Form 7000-2, "Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report."