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Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Award Recipients

# Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Award Recipients 

The Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Awards are presented to coal mining companies that achieve exemplary coal mine reclamation in the nation. Past winners have demonstrated a commitment to sound mining practices and effective reclamation plans that enhanced beneficial post-mining use of the land. OSMRE has honored high quality coal mine land reclamation since 1986.

##### *Wildlife on Reclaimed Land*

All winning projects go beyond reclamation requirements to achieve superior results in returning a site to productive use after completion of mining. Below is information on recipients since 2017 - for information on recipients since 1986, please contact awards@osmre.gov.

##         2023 Recipients      

### *2022 Good Neighbor Award*Recipient:

#### Thunder Basin Coal Company — Black Thunder and Coal Creek Mines Project

##### Cambell County, West Wyoming

##         2022 Recipients      

### *2022 National Award*Recipient:

#### Navajo Transitional Energy Company LLC – Chinde Wash Wetland ​​​​and Riparian Mitigation Projects 

##### San Juan County, New Mexico – Navajo Nation

### *2022 Good Neighbor Award*Recipient:

#### Raven Crest Contracting LLC – Boone North No. 2 Surface Mine (Permit S-5008-03) 

##### Boone County, West Virginia 

##         2021 Recipients      

### 2021 Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Awards Ceremony

The Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Awards are presented in partnership with the National Mining Association. Awards are presented to the coal mining companies that achieve the most exemplary coal mine reclamation in the nation. Past recipients have demonstrated a commitment to sound mining practices and effective reclamation plans that enhanced the post-mining use of the land.

 

### 2021 National Award Recipient

**Monticello-Winfield Mine, Texas**Mining activities began at the Monticello-Winfield Mine in 1974, three years before the passage of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act or SMCRA. During the 47-year operation, Monticello-Winfield Mine produced an estimated 280 million tons of lignite, providing affordable and reliable electricity to Texans.

 

### 2021 Good Neighbor Award Recipient

**Red Hills Mine, Mississippi**The Red Hills Mine in Mississippi began development in 1998 and started lignite removal and delivery in 2002. Annual Red Hills Mine coal production is approximately 3.2 million tons per year. This mining activity is immediately followed by the reclamation of 100 acres of land annually.

 

##         2020 Recipients      

### 2020 National Award Recipient

**Navajo Transitional Energy Company, North American Coal Company****Bisti Fuels Navajo Mine San Juan County, New Mexico**The judges cited this effort for going well beyond the requirements, spirit, and intent of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. The size, scope, and sense of obligation is why the judges chose this nomination for the 2020 National Award, given to the Navajo Transitional Energy Company, and North American Coal/Bisti Fuels.

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### 2020 Good Neighbor Award Recipient

**Wolf Run Mining, LLC Leer South Mine Complex Grafton, West Virginia**The company's ongoing commitment to charity, transparency, and ensuring that mine operations continue safely is why the judges cited Wolf Run mine, and Leer South Complex as the Good Neighbor Award Recipient for 2020.

 

##         2019 Recipients      

### 2019 National Award Recipients

**Peabody Western Coal Company, Kayenta Mine, Black Mesa, Arizona**The judges cited Peabody’s Kayenta mine for its utilization of geomorphic reclamation, sinuous drains, and multiple sub-watersheds to achieve post-mining land uses of rangeland grazing, wildlife habitat, and cultural plant habitat. As part of the cultural planting, the reclamation team included a cultural seed mix for Navajo and Hopi medicine men.

 

**Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC, Vermilion Grove Mine, Ridge Farm, Illinois**The mine’s use of a filter press to de-water slurry generated from a coal preparation plant allowed for increased compaction levels, a smaller footprint of refuse area reclamation, and allowed for recovery of water in the plant. Additionally, the company employed techniques such as layering clay, subsoil, and topsoil to total four feet of cover material. This method allowed for the successful implementation of post-mining land uses of herbaceous wildlife cover and high-capability cropland adjacent to the slurry impoundment. These techniques can be transferred to other sites where water resources are limited and land is costly.

 

### 2019 Good Neighbor Award Recipients

**ICG Tygart Valley, Leer Mine Complex, Grafton, West Virginia**ICG nominated the Leer Mine Complex as a Good Neighbor for its efforts to reduce noise and visibility of the mining operations. Newly installed centrifugal fans inside sound-insulated buildings reduced noise levels to the extent that previously concerned patrons at an adjacent golf course did not know the new fans were in operation. Surrounding trees were left in place and a winding access road reduced visibility of the site. The company also practices good neighbor policies, providing sports scholarships, hosting Relay For Life events, giving away Christmas presents to school children, donating to food drives, and numerous other community outreach events. ICG Tygart Valley is owned by Arch Coal.

 

**Navajo Transitional Energy Company, North American Coal Company – Bisti Fuels, Navajo Mine, Fruitland, New Mexico**This Navajo Nation owned mine was nominated for its commendable work within the Navajo community. Citing high unemployment and poverty, the company invested in the community in several ways, including:
                            - Supporting a post-secondary education program at the Bond Wilson Technical Center
                            - Developing a STEM career event at local schools
                            - Creating a teacher workshop
                            - Funding internship and scholarship programs
                            - Creating a seminar series at a local college
                            - Coordinating with academia to create a new species of plant that is adapted to harsh New Mexican deserts
                            - Hosting tours and other educational outreach events

 

##         2018 Recipients      

### 2018 National Award Recipients

**Peabody Energy, Inc., Big Sky Mine Area B project in Rosebud County, Montana**Big Sky Mine Area B was recognized for the creation of post-mining water sources in a reclaimed, semi-arid landscape. On-site monitoring between 2006 and 2011, has shown that water levels in the reclaimed area have risen between four and six feet. The site features stream channels and wetlands for use by livestock and wildlife.

 

**Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC Wild Boar Mine Barren Fork Pit project in Lynnville, Indiana**A majority of the 8,500-acre Wild Boar mining area was surface mined for its upper seams of coal before SMCRA was passed in 1977. The site contained 1.2 miles of dangerous unreclaimed highwall and more than three miles of polluted streams. While mining, the company took responsibility for cleaning up the mine, eliminating the abandoned highwall, and properly reclaiming 90 percent of the area mined before the passage of SMCRA. The company created approximately one hundred rock brush piles within the forested areas for wildlife habitat, and developed 11 shallow water sources for wildlife to properly reclaim the previously mined site. The company also restored eight streams among the reclaimed forest.

 

 

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### 2018 Good Neighbor Award Recipients

**Trapper Mining Inc Trapper Mine project in Craig, Colorado**The judges selected Trapper Mine for a Good Neighbor Award for a wide range of community related activities including building local soccer fields with mine equipment and workers, catering lunch for law enforcement agencies, contributing more than $700,000 to local communities and projects, creating a hunting and outdoors program for people with disabilities, and funding critical research on the Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse. Trapper Mining also set up a trust fund to provide grant money for future community activities after mining is complete.

 

**Peabody Energy, Inc. Bear Run Mine project in Carlisle, Indiana**Peabody’s Bear Run Mine is the largest active surface mine in Indiana. Over the past three years, the mine has taken an aggressive approach to reclamation, with a 1.3:1 ratio of reclaimed land to mined land. The judges recognized Bear Run for its involvement in various community programs that the company either operates or supports through financial, in-kind, and volunteer donations, including the Coal Miner Christmas, during which the company raised over $70,000 to help children from local communities. Bear Run also provided a new roof for a local gym, constructed a new parking lot, provided funds for its backup generator and repaired its electrical and heating systems. The company also improved a local cemetery, hosted farmers during the Indiana Department of Natural Resources prime Farmland Field Day, provided eco-therapy opportunities to veterans and children with disabilities, and hosted a turkey hunt for veterans who had lost their vision.

 

##         2017 Recipients      

### 2017 National Award Recipient

**Cloud Peak Energy, Spring Creek Coal, LLC, Spring Creek Mine, Montana**The judges chose Cloud Peak’s Spring Creek Mine as one of two National Award Recipients based on the company’s innovative use of soil mixtures and a variety of planted and seeded vegetation over a large area. The growth of a large assortment of plants led to greater and denser habitat for threatened wildlife such as sage grouse, as well as songbirds, raptors, rabbits, mule deer and pronghorn antelope.

 

##         2016 - 1987 Recipients      

### 2016 Recipients

**National Award Recipient:**

Northampton Fuels Supply Company, Nanticoke, PA

**Appalachian Regional Award Recipient:**

Westmorland Coal and Oxord Mining Company, Cadiz, OH

**Mid-Continent Regional Award Recipient:**

Solar Sources, Cannelburg Mining Complex, Cannelburg, IN

**Western Regional Award Recipient:**

BHP Billiton/Navajo Transitional Energy Corporation, Fruitland, NM

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### **2015 Recipients**

**Appalachian Regional Award Recipient:**

Paramont Coal Company, Hawk's Nest Mine, VA

**Mid-Continent Regional Award Recipient:**

Vigo Coal Company, Red Brush Mine, IN

**Western Regional Award Recipient:**

Cloud Peak Energy Cordero Rojo Mine, WY

**Good Neighbor Award Recipient:**

Mingo Logan Coal Company, Left Fork #2 Mine, Sharples, WV

 

### **2014 WINNERS**

**Mid-Continent Regional Award Recipient:**

Mississippi Lignite Mining Company Active Mine Land Reclamation Project, Ackerman, MS

**Western Regional Award Recipient:**

Cloud Peak Energy Antelope Coal Mine

**Good Neighbor Award Recipient:**

Alpha Natural Resources of Elk Run Coal Company, Whitesville, WV

 

### **2013 AWARDS - NO AWARDS**

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### **2012 Recipients**

**National Award Recipient:**

North Antelope Rochelle Mine, Peabody Powder River Mining, LLC, Wright, Wyoming

**Mid-Continent Regional Award Recipient:**

Cottage Grove Mine, Peabody Energy, Equality, Illinois

**Western Regional Award Recipient:**

Dave Johnston Mine, Glenrock Coal Company, Glenrock, Wyoming

**Good Neighbor Award Recipient:**

Alcoa Sandow Mine, Alcoa, Inc., Rockdale, Texas

Antelope, Cordero Rojo, and Spring Creek Mines, Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC, Gillette, Wyoming

 

### **2011 Recipients**

**Director's Award Recipients:**

Western Energy

Big Sky Coal

**National Award Recipients:**

Oxford Mining Company Columbus, Ohio

Big Horn Coal Company, Sheridan County, Wyoming

**Good Neighbor Award Winner:**

Oxford Mining Company Columbus, Ohio

 

### **2010 Recipients**

**National Award Recipients:**

Antelope Coal, LLC Gillette, Wyoming

Coal-Mac, Inc. Holden, West Virginia

Larry D. Baumgardner Coal Company, Inc. Lanse, Pennsylvania

Western Fuels – Wyoming, Inc., Gillette, Wyoming

**Good Neighbor Award Recipients:**

ICG Beckley, LLC, Eccles, West Virginia

 

### **2009 Recipients**

**Director's Award Recipient:**

Luminant Mining Company

**National Award****Recipient****:**

Peabody Energy, Black Beauty Coal Company, Viking Mine, Daviess County, Indiana

San Juan Coal Company, La Plata Mine, La Plata, New Mexico

Peabody Energy, Caballo Mine, Campbell County, Wyoming

**Good Neighbor Award****Recipients****:**

Coulterville Coal Company, LLC, Gateway Mine, Randolph County, Illinois

Patriot Coal Company, LP, Patriot Surface Mine, Henderson County, Kentucky

 

### **2008 Recipients**

**Director's Award****Recipient****:**

Luminant Mining Company, Big Brown, Martin Lake, Monticello, Oak Hill, and Thermo Mines, Texas

**National Award****Recipients****:**

International Coal Company, ICG Eastern, Birch River Complex, West Virginia

Rio Tinto Energy America, Jacobs Ranch Mine, Wyoming

Peabody Energy, Black Beauty Coal Company, Miller Creek Mine, Sugar Ridge Pit, Indiana

Massey Energy, Road Fork Development, Superior Surface Mines, West Virginia

**Good Neighbor Award****Recipients****:**

Arch Coal, Thunder Basin Coal Company, LLC, Black Thunder Mine, Wyoming

Rio Tinto Energy America, Antelope Mine, Cordero Rojo Mine, Jacobs Ranch Mine, Wyoming

Arch Coal, Coal-Mac Inc., West Virginia

 

### **2007 Recipients - NO AWARDS**

 

### **2006 Recipient**

**Director's Award****Recipient****:**

TXU Mining Company, D1 Mining Area, Oakhill, Texas

**National Award****Recipients****:**

Pritchard Mining Company, Lens Creek Mine #2, Kanawah and Boone Counties, West Virgina

Peabody Energy Seneca Coal Company, Seneca II West Mine, Routt County, Colorado

Peabody Coal Company, Lynnville Mine, Warrick County, Indiana

Paramont’s Black Bear Mine, Virginia

North American Coal Corporation, Red Hills Mine, Ackerman, Mississippi

Black Beauty Coal Company, Cedar Creek Mine, Schuyler County, Illinois

Alcoa Sandow Mine, Rockdale, Texas

**Good Neighbor Award****Recipients****:**

AEP Kentucky Coal, Lick Creek, Kentucky

Thunder Basin Coal Company, Black Thunder Mine, Wright, Wyoming

Western Energy Company, Rosebud Mine, Colstrip, Montana

**Best-of-the-Best Award****Recipient****:**

Roy Karo

 

### **2005 Recipients**

**Director's Award****Recipient****:**

Arch of Wyoming Seminoe I Mine, Hanna, Wyoming

**National Award Recipients:**

Peabody Western Coal Company, Kayenta/Black Mesa Mines, Navajo County, Arizona

Red River Coal Company, Humphries Enterprises Inc., Job 1 and 2, Norton, Virginia

Foundation Coal Holdings Inc., Delta Mine, Harrisburg, Illinois

Western Energy Company, Rosebud Mine, Colstrip, Montana

Kennocott Energy, Spring Creek Coal Company, Spring Creek Mine, Decker, Montana

Peabody Coal Company, Universal Mine Slurry Wetland, Indiana

**Good Neighbor Award****Recipients****:**

Peabody Energy, Black Beauty Coal Company, Farmersberg Mine, Vigo and Sullivan Counties, Indiana

Peabody Western Coal Company, Kayenta/Black Mesa Mines, Navajo County, Arizona

Powder River Coal Company, North Antelope Rochelle Mine,Gillette, Wyoming

**Best-of-the-Best Award****Recipient****:**

Ralph Sutton, United Coals, Stenger/Bond Surface Mine, West Virginia

 

### **2004 Recipients**

**Director's Award****Recipient****:**

Arch of West Virginia

**National Award****Recipients****:**

San Juan Coal Company, San Juan Mine, Waterflow, New Mexico

TXU Mining Company, Tatum Lignite Coal Mine, Beckville, Texas

Patriot Mining Company, Guston Run Mine, near Pursglove, Pennsylvania

Consolidation Coal Company, Illinois

Shafer Brothers Construction, Payne Mine, Morgantown, West Virginia

Jacobs Ranch Coal Company, Jacobs Ranch Mine, Wright, Wyoming

**Special Award for Reclamation Using Government Financial Reclamation Contracts**

Coal Loaders, Inc., Hoffer Mine, Unity Township, Pennsylvania

**Good Neighbor Award****Recipients****:**

Coteau Properties Company, Freedom Mine, near Beulah, North Dakota

Coal-Mac, Inc., Phoenix Surface Mine, Ragland, West Virginia

Trapper Mining Company, Trapper Mine, Craig, Colorado

**Best-of-the-Best Award****Recipients****:**

Cottonwood Pit reclamation at the San Juan Coal Company, New Mexico

Larry Tsosie, Equipment Operator

Collette Brown, Environmental Specialist

Nicholas Bugosh, Senior Hydrologist

Tim Ramsey, Senior Reclamation Specialist

Jim Luther, Environmental Coordinator

Gary Lindsdale, Mine Manager

and others

 

### **2003 Recipients**

**Director's Award****Recipient****:**

United Minerals Company and Black Beauty Coal Company

**National Award****Recipients****:**

Squaw Creek Coal Company, Squaw Creek Mine, Chandler, Indiana

TXU Mining Company, Monticello Mine, East Texas

Drummond Company, Inc., Cedrum No. 4 Mine, Townley, Alabama

Castle Gate Holding Company, Castle Gate Mine, near Price Utah

Kennecott Energy, Antelope Coal Company, Antelope Coal Mine, Wyoming

Peabody Energy, Caballo Coal Company, Caballo Mine, south of Gillette, Wyoming

**Good Neighbor Award Winners:**

Bridgeview Coal Company, Schmunk Mine, Farmington, Pennsylvania

Vigo Coal Company, Cypress Creek Mine, Boonville, Indiana

Peabody Western Coal Company, Kayenta and Black Mesa Mines, Arizona

**Best-of-the-Best Award****Recipient****:**

Johnny Pappas, Senior Environmental Engineer - Castle Gate Holding Company, Utah

 

### **2002 Recipients**

**Director's Award****Recipients****:**

The Falkirk Mining Company in Underwood, North Dakota

Peabody Western Coal Company, Kayenta Mine, located in Navajo County, Arizona.

**National Award****Recipients****:**

Consolidation Coal Company, Burning Star No. 4 Mine, Cutler, Illinois

Signor Brothers, Babb Creek Operation, Bloss Township, Pennsylvania

Mingo Logan Coal Company, Low Gap Surface Mine No. 2, Wharncliffe, West Virginia

Red River Mining Company, Coushatta, Louisiana

Carbon Coal Company, Carbon No. 2 Mine, Gallup, New Mexico

RFI Energy, Inc., Mine No. 208, Perry Township, Pennsylvania

Arch of Illinois, Inc., Captain and Denmark Mines, Cutler, Illinois

**Special 25th Anniversary Award****Recipients****:**

Commemorated 25 years of mining and reclamation under the Surface Mining Law three mine operations were selected from all of the past award winners as the most successful reclamation under the Surface Mining Law.

**Gold Award:** Solar Sources, Inc. - Sky-Point Mine, Indiana

**Silver Award:** Bellaire Corp. - Indian Head Mine, North Dakota

**Bronze Award:** Trapper Mining Inc. - Trapper Mine, Colorado

 

**Best-of-the-Best Award****Recipient****:**

Daniel Fescemyer, Mine Superintendent, and Larry Morrison, Pit Supervisor, RFI Energy, Inc., Pennsylvania

 

### **2001 Recipients**

**Director's Award****Recipient****:**

Black Beauty Coal Company

**National Award****Recipients****:**

RAG (Previously Colorado Yampa Coal Company), Mine 1 and Eckman Park, Oak Creek, Colorado

Penn Coal Corporation, Bluewater Deep Mine No. 1, Wilsondale, West Virginia

McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corporation, Burke Prep Plant & Loadout Facility, Kimper, Kentucky

P & N Coal Company, Urey Mine, Urey, Pennsylvania

TXU Mining Company (Previously Texas Utilities Mining Company), Monticello Mine, Mt. Pleasant, Texas

Kindill Mining, Inc., (Previously Old Ben Coal Company), Mine No. 2, Petersburg Indiana

Triad Mining Inc., Switz City Mine, Switz City, Indiana

The Coteau Properties Company, Freedom Mine, Beulah, North Dakota

Bellaire Corporation, Indian Head Mine, Beulah, North Dakota

Glenrock Coal Company, Dave Johnston Mine, Glenrock, Wyoming

**Best-of-the-Best Award****Recipient****:**

Chet Skilbreth, Vegetation Specialist, Glenrock Coal Company, Wyoming

 

### **2000 Recipients**

**Director's Award****Recipient****:**

Peabody Coal Company, western Kentucky

 

**National Award****Recipients****:**

TXU Mining (Previously Texas Utilities Mining Company), Big Brown, Monticello, Termo, Martin Lake, and Oak Hill Mines, Kentucky

Peabody Coal Company, Ken Surface Mine, Ohio County, Kentucky

Stone Mining Company, Grants Branch Lake, McVeigh, Kentucky

Rosebud Mining Company - McCollough Mine, Pennsylvania

Drummond Company, Arkadelphia 5761 Mine, Arkadelphia, Alabama

Big Sky Coal Company,Big Sky Mine, Rosebud County, Montana

Amerikohl Mining, Inc., Leon Mine, Laurelville, Pennsylvania

 

**Best-of-the-Best Award****Recipients****:**

Bryce G. West, Manager of Reclamation, Black Beauty Coal Company

Don Rhodes, Reclamation Manager Vigo Coal Company, Columbia Mine, Indiana

 

**1999 Recipients**

 

**Director's Award****Recipient****:**

XU (formerly the Texas Utilities Mining Company) Big Brown and Monticello Winfield Mines

 

**National Award****Recipients****:**

Paramont Coal Corporation, Cane Branch Mine, Clintwood, Virginia

Cyprus Amax, Warrick Holding Company, Ayrshire Mine, Evansville, Indiana

Panther Creek Partners, Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania

Western Energy Company, Rosebud Mine, Colstrip, Montana

Jamieson Construction Company, Permit No. 863-0280, Langnay, Kentucky

Basin Resources, Inc., Golden Eagle Mine, Weston, Colorado

RAG (Previously Amax Coal West, Inc), Belle Ayr Mine, Gillette, Wyoming

 

**Best-of-the-Best Award****Recipient****:**

Bruce Waage, Senior Reclamation Specialist, Rosebud Mine, Montana

 

**1998 Recipients**

 

**Director's Award****Recipient****:**

Jamieson Construction Company, Miller Branch Mine, Bimble, Kentucky

 

**National Award****Recipients****:**

Centralia Mining Company (Now TtransAlta Centralia Mining LLC), Centralia Mine, Washington

Aluminum Company of America, Sandow Mine, Rockdale, Texas

Peabody Western Coal Company, Black Mesa and Kayenta Mine, Navajo Reservation (Arizona)

Texas Utilities Mining Company (Now TXU Mining), Big Brown Mine, Fairfield, Texas

U.S. Generating/Northampton Fuel Supply Company, Kaminski Bank #14, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

Western Energy Company, Rose Bud Mine, Colstrip, Montana

 

**1997****Recipients**

 

**Director's Award****Recipient****:**

Coteau Properties Company, Freedom Mine, North Dakota

 

**National Award****Recipients****:**

Buffalo Coal Company, Davis Mine, West Virginia

Bellaire Corporation, Indian Head Mine, North Dakota

Triton Coal Company, Buckskin Mine, Wyoming

Peabody Coal Company, Gibraltar Mine, Kentucky

Drummond Company, Kellerman Mine, Alabama

Cumberland River Coal Company, Ridgeline Mine, Kentucky

 

**Best-of-the-Best Award****Recipient****:**

Donn Steffen, P.E. Senior Mining Engineer - Indian Head Mine, North Dakota

 

**Hall-of-Fame Award****Recipients****:**

Coal-Mac, Inc. and the Rifle Coal Company, Debord Mine, Kentucky

Solar Sources, Inc., Lynnville Mine, Indiana

R & F Coal Company, Cheslock-Hendershot Mine, Ohio

W.H. Bowlin Coal Company, Whitley County Mine, Kentucky

Bellaire Corporation, Indian Head Mine, North Dakota

Kerr-McGee Corporation, Jacobs Ranch Mine, Wyoming

Western Energy Company, Rosebud Mine, Montana

 

**1996 - NO AWARDS**

 

**1995 - NO AWARDS**

 

**1994****Recipients**

 

**Director's Award****Recipient****:**

McKay Coal Company, Ohl, Pennsylvania

 

**National Award****Recipients****:**

Cumberland River Coal Company, Ridgeline Mine, Jackson, Kentucky

Lee Ranch Coal Company, Milan, New Mexico

Branham & Baker Coal Company, Pikeville, Kentucky

B & N Coal Company, Ullman Pit, Lower Salem, Ohio

Peabody Coal Company, Broken Aro Mine, near Coshocton, Ohio

Jamieson Construction Company, Atkinstown, Kentucky

Falkik Mining Company, Underwood, North Dakota

Bridger Coal Company, Jim Bridger Mine, Rock Springs, Wyoming

Rawl Sales & Processing Company

 

**1993****Recipients**

 

**Director's Award****Recipient****:**

Hobet Mining Company, Madison, West Virginia

 

**National Award****Recipients****:**

Peabody Coal Company, Moorman Mine, Kentucky

Buffalo Coal Company, West Virginia

Peabody Coal Company,River King Operation, Illinois

Centralia Mining Company, Centralia, Washington

Kerr-Mcgee Coal Corp., Jacobs Ranch Mine, Gillette, Wyoming

Red River Coal Company, Flat Gap Mine, Virginia

W.H. Bowlin Coal Company, Kentucky

 

**1992****Recipients**

 

**Director's Award****Recipient****:**

R&F Coal Company, Hart Mine, Newcomerstown, Ohio

 

**National Award****Recipients****:**

Consolidation Coal, Mahoning Valley Mine, Fairpoint, Ohio

Coteau Properties Company, Freedom Mine, Beulah, North Dakota

Charolais Coal Corp., Hopkins County, Kentucky

Lower Colorado River Authority, Powell Bend Mine, Bastrop, Texas

Powell Bend Mine near Bastrop, Texas

Bellaire Corporation, Indian Head Mine, Zap, North Dakota

Western Energy Company, Rose Bud Mine, Colstrip, Montana

Arch of Illinois, Denmark Mine, Percy, Illinois

Leeco Inc., Jeff, Kentucky

Mingo Logan Coal Company, Black Bear Preparation Plant, Gilbert, West Virginia

 

**1991****Recipient**

 

**Director's Award****Recipients****:**

Central Ohio Coal Company, Muskingham Mine, Cumberland, Ohio

 

**National Award****Recipients****:**

Coal-Mac, Inc., Debord, Kentucky,

Drummond Company, Morris Mines, Morris, Alabama

Foertsch Construction Company, Little Sandy Mine, Montgomery, Indiana

Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA), Sandow Mine, Austin, Texas

Boich Mining Company, Betsy Mine, Bloomingdale, Ohio

Patriot Mining Company, Steyer, Maryland

R & F Coal Company, Phillips Mine, Barnesville, Ohio

KEM Coal Company, Shop Hallow Mine, Hazard, Kentucky

Savitski Brothers Coal Sales

Solar Sources, Inc., Elberfeld and Perry Mines, Pettersburg, Indiana

 

**1990****Recipients**

 

**Director's Award****Recipient****:**

Centralia Mining Company, Centralia, Washington

 

**National Award****Recipients****:**

Martiki Coal Corporation, Martiki Mine, Inez, Kentucky

Saarcar Coal, Inc. and Rifle Coal Company, Kentucky

Trapper Mining, Inc., Trapper Mine, Craig, Colorado

Western Energy Company, Rosebud Mine, Colstrip, Montana

Bridger Coal Company, Jim Bridger Mine, Rock Springs, Wyoming

R & F Coal Company, Cheslock-Hendershot Mine, St. Clairsville, Ohio

The Carter Mining Company, Rawhide and Caballo Mines, Gillette, Wyoming

Fowler Excavating, Inc. and A & P Pit, U.S. 50 Mine and Bullock Mine, Montgomery, Indiana

 

**1989****Recipients**

 

**Director's Award****Recipient****:**

Peabody Coal Company, Will Scarlet Mine, Carrier Mills, Illinios

 

**National Award****Recipients****:**

Vigo Coal Company, Discovery No. 1 Mine, Buckskin, Indiana

Texas Utilities Mining Company, Monticello-Winfield North Lignite Mine, Mount Pleasant, Texas

Drummond Coal Company, Kellerman No. 2 Mine, Jasper, Alabama

Basin Cooperative Services, Glenharold Mine, Stanton, North Dakota

Lee Jay Corporation, Coal Refuse Dump, Clarksville, Pennsylvania

Associated Electric Cooperative, Bee Veer Operations, Clifton Hill, Missouri

Southern Ohio Coal Company, Martinka No. 1 Mine, Fairmont, West Virginia

R & S Coal Company, J & B No. 3 Mine, Lamar, Arkansas

 

**1988****Recipients**

 

**Director's Award****Recipient****:**

Texas Utilities Mining Company, Big Brown Mine, Fairfield, Texas

 

**National Award****Recipients****:**

Kerr-McGee Coal Corp., Jacobs Ranch Mine, Gillette, Wyoming

Sabine Mining Company, Longview, Texas

Fuel Fabricators, Inc., Preparation Plant, Bigler, Pennsylvania

Drummond Coal Company, Mill Creek Mine, Jasper, Alabama

B & N Coal Company, Dexter City, Ohio

Rogers Group and Black Beauty Coal Company, Arlen #1 Mine, Epsom, Indiana

Carter Mining Company, Carballo and Rawhide Mines, Gillette, Wyoming

Aloe Coal Company, Neville Island, Pennsylvania

 

**1987****Recipients**

 

**National Award****Recipients****:**

Western Fuels-Utah Incorporated, Deserado Mine, Colorado

Arch of Illinois, Captain Mine, Illinois

R&F Coal Company, Harrison County Home Mine, Ohio

Peabody Coal Company, Sinclair and Homestead Mines, Kentucky

John Duckworth Coal Company, Maryland

 

**Honorable Mention:**

Drummond Company Incorporated, Segco No. 1 Mine, Walker County, Alabama

P-V Mining Company, Dubois County Operations, Indiana

Island Creek Coal Company, Gauley Division Operations, Nicholas County, West Virginia