EXCELLENCE IN SURFACE COAL MINING RECLAMATION AWARDS

	Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Award Winners

Following is a list of active coal mining companies and individuals that have received Office of Surface Mining reclamation awards.

2005

National Awards

Peabody Western Coal Company - Kayenta/Black Mesa Mines, Arizona
Red River Coal Company - Humphries Enterprises, Inc., Virginia
Foundation Coal Holdings - Delta Mine, Illinois
Western Energy Company - Rosebud Mine, Montana
United Coals - Stenger/Bond Surface Mine, West Virginia
Peabody Coal Company - Universal Mine Slurry Wetland, Indiana
Kennocott Energy - Spring Creek Mine, Montana Director's Award (Reclamation including abandoned mine land) Arch of Wyoming - Seminoe #1 Mine, Wyoming Best-of-the-Best Award Ralph Sutton, United Coals - Stenger/Bond Surface Mine, West Vriginia Good Neighbor Awards Bronze Award - Black Beauty Coal Company - Farmersberg Mine, Indiana
Silver Award - Peabody Western Coal Company - Kayenta/Black Mesa Mines, Arizona
Gold Award - Powder River Coal Company - North Antelope Rochelle Mine, Wyoming

2004

National Awards

Black Beauty Coal Company - Farmersburg Mine, Indiana
San Juan Coal Company - San Juan Mine, New Mexico
TXU Mining - Martin Lake Mine, Texas
Patriot Mining Company - Guston Run Mine, West Virginia
Consolidation Coal Company - Illinois operations, Illinois
Shafer Brothers Construction - Payne Mine, West Virginia
Jacobs Ranch Coal Company - Jacobs Ranch Mine, Wyoming
Coal Loaders, Inc. - Hoffer Mine, Pennsylvania (Special Award for reclamation using Government Financial Reclamation Contracts) Director's Award (Reclamation including abandoned mine land) Arch of West Virginia - Ruffner Mine, West Virginia Best-of-the-Best Award 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 responsible for the Cottonwood Pit reclamation at the San Juan Coal Company, New Mexico Good Neighbor Awards Bronze Award - Coteau Properties - Freedom Mine, North Dakota
Silver Award - Coal-Mac - Phoenix Surface Mine, West Virginia
Gold Award - Trapper Mining Inc. - Trapper Mine, Colorado

2003 Squaw Creek Coal Company - Squaw Creek Mine, Indiana
TXU Mining Company - Monticello Mine, Texas
Drummond Company, Inc - Cedrum No. 4 Mine, Alabama
Castle Gate Holding Company - Castle Gate Mine, Utah
Kennecott Energy, Antelope Coal Company - Antelope Coal Mine, Wyoming
Peabody Energy, Caballo Coal Company - Caballo Mine, Wyoming
Consolidation Coal Company - Burning Star Number 5 Mine, Illinois Director's Award (Development of wetlands) United Minerals Company and Black Beauty Coal Company - Deer Ridge Mine, Indiana Best-of-the-Best Award Johnny Pappas, Senior Environmental Engineer - Castle Gate Holding Company, Utah Good Neighbor Awards Bronze Award - Bridgeview Coal Company - Schmunk Mine, Pennsylvania
Silver Award - Vigo Coal Company - Cypress Creek Mine, Indiana
Gold Award - Peabody Western Coal Company - Kayenta and Black Mesa Mines, Arizona

25^th Anniversary Awards (Presented in 2002) Consolidation Coal Company - Burning Star No. 4 Mine, Illinois
Signor Brothers - Babb Creek Operation, Pennsylvania
Mingo Logan Coal Company - Low Gap Surface Mine No. 2, West Virginia
Red River Mining Company, Louisiana
Carbon Coal Company - Carbon No. 2 Mine, New Mexico
RFI Energy, Inc. - Mine No. 208, Pennsylvania
Arch of Illinois, Inc. - Captain and Denmark Mines, Illinois Director's Award (Cultural, historical, and archaeological preservation) Falkirk Mining Company, North Dakota
Peabody Western Coal Company - Kayenta Mine, Navajo Reservation-Arizona Best-of-the-Best Award Daniel Fescemyer, Mine Superintendent, and
Larry Morrison, Pit Supervisor, RFI Energy, Inc., Pennsylvania Special 25th Anniversary Awards Bronze Award - Trapper Mining Inc. - Trapper Mine, Colorado
Silver Award - Bellaire Corp. - Indian Head Mine, North Dakota
Gold Award - Solar Sources, Inc. - Sky-Point Mine, Indiana

2001 RAG (Previously Colorado Yampa Coal Company) - Mine 1 and Eckman Park, Colorado
Pen Coal Corp. - Bluewater Deep Mine No. 1, West Virginia
McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp. - Burke Prep Plant & Loadout Facility, Kentucky
P & N Coal Company - Urey Mine, Pennsylvania
TXU Mining (Previously Texas Utilities Mining Company) - Monticello Mine, Texas
Kindill Mining, Inc. (Previously Old Ben Coal Company) - Mine No. 2, Indiana
Triad Mining Inc. - Switz City Mine, Indiana
The Coteau Properties Company - Freedom Mine, North Dakota
Bellaire Corp. - Indian Head Mine, North Dakota
Glenrock Coal Company - Dave Johnston Mine, Wyoming Director's Award (Agricultural Post Mining Land Use) Black Beauty Coal Company - Mines in Indiana and Illinois Best-of-the-Best Award Chet Skilbreth, Vegetation Specialist, Glenrock Coal Company, Wyoming

2000 TXU Mining (Previously Texas Utilities Mining Company) - Big Brown, Monticello, Mt. Pleasant, Thermo, Martin Lake, and Oak Hill Mines, Texas
Black Beauty Coal Company and the Vigo Coal Company - Columbia Mine, Indiana
Peabody Coal Company - Ken Surface Mine, Kentucky
Stone Mining Company - Grants Branch Impoundment, Kentucky
Rosebud Mining Company - McCollough Mine, Pennsylvania
Virginia Energy Company - Twin Star Mine #2, Virginia
Drummond Company - Arkadelphia Mine, Alabama
Big Sky Coal Company - Big Sky Mine, Montana
Seneca Coal Company - Seneca II Mine, Colorado
Amerikohl Mining - Leon Mine, Pennsylvania Director's Award (Reforestation) Peabody Coal Company - Western Kentucky Mines, Kentucky Best-of-the-Best Award Bryce G. West, Manager of Reclamation, Black Beauty Coal Company, and
Don Rhodes, Reclamation Manager Vigo Coal Company, Columbia Mine, Indiana

1999 Paramont Coal Corporation - Cane Branch Mine, Virginia
Cyprus Amax, Warrick Holding Company - Ayrshire Mine, Indiana
Panther Creek Partners - Nesquehoning coal waste, Pennsylvania
Western Energy Company - Rosebud Mine, Montana
Jamieson Construction Company - Langnau Mine, Kentucky
Basin Resources, Inc. - Golden Eagle Mine, Colorado
RAG (Previously Amax Coal West, Inc) - Belle Ayr Mine, Wyoming Director's Award (Prime farmland soils) TXU (Previously Texas Utilities Mining Company) - Big Brown and Monticello Winfield Mines, Texas Best-of-the-Best Award Bruce Waage, Senior Reclamation Specialist, Rosebud Mine, Montana

1998 Centralia Mining Company (Now TtransAlta Centralia Mining LLC) - Centralia Mine, Washington
Aluminum Company of America - Sandow Mine, Texas
Peabody Western - Black Mesa and Kayenta Mines, Navajo Reservation (Arizona)
Texas Utilities Mining Company (Now TXU Mining) - Big Brown Mine, Texas
U.S. Generating/Northampton Fuel Supply Company, Kaminski Bank #14, Pennsylvania
Western Energy Company - Rose Bud Mine, Montana
Directors Award (Higher or Better Postmining Land Use) Jamieson Construction Company - Miller Branch Mine, Kentucky Best-of-the-Best Award James Birkhead, Staff Environmental Specialist, and others, Sandow Mine, Texas

20th Anniversary Awards (Presented in 1997) 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 Director's Award (Benefits to the local community) Coteau Properties Company - Freedom Mine, North Dakota Best-of-the-Best Award Donn Steffen, P.E. Senior Mining Engineer, Indian Head Mine, North Dakota Hall-of-Fame Awards 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

1995 Awards were not presented in 1995 due to budget cuts.

1994 (Presented in 1995) Cumberland River Coal Company - Ridgeline Mine, Kentucky
Lee Ranch Coal Company - Lee Ranch Mine, New Mexico
Branham & Baker Coal Company, Kentucky
B & N Coal Company - Ullman Pit, Ohio
Peabody Coal Company - Broken Aro Mine, Ohio
Jamieson Construction Company, Kentucky
Falkik Mining Company - Falkirk Mine, North Dakota
Bridger Coal Company - Jim Bridger Mine, Wyoming
Rawl Sales & Processing Company - Sprigg Bridge, West Virginia Director's Award (Elimination of acid mine drainage) McKay Coal Company - Woodall Mine, Pennsylvania Best-of-the-Best Award Mark Hiles, Senior Environmental Specialist, Lee Ranch Mine, and
Larry Byrd, Mine Inspector, Energy Minerals, and Natural Resources Department, New Mexico

1993 (Presented in 1994) Peabody Coal Company - Moorman Mine, Kentucky
Buffalo Coal Company - Difficult Mine, West Virginia
Peabody Coal Company - River King Mine, Illinois
Centralia Mining Company (Now TtransAlta Centralia Mining LLC) - Centralia Mine, Washington
Kerr-Mcgee Coal Corp. - Jacobs Ranch Mine, Wyoming
Red River Coal & S.R. Mullins Excavating Company - Flat Gap Mine, Virginia
W.H. Bowlin Coal Company, Kentucky Director's Award (Wildlife post mining landuse) Hobet Mining Company, West Virginia

1992 (Presented in 1993) Solar Sources, Inc., Indiana
CONSOL, Inc. - Mahoning Valley Mine, Ohio
The Coteau Properties Company, North Dakota
Catenary Coal Company, Kentucky
Charolais Coal Company, Kentucky
Lower Colorado River Authority & Powell Bend Mining Company, Texas
Bellaire Corp. - Indian Head Mine, North Dakota
Western Energy Company - Rosebud Mine, Montana
Arch of Illinois, Inc. - Denmark Mine, Illinois
Leeco, Inc., Kentucky
Mingo Logan Coal Company - Black Bear Preparation Plant, West Virginia Director's Award (Pasture/grazing post mining land use) R & F Coal Company - Hart Mine, Ohio

1991 Presented in 1992) Patriot Mining Company, Maryland
Coal-Mac, Inc. and Rifle Coal Company, Kentucky
Drummond Company - Morris Mine, Alabama
Foertsch Construction Company - Little Sandy No. 1 Mine, Indiana
Aluminum Company of America - Sandow Mine, Texas
Boich Mining Company - Betsy Mine, Ohio
R & F Coal Company - Phillips Mine, . Ohio
KEM Coal Company - Shop Hollow Mine, Kentucky Solar Sources - Elberfield and Perry Mines, Inc.
Savitski Brothers Coal Sales, Pennsylvania Director's Award (Recreation post mining land use) Central Ohio Coal Company - Muskingum Mine, Ohio

1990 (Presented in 1991) Martiki Coal Corp. - Martin County Mine, Kentucky
Saarcar Coal, Inc. & Rifle Coal Company, Kentucky
Solar Sources, Inc. - Sky-Point Mine, Indiana
Trapper Mining, Inc. - Trapper Mine, Colorado
Western Energy Company - Rosebud Mine, Montana
Bridger Coal Company - Jim Bridger Mine, Wyoming
R & F Coal Company - Cheslock-Hendershot Mine, Ohio
The Carter Mining Company - Rawhide and Caballo Mines, Wyoming
Fowler Excavating, Inc. - Bullock Mine, Indiana Director's Award (Forestry post mining land use) Centralia Mining Company (Now TtransAlta Centralia Mining LLC) - Centralia Mine, Washington

1989 (Presented in 1990) Vigo Coal Company - Discovery #1 Mine, Indiana
Texas Utilities Mining Company (Now TXU Mining) - Monticello-Winfield North Lignite Mine, Texas
Drummond Coal Company - Kellerman No. 2 Mine, Alabama
Basin Cooperative Services - Glenharold Mine, North Dakota
Lee Jay Corp. - Clarkville Coal Refuse Dump, Pennsylvania
Associated Electric Cooperative - Bee Veer Mine, Missouri
Southern Ohio Coal Company - Martinka No. 1 Mine, West Virginia
R & S Coal Company - J & B No. 3 Mine, Arkansas Director's Aware (Wetlands post mining land use) Peabody Coal Company - Will Scarlet Mine, Illinois

1988 (Presented in 1989) Kerr-McGee Coal Corp. Jacobs Ranch Mine, Wyoming
The Sabine Mining Company, Texas
Fuel Fabricators, Inc. - Preparation Plant, Pennsylvania
Drummond Coal Company - Mill Creek Mine, Alabama
B & N Coal Company, Ohio
The Rogers Group & Black Beauty Coal Company - Arlen No. 1 Mine, Indiana
The Carter Mining Company - Carballo and Rawhide Mines, Wyoming
Aloe Coal Company, Pennsylvania Director's Award (Corporate commitment to environmental improvement) Texas Utilities Mining Company (Now TXU Mining) - Big Brown Mine, Texas

1987 (Presented in 1988) Western Fuels-Utah, Inc. - Deserado Mine, Colorado
Arch of Illinois, Inc. - 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

1986 (Presented in 1987) Buffalo Coal Company, Maryland
Falkirk Mining Company - Falkirk Mine, North Dakota
Nerco Coal Corp.- Jim Bridger Mine, Wyoming
North American Coal Corp. - Powhatan Reclamation Project, Ohio

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