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

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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
  

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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
  

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25th 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

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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
  

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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
  

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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
  

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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
  

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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
  

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1995

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

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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
  

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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

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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, Ohiobet Mining Company, West Virginia

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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 & F Coal Company - Hart Mine, Ohiobet Mining Company, West Virginia

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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
  

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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

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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
  

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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

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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