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NIOSH Mining Safety and Health Research |
Mining Operations |
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Number of Active Mines by
Commodity by State, 2006 |
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Number of Active Mines by Underground/Surface by State by Commodity, 2006 |
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Number of Active Mines by Commodity by Year,
1983-2006 |
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Number of Active Underground and
Surface Mines by Commodity by Year, 1983-2006 |
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Summary of Mine-level Characteristics by Commodity,
2006 |
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Number of Mines, Employees,
Full-time Equivalent Employees, and Median Employment Size by Commodity and
Employer Type, 2006 |
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Distribution of Mines by Type of Operation and
Commodity, 2006 |
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Number of Mines by Detailed
Commodity and Type of Operation, 2006 |
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![Number of mines by commodity and year](images/20minessm.gif) |
Number of Mines by Commodity and Year, 1987-2006 |
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![Mine and employment characteristics](images/pp22sm.gif) |
Mine and Employment
Characteristics, 2006 |
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![Table of number of mines, employees, and mine size](images/pp1sm.gif) |
Number of Mines, Mine Operator
Employees, and Mine Size by Commodity, 2006 |
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![Map of mine locations by commodity](images/m_macsm.gif) |
Active Mining Operations by Commodity, 2006
NOTE: For clearer viewing of mines by commodity,
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![Map of mine locations](images/m_masm.gif) |
Active Mining Operations, 2006 |
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![Map of coal mine locaions](images/m_mcsm.gif) |
Active Coal Mining Operations, 2006 |
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![Map of metal mine locaions](images/m_mmsm.gif) |
Active Metal Mining Operations, 2006 |
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![Map of nonmetal mine locaions](images/m_mnmsm.gif) |
Active Nonmetal Mining Operations, 2006 |
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![Map of stone mine locaions](images/m_mssm.gif) |
Active Stone Mining Operations, 2006 |
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![Map of sand and gravel mine locaions](images/m_msgsm.gif) |
Active Sand and Gravel Mining Operations, 2006 |
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![Map of noncoal mine locaions](images/m_mncsm.gif) |
Active Noncoal (Metal, Nonmetal, Stone,
and Sand and Gravel) Mining Operations, 2006 |
Data source: Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). See
Methodology for further details.
For more information, contact Linda J. McWilliams,
Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, 412-386-6116,
LMcWilliams@cdc.gov, or Patrick J. Coleman, PhD,
Spokane Research Laboratory, 509-354-8065,
PColeman@cdc.gov.
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