Coal Reserves
Demonstrated Reserve Base – billion tons
Virginia US
- Underground mining 1.528 341.775
- Surface mining 0.674 165.965
- Total 2.202 507.740
- Quads of Energy 55 12,693
Source: “U.S. Coal Reserves: A Review and Update (US DOE/EIA-0529(97)) “U.S. Demonstrated Reserve Base of Coal by Potential Mining Method and Ranked by State Total, January 1, 1997” http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/coal/cia/html/t33p01p1.html