Class Codes & Rates:

Code 1016 contemplates excavation and tunneling to obtain coal with such equipment as drilling machines, power-operated hand drills, picks, and hauling equipment such as coal cars, buckets, conveyors and hoists. Also, additional equipment dealing with elevators, ventilation, lighting and communication systems is utilized as well as bulldozers, front end loaders, trucks, crushers, screens and washing equipment. To extract the coal, tunnels and shafts are formed. Walls and ceilings are supported by heavy timber or roof bolts and tracks are set in place for coal cars, men and equipment. The coal is broken loose with hand tools, automatic drills and chippers or by blasting. It is then loaded into haulage cars by hand shovel or automatic conveyor. The coal cars are then driven out of the mine, dumped and returned for reloading. On the surface, the coal is crushed, screened, washed, graded and hauled away by train or trucks. The underground coal mine manual lists Code 1016 for the state of VA.