Mine · Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States
Buck Mountain Stripping
Buck Mountain Stripping is a mine in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States, operated by S & J Coal Mine.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Schuylkill County | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (active) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Commodities | anthracite (mainly anthracite) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | S & J Coal Mine | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Production | 13,063 t/year (in 2025) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Production | 6,849 t/year (in 2023) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Production | 12,973 t/year (in 2024) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Employees | 3 people (annual average, in 2025) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Mine type | Surface | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 40.7325, -76.2436 | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchHow its operator compares
S & J Coal Mine operates 2 of the 2,675 mines in the United States in our data with a named owner; 200 owners have more. Counts cover the mines in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Operator in United States | Rank | Mines | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc | 1st | 56 | 2.1% |
| Sev.en Global Investments a.s. | 2nd | 50 | 1.9% |
| Rosebud Mining Company | 3rd | 40 | 1.5% |
| Martin Marietta Materials Inc | 4th | 29 | 1.1% |
| Metinvest B V | 4th | 29 | 1.1% |
| S & J Coal Mine | 201st | 2 | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this mine from its sources, oldest first.
- Production: 6,849 t/year
- Production: 12,973 t/year
- Production: 13,063 t/year
Nearby
Within 50 km of this mine: 4 power plants (5,143 MW) and 3 data centers (1 operating, 108 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nautilus Cryptomine | Data center | — | — | 40 km |
| Amazon AWS PHL | Data center | — | — | 40 km |
| AWS Berwick | Data center | 108 MW | Operating | 40 km |
| TalenEnergy Susquehanna | Power plant | 2,532 MW | Operating | 41 km |
| Moxie Freedom Generation Plant | Power plant | 1,105 MW | Operating | 43 km |
| Ontelaunee Energy Center | Power plant | 728 MW | Operating | 43 km |
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Data on this page
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI data centers, CC BY 4.0.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.