734 
MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1967 
 
 Work continued on American Zinc Co.'s Immel mine, scheduled for production
early in 1968. The main shaft and ventilation shaft have been bottomed at
1,600 feet, 600 feet below sea level. Mine output, at full production, will
be between 2,000 and 3,000 tons of ore per day. 
 New Jersey Zinc Co. continued exploration in middle Tennessee near Carthage.
Work continued on New Jersey Zinc Co.'s Idol mine in Hancock County, approximately
15 to 20 miles southwest of the company's Flat Gap mine in the Copper Ridge
District. The shaft was completed and underground development begun; no date
has been set for production. 
 
MINERAL FUELS 
 
 Production of mineral fuels accounted for 14 percent of the total value
of mineral production in Tennessee, a 1-percent increase over that of 1966.

 
 Coal (Bituminous) .—The production of bituminous coal increased 8
percent in 
tonnage and 14 percent in value above 
that of 1966. Coal was produced at 193 
mines, including 47 new mines, in 16 
counties compared with 205 mines in 16 
counties in 1966. 
 In District 8 (northern Tennessee), 4,970,000 tons of coal was produced
from 
137 mines in nine counties for an average of 36,000 tons per mine, an increase
of 900 tons per mine over 1966 figures. Underground mines produced 59 percent
of the total tonhage, strip mines 37 percent, and auger mines 4 percent.
01 the coal, 63 percent was shipped by rail and 37 percent by truck. 
 In southern Tennessee (District 13), 1,862,200 tons of coal was produced
from 
56 mines in seven counties. Average production per mine was 33,300 tons,
atm increase of 10,000 tons per mine over 1966 figures. Of the coal, 54 percent
was mined underground and 46 percent was produced by strip mining. Coal shipments
were by rail and barge (83 percent) and truck (17 percent). 
 
 
Table 11.—Coal (bituminous) production 1in 1967, by counties 
 
(Thousand short tons and thousand dollars) 
County 
Number 
of mine operations 
 
 
 
Productio 
n 2 
 
 
Under- 
 
 
Under- 
 
 
Total 
 
 
ground 
Strip 
Auger 
ground 
Strip 
Auger 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quantity 
Value 
Anderson             Bledsoe                       
23 
9 
 
2 
2 
.... - 
1,692 
 - 
574 
27 
67 
  
2,333 
27 
$95.52 
107 
Campbell               
Claiborne               
Cumberland             
19 
6 
1 
15 
3 
2 
4 
1 
  
286 
364 
1 
564 
249 
25 
68 
.5 
  
917 
618 
26 
3,320 
2,002 
103 
Fentre - 
7 
3 
 . 
38 
19 
 
56 
158 
Grundy                       
 
3 
 
 
245 
-   
245 
979 
Hamilton               
3 
1 
 
28 
28 
 
56 
236 
Marion.. .. 
28 
 
. 
918 
 
.... 
918 
4,625 
Morgan                 
Ii 
9 
1 
112 
236 
59 
407 
1,351 
Overton                
6 
 
- 
57 
 . 
. .~ - 
57 
222 
Putnam                
I 
 
..   
50 
 
 
50 
200 
Rhea                  
2 
 
 
12 
..   
..   
12 
53 
Scott .Sequatchie              
10 
9 
3 
3 
1 
- .   
352 
45 
151 
242 
3 
  
506 
287 
1,738 
1,072 
Van Buren  
Totel 2            
Earliest record to date 
... 
5 
 
. 
318 
 
318 
1,255 
 
126 
58 
  
9 
.. 
3,954 
2,677 
  
203 
6,832 
437,606 
26,974 
NA 
NA Not available. 
1 Excludes mines producing less than 1,000 short tone. 
2 Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. 
 
 
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) 
purchased 49 percent of the coal mined in the State, a decrease of 4 percent
from 1966 level. 
 
 Consolidation Coal Co. and Georgia Power Co. signed a 20-year contract for
delivery of 1.5 million tons of coal annually. The coal will be shipped by
unit