Industry: 1221—Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining
Establishments primarily engaged in producing bituminous coal or lignite at surface mines or in developing bituminous coal or lignite surface mines. This industry includes auger mining, strip mining, culm bank mining, and other surface mining, by owners or lessees or by establishments which have complete responsibility for operating bituminous coal and lignite surface mines for others on a contract or fee basis. Bituminous coal and lignite preparation plants performing such activities as cleaning, crushing, screening or sizing are included if operated in conjunction with a mine site, or if operated independently of any type of mine.
| Brown coal mining | Preparation plants, bituminous coal or lignite |
| Cleaning plants, bituminous coal | Screening plants, bituminous coal |
| Coal mining, bituminous: surface | Semianthracite surface mining |
| Coal preparation plants, bituminous or lignite | Semibituminous coal surface mining |
| Crushing plants, bituminous coal | Strip mining, bituminous coal: except on a contract basis |
| Culm bank recovery, bituminous coal or lignite: except on a contract | Strip mining, lignite: except on a contract basis |
| Hard coal surface mining, except Pennsylvania anthracite | Subbituminous coal surface mining |
| Lignite mining | Washeries, bituminous coal or lignite |
| Codes |
Titles | Total Marketable US Businesses |
| 12210000 | Bituminous coal and lignite-surface mining | 297 |
| 12210100 | Bituminous coal surface mining | 80 |
| 12210101 | Auger mining, bituminous | 8 |
| 12210102 | Culm bank mining | 0 |
| 12210103 | Strip mining, bituminous | 63 |
| 12210104 | Strip mining, lignite | 5 |
| 12210105 | Surface mining, bituminous, nec | 60 |
| 12210106 | Surface mining, lignite, nec | 6 |
| 12210200 | Bituminous coal and lignite loading and preparation | 3 |
| 12210201 | Coal preparation plant, bituminous or lignite | 37 |
| 12210202 | Unit train loading facility, bituminous or lignite | 5 |
