11-24-2008, 01:06 AM
With 27 coal mines reporting, the average hourly wage for some of the key people at a surface coal mine are as follows: electrician=$25; mechanic=$24; welder=$24; helper=$22;oiler=$24; shovel operator=$25; drill operator=$23; truck driver=$23; and laborer=$21.
At underground coal mines, comparable people earn about a dollar to $2 an hour less. For example the average hourly rate in 2007 for underground coal mines: electrician=$23; mechanic=$23; welder=$22; helper=$21; and laborer=$21. Maybe the average is pulled down by these folk whom you do not find at surface mines: UG driller/shooter=$22; roof bolter=$23; UG loading machine operator=$22. Seems everybody tends to a wage of about $22 an hour.
http://technology.infomine.com/articles/....mine.aspx
At underground coal mines, comparable people earn about a dollar to $2 an hour less. For example the average hourly rate in 2007 for underground coal mines: electrician=$23; mechanic=$23; welder=$22; helper=$21; and laborer=$21. Maybe the average is pulled down by these folk whom you do not find at surface mines: UG driller/shooter=$22; roof bolter=$23; UG loading machine operator=$22. Seems everybody tends to a wage of about $22 an hour.
http://technology.infomine.com/articles/....mine.aspx