Submitted by GRN St Louis – Jeff Phillips
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BOBBY D. Smith
Madisonville, Ky. 42431
H.Ph. 270-***-****
W.Cell - 812-***-****
PERSONAL HISTORY
• Total Experience in the Coal Mining Industry: 38 years
• Total experience in Mine Management: Foreman, Mine Foreman, Superintendent,
Mine Manager, Mine Operator and Safety Coordinator 35 years
I was born in the coalfields of eastern Kentucky to a family of generations of coal miners. I,
myself am a lifelong coal miner. My first job was at age sixteen in an underground coal mine in
Pike County, KY. While working in the mine on the evening shift and attending high school
during the day, I became the first of thirteen children to graduate.
CERTIFICATIONS:
• KY CERTIFIED FOREMAN #A-477- • MSHA CERTIFIED SURFACE AND
82 UNDERGROUND INSTRUCTOR
• KY CERTIFIED SHORT FIRER “UNLIMITED STATUS’
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• MSHA CERTIFIED RESPIRABLE OKLAHOMA MINE
SUPERINTENDENT
DUST SAMPLER
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• KY CERTIFIED UNDERGROUND Certified Hoisting Engineer
AND SURFACE: U.G. CARD
Ky. Certified Mine Instructor
#0102623
• Ky. Certified Mine Inspector
W V UNDERGROUND AND
SURFACE CERTICATION
Management History and Experience
A. Safety Coordinator: Frontier Kemper Constructors, Inc.
B. Mine Foreman : Ken American Resources
C. Mine Superintendent: Pleasant View Mining
D. Mine Section Foreman : Jim Walters Resources
E. Vice President and Gen. Mgr. of Mining: Coal Creek Minerals
F. Gen. Mgr. and Chief Operating Officer : Mid America Mining
G. Mine Foreman and Chief Training Officer of New Inexperienced Miners: Massey
Energy
H. Project Manager: Highwall Mining Division for Joy Manufacturing
I. Mine Superintendent and Safety Manager: Progressive Coal Company
EQUIPMENT QUALIFIED TO OPERATE:
• MINER • 270 S & S TRACTOR & PUSHOUT
• SHUTTLE CAR • SURFACE END LOADER AND
• SCOOP DOZER
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• ROOF BOLTER HIGH W ALL MINER
• COAL DRILL
• 1410 JOY LOADER
Submitted by GRN St Louis – Jeff Phillips
Notes of Interest:
• U.S. coal fields/areas of geographical employment - Northern and Southern Appalachian
coal fields, Illinois basin, and the Uinta basin
• Other U.S. coal field experience, either as a consultant or purchaser of products - Powder
River Basin
• LLC’s owned by Mr. Smith: Smith’s Consulting and Acquisitions
References can be provided upon request.