This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing support activities for coal mining (except site preparation and related construction activities) on a contract or fee basis. Exploration for coal is included in this industry. Exploration includes traditional prospecting methods, such as taking core samples and making geological observations at prospective sites.

• Anthracite mine tunneling on a contract basis
• Anthracite mining services (except site preparation and related construction contractor activities) on a contract basis
• Auger coal mining services (except site preparation and related construction contractor activities) on a contract basis
• Bituminous coal mining services (except site preparation and related construction contractor activities) on a contract basis
• Bituminous coal or lignite surface mine site development (except site preparation and related construction contractor activities) on a contract basis
• Bituminous coal stripping service on a contract basis
• Bituminous or lignite auger mining service on a contract basis
• Blasting services, coal mining, on a contract basis
• Coal mining services (except site preparation and related construction contractor activities)
• Coal mining support services (tunneling, blasting, training, overburden removal)(except site preparation and related construction contractor activities)
• Culm bank recovery, anthracite, on a contract basis
• Culm bank recovery, coal, on a contract basis
• Draining or pumping coal mines on a contract basis
• Drilling services for coal mining on a contract basis
• Exploration services for coal (except geophysical surveying and mapping) on a contract basis
• Lignite mining services (except site preparation and related construction contractor activities) on a contract basis
• Mine shaft sinking services for coal mining on a contract basis
• Mine tunneling services for coal mining on a contract basis
• Overburden removal for coal mining on a contract basis
• Prospect and test drilling services for coal mining on contract basis
• Pumping or draining coal mines on a contract basis
• Removal of overburden for coal mining on a contract basis
• Shaft sinking for coal mines on a contract basis
• Sinking shafts for coal mining on a contract basis
• Stripping overburden services for coal mining on a contract basis
• Tunneling services for coal mining on a contract basis