神木县境内已探明煤炭贮量500亿吨。八十年代以来，我县的煤炭工业迅速发展，带动了全县经济的腾飞，解决了一大批农村剩余劳动力的就业问题，人民收入和生活水平不断提高。特别是乡镇小煤窑发展势头更猛，目前有240多个，年产量超过500万吨．煤炭企业上交的税利占到全县财政收 Shenmu County has proven reserves of 50 billion tons of coal. Since the 1980s, the rapid development of coal industry in our county has led to the rapid economic development in the county, solved the employment problem of a large number of surplus rural labor force, and continuously improved the people’s income and living standard. In particular, township small coal mines development momentum is more fierce, there are currently more than 240, with an annual output of more than 5 million tons. Taxes handed over by the coal enterprises accounted for the county financial revenue