Table 1. Anthracite Coal Statistical Summary

Table 1
ANTHRACITE COAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES
1870 to 2000

Year Production (Net Tons) Bank/Refuse
Production ¹ Surface
Production ¹ Employees Fatalities Production per Fatality Fatalities Per 1,000,000 Tons Produced No. of Mine Inspectors

1870 ² 14,172,004 35,600 211 67,166 14.89 5

1871 15,532,252 37,488 210 73,963 13.52 5

1872 15,567,973 44,745 223 69,811 14.32 5

1873 21,001,521 48,199 264 79,551 12.57 5

1874 19,930,240 53,402 231 86,278 11.59 5

1875 23,402,646 69,966 238 98,330 10.17 6

1876 23,440,666 70,474 228 102,810 9.73 6

1877 24,727,213 66,842 194 127,460 7.85 6

1878 20,900,966 63,964 187 111,770 8.95 6

1879 31,036,600 68,847 262 118,460 8.44 6

1880 27,974,532 73,373 202 138,488 7.22 6

1881 34,202,558 76,031 273 125,284 7.98 7

1882 35,057,430 82,200 295 118,839 8.41 6

1883 37,747,369 91,421 323 116,865 8.56 6

1884 36,468,738 101,073 332 109,846 9.10 6

1885 38,232,155 100,320 332 115,157 8.68 7

1886 38,950,932 103,044 279 139,609 7.16 7

1887 42,156,300 106,517 316 133,406 7.50 7

1888 46,635,037 122,218 364 128,118 7.81 8

1889 43,650,768 119,646 397 109,952 19.09 8

1890 44,986,286 119,919 378 110,011 8.40 7

1891 49,701,322 123,308 428 116,125 8.61 8

1892 51,226,978 130,300 418 122,553 8.16 8

1893 ³ 52,841,110 138,069 456 115,880 8.63 8

1894 50,966,920 386,960 139,939 446 114,276 8.75 8

1895 56,948,756 386,534 143,705 421 135,270 7.39 8

1896 53,843,250 527,809 150,088 502 107,257 9.32 8

1897 52,581,036 732,743 149,557 423 124,305 8.04 8

1898 52,812,675 697,759 142,420 411 129,498 7.78 8

1899 60,518,331 1,055,426 140,604 461 131,276 7.62 8

1900 57,363,396 1,818,170 143,824 411 139,570 7.16 8

1901 67,094,665 2,009,864 147,651 513 130,789 7.65 8

1902 41,340,935 2,965,792 148,139 300 137,803 7.26 8

1903 75,232,585 4,119,258 151,827 518 145,237 6.89 15

1904 73,594,369 3,440,420 161,330 595 123,688 8.08 15

1905 78,647,020 3,987,688 168,254 644 122,123 8.19 15

1906 72,139,510 4,880,402 166,175 557 129,514 7.72 19

1907 86,056,412 5,630,169 168,774 708 121,549 8.23 20

1908 83,543,243 4,635,923 174,503 678 123,220 8.12 20

1909 80,223,833 5,206,562 171,195 567 141,488 7.07 20

1910 83,683,994 5,412,167 168,175 601 139,241 7.18 20

1911 90,917,176 4,555,457 173,338 699 130,067 7.69 21

1912 84,426,869 4,317,161 175,098 601 140,477 7.12 21

1913 91,626,964 2,934,157 175,310 624 146,838 6.81 21

1914 91,189,641 2,702,537 180,899 600 151,983 6.58 21

1915 89,377,706 3,418,427 177,339 588 152,003 6.58 21

1916 87,680,198 4,432,606 159,169 565 155,186 6.44 25

1917 100,445,299 6,408,227 156,148 581 172,883 5.78 25

1918 99,445,794 7,246,454 148,226 556 178,859 5.59 25

1919 87,838,024 3,616,675 153,780 636 138,110 7.24 25

1920 89,636,036 5,435,697 149,117 490 182,931 5.47 25

1921 90,358,642 1,842,096 161,926 546 165,492 6.04 25

1922 53,910,201 2,525,402 159,880 300 179,701 5.56 25

1923 92,653,641 4,212,001 158,764 515 179,910 5.56 22

1924 87,277,449 1,141,796 162,503 496 175,963 5.68 22

1925 61,334,145 894,187 163,825 401 152,953 6.54 18

1926 83,874,500 1,365,175 168,734 455 184,340 5.42 18

1927 79,367,154 1,841,440 167,648 492 161,315 6.20 25

1928 74,552,312 1,614,863 160,721 447 166,784 6.00 25

1929 72,985,844 878,599 153,422 483 151,109 6.62 25

1930 68,776,559 890,389 151,171 444 154,902 6.46 25

1931 59,115,387 1,468,572 138,400 384 153,946 6.50 25

1932 ⁴ 49,501,511 1,062,853 3,545,948 119,480 243 203,710 4.91 21

1933 49,507,577 2,090,996 4,308,811 102,469 232 213,395 4.69 21

1934 56,798,951 1,516,393 4,461,894 106,251 260 218,458 4.58 19

1935 51,359,111 1,876,700 4,962,514 100,539 267 192,256 5.20 17

1936 54,264,016 1,411,988 3,757,678 99,704 241 225,162 4.44 16

1937 51,700,296 1,882,062 5,014,052 99,117 212 243,869 4.10 22

1938 46,269,511 2,031,432 5,080,344 96,998 223 207,487 4.82 20

1939 51,399,707 2,347,269 5,308,049 93,352 210 244,761 4.09 24

1940 51,526,454 2,599,280 6,010,364 90,790 182 283,112 3.53 23

1941 53,942,177 3,689,538 7,855,945 88,849 189 285,408 3.50 22

1942 57,939,629 4,045,970 9,657,307 83,707 225 257,509 3.88 22

1943 60,511,730 7,715,860 8,688,896 79,369 218 277,577 3.60 23

1944 64,112,589 10,527,481 10,925,619 78,145 171 374,927 2.67 24

1945 55,901,235 9,454,205 10,521,174 76,265 137 408,038 2.45 23

1946 61,978,710 9,214,678 12,912,992 80,556 169 366,738 2.73 24

1947 58,227,985 7,076,796 12,691,382 80,730 165 352,897 2.83 24

1948 59,108,810 6,735,688 13,485,837 80,390 131 451,212 2.22 26

1949 44,710,118 4,823,144 11,081,087 79,209 92 485,980 2.06 26

1950 46,339,255 4,027,249 12,291,325 75,231 86 538,829 1.86 25

1951 42,389,055 4,843,834 11,376,379 70,357 94 450,927 2.22 25

1952 40,067,130 4,710,495 11,019,185 66,483 92 435,512 2.30 25

1953 30,495,391 3,892,083 8,883,984 56,952 59 516,871 1.93 25

1954 26,612,312 3,055,528 7,852,186 44,731 47 566,219 1.76 24

1955 ⁵ 25,934,792 3,618,121 7,826,029 37,397 60 432,247 2.31 20

1956 28,175,633 4,336,168 8,527,613 35,029 54 521,771 1.92 18

1957 25,163,466 4,356,958 7,831,511 32,767 51 493,401 2.03 21

1958 20,456,474 2,711,152 7,001,422 26,738 31 659,886 1.52 20

1959 19,670,615 2,981,696 7,272,661 24,112 46 427,622 2.34 20

1960 17,721,113 3,006,803 7,138,743 20,269 35 506,318 1.98 23

1961 16,506,612 2,418,433 7,279,371 16,971 19 868,769 1.15 23

1962 16,496,315 2,829,421 6,942,675 14,704 26 634,474 1.58 22

1963 17,411,202 2,965,213 7,552,995 14,323 30 580,373 1.72 22

1964 16,524,687 3,013,307 7,248,900 13,584 24 688,529 1.45 22

1965 14,229,817 2,611,189 5,996,536 11,839 8 1,778,727 0.56 21

1966 12,031,375 2,662,558 5,317,432 9,621 5 2,406,275 0.41 21

1967 11,552,441 3,335,557 4,910,209 7,828 9 1,283,605 0.78 21

1968 11,025,482 3,571,862 4,918,353 6,682 4 2,756,370 0.36 16

1969 10,165,805 3,319,018 4,696,123 6,461 13 781,985 1.28 16

1970 9,248,001 2,956,707 4,624,610 6,286 4 2,312,002 0.43 16

1971 8,187,961 2,492,178 4,450,457 5,816 2 4,093,980 0.24 16

1972 6,462,093 2,072,658 3,492,444 4,431 3 2,154,031 0.47 16

1973 6,293,013 2,305,265 3,284,905 4,053 1 6,293,013 0.16 12

1974 6,090,421 2,645,613 2,812,618 3,831 2 3,045,210 0.32 12

1975 5,628,741 2,520,415 2,511,703 3,877 1 5,628,741 0.17 14

1976 5,291,776 1,817,306 2,958,115 3,641 1 5,291,776 0.18 13

1977 5,060,689 1,663,864 2,896,979 3,603 11 460,063 2.17 13

1978 5,036,807 1,480,352 2,961,727 3,472 1 5,036,887 0.20 13

1979 4,835,118 1,331,655 2,961,129 3,310 1 4,835,118 0.21 13

1980 5,983,149 1,945,054 3,454,821 3,429 3 1,994,383 0.50 16

1981 5,125,389 1,256,640 3,247,489 3,609 1 5,125,389 0.20 13

1982 3,993,385 992,493 2,525,882 3,641 None 19

1983 2,923,452 597,590 1,887,531 3,003 1 2,923,452 0.34 18

1984 3,893,898 544,076 2,708,194 3,239 None 16

1985 5,228,623 1,046,252 3,428,652 3,225 6 871,437 1.14 17

1986 3,748,390 686,342 2,433,025 2,723 3 1,249,463 0.80 17

1987 5,225,696 1,117,775 3,492,876 2,617 None 17

1988 4,180,968 674,433 2,952,581 2,540 1 4,180,968 0.23 17

1989 3,375,315 526,850 2,247,395 2,443 1 3,375,315 0.30 17

1990 3,414,967 976,875 1,908,545 2,258 1 3,414,967 0.30 17

1991 4,846,247 1,992,433 2,473,295 2,289 1 4,846,247 0.21 17

1992 4,879,958 2,373,570 2,049,921 2,497 None 17

1993 5,170,398 2,933,712 1,739,135 2,158 2 2,585,199 0.39 17

1994 7,973,806 5,453,347 2,162,126 2,216 2 3,986,903 0.25 17

1995 8,758,150 5,845,060 2,485,784 2,179 4 2,189,537 0.46 17

1996 11,573,504 8,437,222 2,740,873 2,109 None 17

1997 8,934,325 5,818,582 2,659,176 2,248 None 17

1998 7,535,593 4,735,189 2,388,010 1,589 1 7,535,593 0.10 19

1999 5,635,251 3,359,162 1,964,577 1,632 1 5,635,251 0.18 22

2000 3,905,096 1,351,806 2,332,828 945 None 23

Included in Total Production
No accurate record previous to 1870
No accurate Bank and Surface Production record previous to 1894
No accurate Surface Production record previous to 1932
In 1955 and subsequent years the production, employees, fatalities, etc., of deep mines employing fewer than five (5) persons inside are included in this report.

Year	Production (Net Tons)	Bank/Refuse Production ¹	Surface Production ¹	Employees	Fatalities	Production per Fatality	Fatalities Per 1,000,000 Tons Produced	No. of Mine Inspectors
1870 ²	14,172,004			35,600	211	67,166	14.89	5
1871	15,532,252			37,488	210	73,963	13.52	5
1872	15,567,973			44,745	223	69,811	14.32	5
1873	21,001,521			48,199	264	79,551	12.57	5
1874	19,930,240			53,402	231	86,278	11.59	5
1875	23,402,646			69,966	238	98,330	10.17	6
1876	23,440,666			70,474	228	102,810	9.73	6
1877	24,727,213			66,842	194	127,460	7.85	6
1878	20,900,966			63,964	187	111,770	8.95	6
1879	31,036,600			68,847	262	118,460	8.44	6
1880	27,974,532			73,373	202	138,488	7.22	6
1881	34,202,558			76,031	273	125,284	7.98	7
1882	35,057,430			82,200	295	118,839	8.41	6
1883	37,747,369			91,421	323	116,865	8.56	6
1884	36,468,738			101,073	332	109,846	9.10	6
1885	38,232,155			100,320	332	115,157	8.68	7
1886	38,950,932			103,044	279	139,609	7.16	7
1887	42,156,300			106,517	316	133,406	7.50	7
1888	46,635,037			122,218	364	128,118	7.81	8
1889	43,650,768			119,646	397	109,952	19.09	8
1890	44,986,286			119,919	378	110,011	8.40	7
1891	49,701,322			123,308	428	116,125	8.61	8
1892	51,226,978			130,300	418	122,553	8.16	8
1893 ³	52,841,110			138,069	456	115,880	8.63	8
1894	50,966,920	386,960		139,939	446	114,276	8.75	8
1895	56,948,756	386,534		143,705	421	135,270	7.39	8
1896	53,843,250	527,809		150,088	502	107,257	9.32	8
1897	52,581,036	732,743		149,557	423	124,305	8.04	8
1898	52,812,675	697,759		142,420	411	129,498	7.78	8
1899	60,518,331	1,055,426		140,604	461	131,276	7.62	8
1900	57,363,396	1,818,170		143,824	411	139,570	7.16	8
1901	67,094,665	2,009,864		147,651	513	130,789	7.65	8
1902	41,340,935	2,965,792		148,139	300	137,803	7.26	8
1903	75,232,585	4,119,258		151,827	518	145,237	6.89	15
1904	73,594,369	3,440,420		161,330	595	123,688	8.08	15
1905	78,647,020	3,987,688		168,254	644	122,123	8.19	15
1906	72,139,510	4,880,402		166,175	557	129,514	7.72	19
1907	86,056,412	5,630,169		168,774	708	121,549	8.23	20
1908	83,543,243	4,635,923		174,503	678	123,220	8.12	20
1909	80,223,833	5,206,562		171,195	567	141,488	7.07	20
1910	83,683,994	5,412,167		168,175	601	139,241	7.18	20
1911	90,917,176	4,555,457		173,338	699	130,067	7.69	21
1912	84,426,869	4,317,161		175,098	601	140,477	7.12	21
1913	91,626,964	2,934,157		175,310	624	146,838	6.81	21
1914	91,189,641	2,702,537		180,899	600	151,983	6.58	21
1915	89,377,706	3,418,427		177,339	588	152,003	6.58	21
1916	87,680,198	4,432,606		159,169	565	155,186	6.44	25
1917	100,445,299	6,408,227		156,148	581	172,883	5.78	25
1918	99,445,794	7,246,454		148,226	556	178,859	5.59	25
1919	87,838,024	3,616,675		153,780	636	138,110	7.24	25
1920	89,636,036	5,435,697		149,117	490	182,931	5.47	25
1921	90,358,642	1,842,096		161,926	546	165,492	6.04	25
1922	53,910,201	2,525,402		159,880	300	179,701	5.56	25
1923	92,653,641	4,212,001		158,764	515	179,910	5.56	22
1924	87,277,449	1,141,796		162,503	496	175,963	5.68	22
1925	61,334,145	894,187		163,825	401	152,953	6.54	18
1926	83,874,500	1,365,175		168,734	455	184,340	5.42	18
1927	79,367,154	1,841,440		167,648	492	161,315	6.20	25
1928	74,552,312	1,614,863		160,721	447	166,784	6.00	25
1929	72,985,844	878,599		153,422	483	151,109	6.62	25
1930	68,776,559	890,389		151,171	444	154,902	6.46	25
1931	59,115,387	1,468,572		138,400	384	153,946	6.50	25
1932 ⁴	49,501,511	1,062,853	3,545,948	119,480	243	203,710	4.91	21
1933	49,507,577	2,090,996	4,308,811	102,469	232	213,395	4.69	21
1934	56,798,951	1,516,393	4,461,894	106,251	260	218,458	4.58	19
1935	51,359,111	1,876,700	4,962,514	100,539	267	192,256	5.20	17
1936	54,264,016	1,411,988	3,757,678	99,704	241	225,162	4.44	16
1937	51,700,296	1,882,062	5,014,052	99,117	212	243,869	4.10	22
1938	46,269,511	2,031,432	5,080,344	96,998	223	207,487	4.82	20
1939	51,399,707	2,347,269	5,308,049	93,352	210	244,761	4.09	24
1940	51,526,454	2,599,280	6,010,364	90,790	182	283,112	3.53	23
1941	53,942,177	3,689,538	7,855,945	88,849	189	285,408	3.50	22
1942	57,939,629	4,045,970	9,657,307	83,707	225	257,509	3.88	22
1943	60,511,730	7,715,860	8,688,896	79,369	218	277,577	3.60	23
1944	64,112,589	10,527,481	10,925,619	78,145	171	374,927	2.67	24
1945	55,901,235	9,454,205	10,521,174	76,265	137	408,038	2.45	23
1946	61,978,710	9,214,678	12,912,992	80,556	169	366,738	2.73	24
1947	58,227,985	7,076,796	12,691,382	80,730	165	352,897	2.83	24
1948	59,108,810	6,735,688	13,485,837	80,390	131	451,212	2.22	26
1949	44,710,118	4,823,144	11,081,087	79,209	92	485,980	2.06	26
1950	46,339,255	4,027,249	12,291,325	75,231	86	538,829	1.86	25
1951	42,389,055	4,843,834	11,376,379	70,357	94	450,927	2.22	25
1952	40,067,130	4,710,495	11,019,185	66,483	92	435,512	2.30	25
1953	30,495,391	3,892,083	8,883,984	56,952	59	516,871	1.93	25
1954	26,612,312	3,055,528	7,852,186	44,731	47	566,219	1.76	24
1955 ⁵	25,934,792	3,618,121	7,826,029	37,397	60	432,247	2.31	20
1956	28,175,633	4,336,168	8,527,613	35,029	54	521,771	1.92	18
1957	25,163,466	4,356,958	7,831,511	32,767	51	493,401	2.03	21
1958	20,456,474	2,711,152	7,001,422	26,738	31	659,886	1.52	20
1959	19,670,615	2,981,696	7,272,661	24,112	46	427,622	2.34	20
1960	17,721,113	3,006,803	7,138,743	20,269	35	506,318	1.98	23
1961	16,506,612	2,418,433	7,279,371	16,971	19	868,769	1.15	23
1962	16,496,315	2,829,421	6,942,675	14,704	26	634,474	1.58	22
1963	17,411,202	2,965,213	7,552,995	14,323	30	580,373	1.72	22
1964	16,524,687	3,013,307	7,248,900	13,584	24	688,529	1.45	22
1965	14,229,817	2,611,189	5,996,536	11,839	8	1,778,727	0.56	21
1966	12,031,375	2,662,558	5,317,432	9,621	5	2,406,275	0.41	21
1967	11,552,441	3,335,557	4,910,209	7,828	9	1,283,605	0.78	21
1968	11,025,482	3,571,862	4,918,353	6,682	4	2,756,370	0.36	16
1969	10,165,805	3,319,018	4,696,123	6,461	13	781,985	1.28	16
1970	9,248,001	2,956,707	4,624,610	6,286	4	2,312,002	0.43	16
1971	8,187,961	2,492,178	4,450,457	5,816	2	4,093,980	0.24	16
1972	6,462,093	2,072,658	3,492,444	4,431	3	2,154,031	0.47	16
1973	6,293,013	2,305,265	3,284,905	4,053	1	6,293,013	0.16	12
1974	6,090,421	2,645,613	2,812,618	3,831	2	3,045,210	0.32	12
1975	5,628,741	2,520,415	2,511,703	3,877	1	5,628,741	0.17	14
1976	5,291,776	1,817,306	2,958,115	3,641	1	5,291,776	0.18	13
1977	5,060,689	1,663,864	2,896,979	3,603	11	460,063	2.17	13
1978	5,036,807	1,480,352	2,961,727	3,472	1	5,036,887	0.20	13
1979	4,835,118	1,331,655	2,961,129	3,310	1	4,835,118	0.21	13
1980	5,983,149	1,945,054	3,454,821	3,429	3	1,994,383	0.50	16
1981	5,125,389	1,256,640	3,247,489	3,609	1	5,125,389	0.20	13
1982	3,993,385	992,493	2,525,882	3,641	None			19
1983	2,923,452	597,590	1,887,531	3,003	1	2,923,452	0.34	18
1984	3,893,898	544,076	2,708,194	3,239	None			16
1985	5,228,623	1,046,252	3,428,652	3,225	6	871,437	1.14	17
1986	3,748,390	686,342	2,433,025	2,723	3	1,249,463	0.80	17
1987	5,225,696	1,117,775	3,492,876	2,617	None			17
1988	4,180,968	674,433	2,952,581	2,540	1	4,180,968	0.23	17
1989	3,375,315	526,850	2,247,395	2,443	1	3,375,315	0.30	17
1990	3,414,967	976,875	1,908,545	2,258	1	3,414,967	0.30	17
1991	4,846,247	1,992,433	2,473,295	2,289	1	4,846,247	0.21	17
1992	4,879,958	2,373,570	2,049,921	2,497	None			17
1993	5,170,398	2,933,712	1,739,135	2,158	2	2,585,199	0.39	17
1994	7,973,806	5,453,347	2,162,126	2,216	2	3,986,903	0.25	17
1995	8,758,150	5,845,060	2,485,784	2,179	4	2,189,537	0.46	17
1996	11,573,504	8,437,222	2,740,873	2,109	None			17
1997	8,934,325	5,818,582	2,659,176	2,248	None			17
1998	7,535,593	4,735,189	2,388,010	1,589	1	7,535,593	0.10	19
1999	5,635,251	3,359,162	1,964,577	1,632	1	5,635,251	0.18	22
2000	3,905,096	1,351,806	2,332,828	945	None			23

Table 1 ANTHRACITE COAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES 1870 to 2000

Table 1
ANTHRACITE COAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES
1870 to 2000