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BITUMINOUS COAL MINING ACTIVITIES 1877 to 2004
HISTORICAL SUMMARY

Year Total Coal
Production
(tons)		 Total Coal
Production
(cu.yards)*		 Underground
Mining
(tons)		 Surface
Mining
(tons)		 Refuse
Reprocessing
(tons)		 Total
Employees		 Total
Fatalities
1877 1,305,932 1,170,190       16,627 13
1878 12,500,741 11,201,381       25,787 48
1879 14,341,369 12,850,689       27,286 55
1880 16,564,440 14,842,688       33,391 48
1881 15,916,123 14,261,759       35,530 57
1882 20,694,110 18,543,109       42,393 94
1883 18,729,817 16,782,990       35,091 54
1884 20,553,090 18,416,747       39,904 105
1885 23,413,692 20,980,011       44,145 83
1886 27,107,173 24,289,582       52,364 74
1887 29,966,855 26,852,021       57,868 84
1888 33,772,286 30,261,905       61,565 90
1889 34,625,054 31,026,034       62,084 105
1890 40,884,103 36,634,501       67,383 146
1891 41,805,642 37,460,253       74,135 237
1892 46,581,575 41,739,763       78,805 134
1893 43,421,898 38,908,511       81,872 131
1894 39,800,210 35,663,271       86,118 123
1895 51,818,112 46,432,000       84,976 156
1896 50,284,692 45,057,968       83,801 180
1897 54,625,272 48,947,376       86,553 150
1898 64,247,665 57,569,592       87,803 200
1899 73,066,945 65,472,173       91,505 258
1900 79,318,362 71,073,801       108,735 265
1901 80,914,236 72,503,796       117,501 301
1902 98,529,122 88,287,744       135,611 456
1903 103,713,982 92,933,676       151,745 402
1904 99,600,167 89,247,461       155,747 536
1905 119,361,514 106,954,762       164,941 479
1906 129,532,989 116,068,987       172,928 477
1907 149,559,047 134,013,483       183,121 806
1908 114,937,375 102,990,479       181,840 572
1909 136,205,695 122,048,114       185,921 506
1910 148,770,858 133,307,220       193,488 539
1911 142,189,329 127,409,793       182,653 515
1912 160,830,492 144,113,344       182,642 446
1913 172,965,659 154,987,150       189,909 611
1914 145,884,530 130,720,905       196,038 413
1915 157,420,068 141,057,409       187,734 442
1916 169,123,814 151,544,636       174,304 436
1917 171,074,411 153,292,483       186,586 494
1918 177,217,294 158,796,858       181,678 494
1919 147,085,781 131,797,295       180,831 401
1920 166,929,002 149,577,959       184,168 424
1921 114,447,134 102,551,195       200,419 284
1922 108,310,046 97,052,013       194,630 424
1923 169,181,137 151,596,001       200,538 401
1924 128,751,028 115,368,305       174,469 345
1925 135,266,612 121,206,642       165,586 312
1926 151,746,464 135,973,534       164,782 421
1927 131,644,922 117,961,400       158,204 355
1928 129,846,153 116,349,599       137,944 508
1929 142,351,359 127,554,981       135,272 378
1930 123,417,850 110,589,471       133,703 296
1931 96,844,250 86,778,002       119,265 208
1932 74,162,485 66,453,840       106,597 155
1933 78,511,846 70,351,116       116,917 135
1934 89,592,481 80,280,001       127,868 157
1935 91,140,273 81,666,911       129,346 161
1936 108,964,865 97,638,768       133,914 190
1937 110,417,947 98,940,813       133,487 186
1938 76,881,944 68,890,631       115,347 119
1939 89,397,222 80,105,038   2,792,966   117,959 120
1940 111,416,916 99,835,946   2,808,607   117,832 188
1941 127,469,207 114,219,720   6,479,207   124,941 166
1942 142,759,573 127,920,764   10,303,160   115,451 187
1943 139,801,363 125,270,039   17,177,054   105,903 178
1944 144,408,418 129,398,224   22,211,661   99,942 164
1945 130,696,854 117,111,876   26,675,095   98,764 141
1946 123,587,065 110,741,098   31,027,425   103,894 128
1947 144,761,964 129,715,022   35,946,734   109,202 134
1948 130,627,789 117,049,990   33,483,099   110,326 114
1949 87,351,892 78,272,305   21,326,389   100,119 65
1950 103,439,887 92,688,071   25,460,343   94,514 83
1951 106,680,097 95,591,485   22,688,543   86,369 70
1952 87,308,999 78,233,870   19,462,498   76,676 63
1953 91,938,156 82,381,860   19,538,037   69,126 67
1954 70,823,985 63,462,352   16,954,885   55,405 44
1955** 85,042,677 76,203,116   19,212,869   52,103 50
1956 88,595,658 79,386,790   21,694,916   50,529 51
1957 84,064,493 75,326,607   20,558,733   46,989 53
1958 67,398,564 60,392,978   19,548,293   41,309 32
1959 65,627,585 58,806,080   20,506,999   37,337 35
1960 65,595,999 58,777,777   21,028,887   33,396 26
1961 63,171,313 56,605,119   20,892,758   29,633 22
1962 65,648,015 58,824,386   22,235,984   27,264 59
1963 71,258,957 63,852,112   24,233,668   26,216 21
1964 77,321,793 69,284,761   24,019,760   26,008 18
1965 80,119,548 71,791,710   23,681,102   25,206 33
1966 81,449,647 72,983,555   24,701,150   24,729 28
1967 79,101,385 70,879,377   21,729,033   23,811 27
1968 75,714,611 67,844,634   20,512,477   23,117 29
1969 78,185,036 70,058,276   21,652,731   22,969 25
1970 80,091,922 71,766,955   24,161,015   24,667 30
1971 71,776,681 64,316,022   26,861,508   26,549 32
1972 75,863,137 67,977,721   25,717,040   25,627 19
1973 76,796,661 68,814,212   29,326,629   26,722 17
1974 80,042,191 71,722,393   36,056,422   29,108 20
1975 84,479,031 75,698,056   37,577,930   34,170 17
1976 85,747,874 76,835,013   40,242,401   36,240 19
1977 86,421,876 77,438,957   46,605,297   38,307 12
1978 80,342,913 71,991,858   46,552,420   39,230 7
1979 89,166,894 79,898,651   45,116,917   37,051 13
1980 87,068,738 78,018,582 42,890,801 43,907,732 270,205 35,071 13
1981 78,082,678 69,966,557 33,956,952 44,036,858 88,868 32,229 13
1982 74,755,461 66,985,180 36,501,363 38,217,871 36,227 26,819 5
1983 68,732,731 61,588,469 37,307,639 31,424,292 800 23,872 12
1984 73,806,213 66,134,599 37,527,734 36,243,180 35,299 22,677 8
1985 65,534,892 58,723,022 36,076,875 29,429,217 28,800 19,661 4
1986 69,452,755 62,233,651 38,163,162 31,145,278 144,315 19,493 5
1987 66,864,202 59,914,159 38,340,274 28,135,991 387,937 16,936 6
1988 67,552,570 60,530,977 40,242,015 26,917,130 393,425 15,175 2
1989 68,350,235 61,245,730 40,270,902 27,693,955 385,378 13,644 2
1990 67,947,083 60,884,483 40,880,472 26,875,183 191,428 14,083 4
1991 62,801,667 56,273,895 41,582,862 20,755,422 463,383 12,610 2
1992 66,759,376 59,820,229 45,016,404 20,309,053 1,433,919 12,195 2
1993 57,903,913 51,885,227 37,852,271 18,693,636 1,358,006 10,336 3
1994 57,977,792 51,951,427 40,218,509 17,468,106 291,177 9,219 3
1995 60,834,057 54,510,804 45,144,438 15,197,579 492,040 7,986 4
1996 68,973,910 61,804,579 51,505,194 16,173,867 1,294,849 7,434 3
1997 73,491,175 65,852,307 55,344,042 16,663,632 1,483,501 7,985 4
1998 79,544,949 71,276,836 61,284,503 16,764,199 1,496,247 7,969 0
1999 75,094,596 67,289,065 58,966,141 14,535,723 1,592,732 7,095 1
2000 75,122,643 66,641,813 58,600,253 14,030,580 2,491,810 7,723 2
2001 77,076,662 69,065,109 58,675,185 15,759,595 2,641,882 7,720 1
2002 70,044,685 62,764,055 55,266,926 12,837,245 1,940,514 6,995 3
2003 69,587,211 62,354,132 54,102,244 13,467,878 2,017,089 5,860 2
2004 72,745,837 65,184,442 57,219,534 12,870,962 2,655,341 6,485 0
 
Total tons mined from 1877 through 2004: 11,236,269,198 Total Fatalities from 1877 through 2004: 20,386
Total cubic yards mined from 1877 through 2004: 10,068,341,575
 
*Production reported in cubic yards calculated using 1,800 tons per acre-foot or 1.116 tons per cubic yard.
**Prior to 1955, production, employees and fatalities of deep mines employing fewer than five (5) persons were not reported.