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ANTHRACITE COAL MINING ACTIVITIES 1870 to 2007
HISTORICAL SUMMARY

Year Total Coal Production
(tons) 		Total Coal Production
(cubic yards)* 		Underground Mining
(tons) 		Surface Mining
(tons) 		Coal Refuse
(tons) 		Total
Employees 		Total
Fatalities
1870 14,172,004 11,167,852       35,600 211
1871 15,532,252 12,239,757       37,488 210
1872 15,567,973 12,267,906       44,745 223
1873 21,001,521 16,549,662       48,199 264
1874 19,930,240 15,705,469       53,402 231
1875 23,402,646 18,441,801       69,966 238
1876 23,440,666 18,471,762       70,474 228
1877 24,727,213 19,485,589       66,842 194
1878 20,900,966 16,470,422       63,964 187
1879 31,036,600 24,457,526       68,847 262
1880 27,974,532 22,044,548       73,373 202
1881 34,202,558 26,952,370       76,031 273
1882 35,057,430 27,626,028       82,200 295
1883 37,747,369 29,745,760       91,421 323
1884 36,468,738 28,738,170       101,073 332
1885 38,232,155 30,127,782       100,320 332
1886 38,950,932 30,694,194       103,044 279
1887 42,156,300 33,220,095       106,517 316
1888 46,635,037 36,749,438       122,218 364
1889 43,650,768 34,397,768       119,646 397
1890 44,986,286 35,450,186       119,919 378
1891 49,701,322 39,165,738       123,308 428
1892 51,226,978 40,367,989       130,300 418
1893 52,841,110 41,639,961       138,069 456
1894 50,966,920 40,163,058     386,960 139,939 446
1895 56,948,756 44,876,876     386,534 143,705 421
1896 53,843,250 42,429,669     527,809 150,088 502
1897 52,581,036 41,435,017     732,743 149,557 423
1898 52,812,675 41,617,553     697,759 142,420 411
1899 60,518,331 47,689,780     1,055,426 140,604 461
1900 57,363,396 45,203,622     1,818,170 143,824 411
1901 67,094,665 52,872,076     2,009,864 147,651 513
1902 41,340,935 32,577,569     2,965,792 148,139 300
1903 75,232,585 59,284,937     4,119,258 151,827 518
1904 73,594,369 57,993,987     3,440,420 161,330 595
1905 78,647,020 61,975,587     3,987,688 168,254 644
1906 72,139,510 56,847,526     4,880,402 166,175 557
1907 86,056,412 67,814,351     5,630,169 168,774 708
1908 83,543,243 65,833,919     4,635,923 174,503 678
1909 80,223,833 63,218,151     5,206,562 171,195 567
1910 83,683,994 65,944,834     5,412,167 168,175 601
1911 90,917,176 71,644,741     4,555,457 173,338 699
1912 84,426,869 66,530,236     4,317,161 175,098 601
1913 91,626,964 72,204,069     2,934,157 175,310 624
1914 91,189,641 71,859,449     2,702,537 180,899 600
1915 89,377,706 70,431,604     3,418,427 177,339 588
1916 87,680,198 69,093,931     4,432,606 159,169 565
1917 100,445,299 79,153,112     6,408,227 156,148 581
1918 99,445,794 78,365,480     7,246,454 148,226 556
1919 87,838,024 69,218,301     3,616,675 153,780 636
1920 89,636,036 70,635,174     5,435,697 149,117 490
1921 90,358,642 71,204,604     1,842,096 161,926 546
1922 53,910,201 42,482,428     2,525,402 159,880 300
1923 92,653,641 73,013,113     4,212,001 158,764 515
1924 87,277,449 68,776,556     1,141,796 162,503 496
1925 61,334,145 48,332,660     894,187 163,825 401
1926 83,874,500 66,094,957     1,365,175 168,734 455
1927 79,367,154 62,543,069     1,841,440 167,648 492
1928 74,552,312 58,748,867     1,614,863 160,721 447
1929 72,985,844 57,514,455     878,599 153,422 483
1930 68,776,559 54,197,446     890,389 151,171 444
1931 59,115,387 46,584,229     1,468,572 138,400 384
1932 49,501,511 39,008,283     1,062,853 119,480 243
1933 49,507,577 39,013,063     2,090,996 102,469 232
1934 56,798,951 44,758,827   4,461,894 1,516,393 106,251 260
1935 51,359,111 40,472,113   4,962,514 1,876,700 100,539 267
1936 54,264,016 42,761,242   3,757,678 1,411,988 99,704 241
1937 51,700,296 40,740,974   5,014,052 1,882,062 99,117 212
1938 46,269,511 36,461,396   5,080,344 2,031,432 96,998 223
1939 51,399,707 40,504,103   5,308,049 2,347,269 93,352 210
1940 51,526,454 40,603,983   6,010,364 2,599,280 90,790 182
1941 53,942,177 42,507,626   7,855,945 3,689,538 88,849 189
1942 57,939,629 45,657,706   9,657,307 4,045,970 83,707 225
1943 60,511,730 47,684,578   8,688,896 7,715,860 79,369 218
1944 64,112,589 50,522,135   10,925,619 10,527,481 78,145 171
1945 55,901,235 44,051,407   10,521,174 9,454,205 76,265 137
1946 61,978,710 48,840,591   12,912,992 9,214,678 80,556 169
1947 58,227,985 45,884,937   12,691,382 7,076,796 80,730 165
1948 59,108,810 46,579,046   13,485,837 6,735,688 80,390 131
1949 44,710,118 35,232,559   11,081,087 4,823,144 79,209 92
1950 46,339,255 36,516,355   12,291,325 4,027,249 75,231 86
1951 42,389,055 33,403,511   11,376,379 4,843,834 70,357 94
1952 40,067,130 31,573,783   11,019,185 4,710,495 66,483 92
1953 30,495,391 24,031,041   8,883,984 3,892,083 56,952 59
1954 26,612,312 20,971,089   7,852,186 3,055,528 44,731 47
1955 25,934,792 20,437,188   7,826,029 3,618,121 37,397 60
1956 28,175,633 22,203,020   8,527,613 4,336,168 35,029 54
1957 25,163,466 19,829,366   7,831,511 4,356,958 32,767 51
1958 20,456,474 16,120,153   7,001,422 2,711,152 26,738 31
1959 19,670,615 15,500,879   7,272,661 2,981,696 24,112 46
1960 17,721,113 13,964,628   7,138,743 3,006,803 20,269 35
1961 16,506,612 13,007,574   7,279,371 2,418,433 16,971 19
1962 16,496,315 12,999,460   6,942,675 2,829,421 14,704 26
1963 17,411,202 13,720,411   7,552,995 2,965,213 14,323 30
1964 16,524,687 13,021,818   7,248,900 3,013,307 13,584 24
1965 14,229,817 11,213,410   5,996,536 2,611,189 11,839 8
1966 12,031,375 9,480,989   5,317,432 2,662,558 9,621 5
1967 11,552,441 9,103,578   4,910,209 3,335,557 7,828 9
1968 11,025,482 8,688,323   4,918,353 3,571,862 6,682 4
1969 10,165,805 8,010,879   4,696,123 3,319,018 6,461 13
1970 9,248,001 7,287,629   4,624,610 2,956,707 6,286 4
1971 8,187,961 6,452,294   4,450,457 2,492,178 5,816 2
1972 6,462,093 5,092,272   3,492,444 2,072,658 4,431 3
1973 6,293,013 4,959,033   3,284,905 2,305,265 4,053 1
1974 6,090,421 4,799,386   2,812,618 2,645,613 3,831 2
1975 5,628,741 4,435,572   2,511,703 2,520,415 3,877 1
1976 5,291,776 4,170,036   2,958,115 1,817,306 3,641 1
1977 5,060,689 3,987,935   2,896,979 1,663,864 3,603 11
1978 5,036,807 3,969,115   2,961,727 1,480,352 3,472 1
1979 4,835,118 3,810,180   2,961,129 1,331,655 3,310 1
1980 5,983,149 4,714,853 583,274 3,454,821 1,945,054 3,429 3
1981 5,125,389 4,038,920 621,260 3,247,489 1,256,640 3,609 1
1982 3,993,385 3,146,875 475,010 2,525,882 992,493 3,641 0
1983 2,923,452 2,303,745 438,331 1,887,531 597,590 3,003 1
1984 3,893,898 3,068,478 641,628 2,708,194 544,076 3,239 0
1985 5,228,623 4,120,270 753,719 3,428,652 1,046,252 3,225 6
1986 3,748,390 2,953,814 629,023 2,433,025 686,342 2,723 3
1987 5,225,696 4,117,964 615,000 3,492,876 1,117,775 2,617 0
1988 4,180,968 3,294,695 554,000 2,952,581 674,433 2,540 1
1989 3,375,315 2,659,823 601,000 2,247,395 526,850 2,443 1
1990 3,414,967 2,691,069 529,000 1,908,545 976,875 2,258 1
1991 4,864,247 3,833,134 380,519 2,473,295 1,992,433 2,289 0
1992 4,879,958 3,845,515 380,000 2,049,921 2,373,570 2,497 0
1993 5,170,398 4,074,388 456,000 1,739,135 2,933,712 2,158 2
1994 7,973,806 6,283,535 498,000 2,162,126 5,453,347 2,216 2
1995 8,758,150 6,901,615 358,000 2,485,784 5,845,060 2,179 4
1996 11,573,504 9,120,177 395,409 2,740,873 8,437,222 2,109 0
1997 8,934,325 7,040,445 456,567 2,659,176 5,818,582 2,248 0
1998 7,535,593 5,938,214 412,394 2,388,010 4,735,189 1,589 1
1999 5,635,251 4,440,702 311,512 1,964,577 3,359,162 1,632 1
2000 3,905,096 3,077,302 220,462 2,332,828 1,351,806 945 0
2001 3,016,595 3,062,548 154,111 1,645,575 1,216,909 808 0
2002 4,262,856 3,359,225 203,253 2,165,192 1,894,411 795 0
2003 **2,401,780 **1,892,656 308,464 2,093,316 not reported **485 0
2004 6,233,420 4,912,072 271,029 2,060,545 3,906,388 695 1
2005 6,462,579 5,092,655 189,899 2,049,173 4,233,507 697 1
2006 7,516,944 5,923,518 270,773 1,965,377 5,280,794 695 1
2007 8,487,765 6,688,546 209,608 2,307,052 5,971,105 845 0
 
  Total Fatalities from 1870 through 2007: 31,118
*Production reported in cubic yards calculated using 94 lb per cubic foot or 1.269 tons per cubic yard.
**Total production is only for underground and surface mines, refuse tonnage and refuse employees not included.