Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Mining Industry Accident, Injuries, Employment, and Production Statistics - Anthracite Mining Data -Table 03

Table 03. Average Number of Employees at Anthracite Mines in the United States,

by Primary Activity, 1978-2007

Year	Underground Mines			Surface Mines
	Underground	Surf at UG	Total	Strip	Auger	Culm Bank	Dredge	Total
1978	468	83	551	1,289	-	206	7	1,502
1979	416	58	474	1,063	-	221	7	1,291
1980	426	56	482	1,418	-	202	8	1,628
1981	482	78	560	1,516	-	192	9	1,717
1982	513	90	603	1,412	-	172	11	1,595
1983¹	479	95	574	1,133	-	184	12	1,329
1984	513	110	623	1,129	-	199	13	1,341
1985	482	107	589	917	-	187	15	1,119
1986	515	123	638	976	-	216	13	1,205
1987	419	120	539	761	-	179	12	952
1988	391	128	519	683	-	180	9	872
1989	330	108	438	724	-	154	7	885
1990	317	99	416	695	-	250	4	949
1991	293	95	388	665	-	273	5	943
1992	267	97	364	625	-	309	4	938
1993	222	75	297	554	-	372	3	929
1994	207	73	280	598	-	301	4	903
1995	202	65	267	522	-	327	2	851
1996	186	60	246	572	-	319	3	894
1997	187	66	253	630	-	306	2	938
1998	180	70	250	657	-	248	-	905
1999	161	60	221	630	-	173	-	803
2000	130	55	185	539	-	199	-	738
2001	127	41	168	373	-	171	-	544
2002	114	40	154	353	-	127	-	480
2003	99	44	143	351	-	123	-	474
2004	91	40	131	388	-	129	-	517
2005	82	39	121	389	-	147	-	536
2006	91	39	130	377	-	156	-	533
2007	86	28	114	398	-	174	-	572

Table 03. Average Number of Employees at Anthracite Mines in the United States,

by Primary Activity, 1978-2007 – continued:

Year	Total Mining	Indp Shops/Yrds	Prep Plants	Total w/o Office	Office	Grand Total
1978	2,053	60	946	3,059	118	3,177
1979	1,765	39	868	2,672	105	2,777
1980	2,110	80	1,103	3,293	115	3,408
1981	2,277	83	1,139	3,499	122	3,621
1982	2,198	59	1,141	3,398	142	3,540
1983¹	1,903	52	853	2,808	121	2,929
1984	1,964	50	895	2,909	135	3,044
1985	1,708	49	885	2,642	148	2,790
1986	1,843	61	937	2,841	146	2,987
1987	1,491	45	837	2,373	120	2,493
1988	1,391	44	846	2,281	111	2,392
1989	1,323	37	760	2,120	114	2,234
1990	1,365	44	750	2,159	126	2,285
1991	1,331	41	703	2,075	126	2,201
1992	1,302	23	666	1,991	137	2,128
1993	1,226	23	562	1,811	140	1,951
1994	1,183	29	616	1,828	138	1,966
1995	1,118	25	572	1,715	144	1,859
1996	1,140	22	553	1,715	141	1,856
1997	1,191	16	640	1,847	145	1,992
1998	1,155	10	563	1,728	146	1,874
1999	1,024	9	567	1,600	149	1,749
2000	923	0	500	1,423	130	1,553
2001	712	0	443	1,155	113	1,268
2002	634	3	410	1,047	116	1,163
2003	617	-	388	1,005	128	1,133
2004	648	-	365	1,013	114	1,127
2005	657	-	331	988	103	1,091
2006	663	-	332	995	113	1,108
2007	686	-	355	1,041	121	1,162

¹Beginning in 1983, only operator data are available at this level of detail.