Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Mining Industry Accident, Injuries, Employment, and Production Statistics - Anthracite Mining Data - Table 02. Average Number of EMPLOYEES at Metal/Nonmetal1 Operations in the United States, by Primary Activity, 1978-2006

Table 02. Average Number of EMPLOYEES at Metal/Nonmetal¹Operations

in the United States, by Primary Activity, 1978-2007

Year	Underground Mines			Surface Mines
	Underground	Surf at UG	Total	Strip	Dredge	Other	Total
1978	27,661	6,201	33,862	106,113	6,941	367	113,421
1979	29,000	7,092	36,092	115,331	6,737	310	122,378
1980	29,821	8,972	38,793	110,814	6,108	476	117,398
1981	29,860	10,055	39,915	105,715	5,470	37	111,222
1982	21,911	7,508	29,419	80,501	4,786	25	85,312
1983	15,715	6,422	22,137	80,798	4,802	465	86,065
1984	15,848	4,140	19,988	85,997	5,141	72	91,210
1985	14,224	3,953	18,177	88,660	5,409	16	94,085
1986	12,854	3,552	16,406	87,476	5,352	11	92,839
1987	12,381	3,838	16,219	89,288	5,741	1	95,030
1988	13,334	4,269	17,603	92,672	5,606	-	98,278
1989	13,905	5,530	19,435	96,410	5,813	-	102,223
1990	13,765	4,891	18,656	98,097	5,647	-	103,744
1991	12,584	4,660	17,244	94,592	5,752	-	100,344
1992	11,945	4,361	16,306	94,117	5,367	-	99,484
1993	11,236	4,015	15,251	93,341	5,363	82	98,786
1994	11,537	4,381	15,918	98,529	5,470	753	104,752
1995	12,097	4,981	17,078	99,393	5,401	931	105,725
1996	12,079	4,241	16,320	99,206	5,288	774	105,268
1997	12,368	4,296	16,664	104,264	5,496	724	110,484
1998	12,022	3,744	15,766	104,913	5,175	433	110,521
1999	11,316	3,706	15,022	108,019	5,353	850	114,222
2000	10,781	4,200	14,981	109,241	5,335	585	115,161
2001	10,800	3,692	14,492	107,848	5,323	361	113,532
2002	9,410	2,921	12,331	104,676	5,150	158	109,984
2003	8,717	2,832	11,549	103,295	5,430	131	108,856
2004	9,173	3,309	12,482	106,968	5,578	193	112,739
2005	9,792	3,538	13,330	111,526	5,691	242	117,459
2006	10,605	4,109	14,714	118,558	5,774	291	124,623
2007	12,628	5,234	17,862	125,271	5,625	419	131,315

Table 02. Average Number of EMPLOYEES at Metal/Nonmetal¹Operations

in the United States, by Primary Activity, 1978-2007 – continued:

Year	Total Mining	Indp Shops/Yrds	Mills	Total w/o Office	Office	Grand Total
1978	147,283	2,918	101,420	251,621	36,956	288,577
1979	158,470	2,957	107,679	269,106	38,979	308,085
1980	156,191	1,444	105,422	263,057	38,578	301,635
1981	151,137	1,396	106,346	258,879	37,969	296,848
1982	114,731	874	81,553	197,158	32,867	230,025
1983	108,202	1,291	75,436	184,929	29,732	214,661
1984	111,198	1,550	77,992	190,740	28,987	219,727
1985	112,262	1,108	76,087	189,457	28,655	218,112
1986	109,245	737	72,178	182,160	27,478	209,638
1987	111,249	738	73,185	185,172	28,360	213,532
1988	115,881	674	80,105	196,660	28,762	225,422
1989	121,658	601	82,041	204,300	30,249	234,549
1990	122,400	598	82,007	205,005	30,685	235,690
1991	117,588	565	81,112	199,275	30,832	230,107
1992	115,790	537	77,129	193,456	31,111	224,567
1993	114,037	528	74,854	189,419	29,901	219,320
1994	120,670	654	74,764	196,088	29,410	225,498
1995	122,803	719	77,008	200,530	29,006	229,536
1996	121,588	678	77,936	200,202	28,843	229,045
1997	127,148	647	78,698	206,493	29,422	235,915
1998	126,287	616	78,961	205,864	29,368	235,232
1999	129,244	564	79,282	209,090	29,762	238,852
2000	130,142	563	80,271	179,047	30,018	240,450
2001	128,024	553	75,583	204,160	28,610	232,770
2002	122,315	567	67,778	190,660	27,488	218,148
2003	120,405	530	67,224	188,159	27,166	215,325
2004	125,221	571	66,773	192,565	27,709	220,274
2005	130,789	622	68,796	200,207	28,194	228,401
2006	139,337	541	71,454	211,332	29,190	240,522
2007	149,177	524	75,325	225,026	30,161	255,187

All numbers include contractors.

¹Includes stone, sand and gravel operations.