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Historical Data 1931 - 1977
All Coal Mines in the United States


TABLE 10. - Man-hours worked, by general work location, at all coal mines in the
            United States, 1931-77

              Underground mines              Total
Year                                   underground
         Underground        Surface         mining

1931    748,942,825    121,404,445    870,347,270 
1932    586,132,753    100,475,824    686,608,577 
1933    663,298,411    114,602,148    777,900,559 
1934    716,843,966    122,331,583    839,175,549 
1935    686,631,907    113,559,153    800,191,060 
1936    775,208,054    128,135,195    903,343,249 
1937    767,651,412    120,743,894    888,395,306 
1938    578,325,001     95,883,400    674,208,401 
1939    631,174,468    104,581,660    735,756,128 
1940    698,853,920    112,722,489    811,576,409 
1941    759,404,938    125,420,024    884,824,962 
1942    831,601,025    146,940,808    978,541,833 
1943    821,831,745    160,434,661    982,266,406 
1944    826,700,609    180,371,287  1,007,071,896 
1945    723,548,050    163,758,454    887,306,504 
1946    656,739,055    149,916,061    806,655,116 
1947    712,134,852    156,591,912    868,726,764 
1948    663,834,124    149,760,155    813,594,279 
1949    470,728,130    108,192,444    578,920,574 
1950    519,090,175    119,720,506    638,810,681 
1951    511,978,524    118,238,100    630,216,624 
1952    431,309,203    101,052,670    532,361,873 
1953    369,242,524     88,859,506    458,102,030 
1954    270,848,931     70,109,257    340,958,188 
1955    294,013,251     73,949,395    367,962,646 
1956    299,085,138     76,130,615    375,215,753 
1957    280,614,185     66,246,064    346,860,249 
1958    213,175,261     52,609,078    265,784,339 
1959    192,630,346     49,399,560    242,029,906 
1960    181,715,004     46,557,852    228,272,856 
1961    163,106,195     42,508,874    205,615,069 
1962    157,333,200     41,102,251    198,435,451 
1963    159,240,677     41,181,521    200,422,198 
1964    161,043,446     39,415,369    200,458,815 
1965    159,465,278     38,221,602    197,686,880 
1966    154,002,624     25,708,895    179,711,519 
1967    153,436,875     23,496,419    176,933,294 
1968    148,593,131     21,052,283    169,645,414 
1969    151,985,482     19,402,828    171,388,310 
1970    164,576,129     19,460,060    184,036,189 
1971    153,801,537     19,192,511    172,994,048 
1972    170,495,460     17,056,901    187,552,361 
1973    171,782,448     16,849,790    188,632,238 
1974    173,409,396     17,973,527    191,382,923 
1975    210,474,994     23,498,699    233,973,693 
1976    217,941,158     23,933,537    241,874,695 
1977    206,289,834     24,245,599    230,535,433 

NA Not available.  

                                                        Total
Year         Strip      Auger       Culm    Dredges     surface           Total
                                   banks                 mining          mining
                  
1931   12,937,803         NA         NA         NA   12,937,803    883,285,073 
1932   12,515,960         NA         NA         NA   12,515,960    699,124,537 
1933   14,947,004         NA         NA         NA   14,947,004    792,847,563 
1934   16,311,413         NA         NA         NA   16,311,413    855,486,962 
1935   18,952,430         NA         NA         NA   18,952,430    819,143,490 
1936   22,637,174         NA         NA    324,430   22,961,604    926,304,853 
1937   23,503,493         NA         NA    536,068   24,039,561    912,434,867 
1938   21,025,425         NA         NA    365,941   21,391,366    695,599,767 
1939   23,868,726         NA         NA    414,564   24,283,290    760,039,418 
1940   28,232,634         NA         NA    607,720   28,840,354    840,416,763 
1941   35,879,513         NA         NA    831,447   36,710,960    921,535,922 
1942   41,609,413         NA         NA    927,114   42,536,527  1,021,078,360 
1943   48,438,060         NA  2,876,119    960,431   52,274,610  1,034,541,016 
1944   65,631,763         NA  4,689,976  1,080,742   71,402,481  1,078,474,377 
1945   67,688,593         NA  2,733,078    862,992   71,284,663    958,591,167 
1946   68,945,107         NA  3,131,884    896,087   72,973,078    879,628,194 
1947   77,334,619         NA  2,475,347  1,002,968   80,812,934    949,539,698 
1948   81,531,176         NA  2,222,329    882,937   84,636,442    898,230,721 
1949   61,450,815         NA  1,363,162    741,197   63,555,174    642,475,748 
1950   71,017,995         NA  1,213,308    347,573   72,578,876    711,389,557 
1951   65,935,063         NA    779,532    316,174   67,030,769    697,247,393 
1952   60,408,049         NA    607,513    320,875   61,336,437    593,698,310 
1953   54,405,852         NA    836,046    249,610   55,491,508    513,593,538 
1954   46,263,087         NA    539,309    189,631   46,992,027    387,950,215 
1955   49,262,500  1,502,084    437,277    214,108   51,415,969    419,378,615 
1956   54,221,469  2,685,664  1,253,678    285,279   58,446,090    433,661,843 
1957   52,050,907  2,358,783  1,204,586    235,568   55,849,844    402,710,093 
1958   48,197,748  2,044,676    801,573    251,890   51,295,887    317,080,226 
1959   46,556,136  1,933,575    680,824    252,311   49,422,846    291,452,752 
1960   46,011,766  2,164,178    651,652    217,417   49,045,013    277,317,869 
1961   43,038,045  1,879,406    568,152    247,606   45,733,209    251,348,278 
1962   43,705,401  2,318,852    494,578    230,906   46,749,737    245,185,188 
1963   45,318,532  2,798,202    527,159    208,776   48,852,669    249,274,867 
1964   45,099,919  2,460,342    552,552    216,377   48,329,190    248,788,005 
1965   45,105,063  2,379,825    485,904    192,575   48,163,367    245,850,247 
1966   41,717,308  2,879,369    497,564    170,421   45,264,662    224,976,181 
1967   42,311,617  2,735,248    615,846    147,314   45,810,025    222,743,319 
1968   42,250,581  3,003,954    621,598    143,653   46,019,786    215,665,200 
1969   44,282,952  3,050,098    591,488    143,323   48,067,861    219,456,171 
1970   52,426,239  3,690,955    680,998    147,409   56,945,601    240,981,790 
1971   58,940,951  3,776,796    616,034     84,449   63,418,230    236,412,278 
1972   52,533,095  1,945,157    309,696     45,774   54,833,722    242,386,083 
1973   57,683,377  1,732,973    310,376     56,825   59,783,551    248,415,789 
1974   73,008,212  1,884,108    284,440      9,513   75,186,273    266,569,196 
1975   96,634,243  1,453,643    424,772     45,921   98,558,579    332,532,272 
1976  103,324,421  1,147,389    508,686     12,085  104,992,581    346,867,276 
1977  118,762,983  1,122,651    413,230     16,179  120,315,043    350,850,476 

NA Not available.         

    Independent     Mechanical               
Year       shops and       cleaning          Grand
               yards         plants          total
                    
1931             NA             NA    883,285,073 
1932             NA             NA    699,124,537 
1933             NA             NA    792,847,563 
1934             NA             NA    855,486,962 
1935             NA             NA    819,143,490 
1936             NA             NA    926,304,853 
1937             NA             NA    912,434,867 
1938             NA             NA    695,599,767 
1939             NA             NA    760,039,418 
1940             NA             NA    840,416,763 
1941             NA             NA    921,535,922 
1942             NA             NA  1,021,078,360 
1943             NA             NA  1,034,541,016 
1944             NA             NA  1,078,474,377 
1945             NA             NA    958,591,167 
1946             NA             NA    879,628,194 
1947             NA             NA    949,539,698 
1948             NA             NA    898,230,721 
1949             NA             NA    642,475,748 
1950             NA             NA    711,389,557 
1951             NA             NA    697,247,393 
1952             NA             NA    593,698,310 
1953             NA             NA    513,593,538 
1954             NA             NA    387,950,215 
1955             NA             NA    419,378,615 
1956             NA             NA    433,661,843 
1957             NA      5,497,087    408,207,180 
1958             NA      5,148,589    322,228,815 
1959             NA      4,578,486    296,031,238 
1960             NA      4,209,958    281,527,827 
1961             NA      3,947,324    255,295,602 
1962             NA      3,761,187    248,946,375 
1963             NA      3,909,641    253,184,508 
1964             NA      3,616,545    252,404,550 
1965             NA      3,138,132    248,988,379 
1966             NA     18,782,824    243,759,005 
1967             NA     19,031,115    241,774,434 
1968             NA     18,751,720    234,416,920 
1969             NA     18,027,767    237,483,938 
1970             NA     19,187,416    260,169,206 
1971             NA     17,722,746    254,135,024 
1972      3,403,518     21,760,224    267,549,825 
1973      5,411,116     23,794,623    277,621,528 
1974      5,550,881     24,655,350    296,775,427 
1975      6,533,342     29,130,973    368,196,587 
1976      6,865,878     29,424,686    383,157,840 
1977      6,785,964     32,983,526    390,619,966 

NA Not available.