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


TABLE 11. - Production in short tons, by general work location, at all coal
            mines in the United States, 1931-77 1/

             Underground mines        Total    
Year                               underground 
         Underground      Surface     mines    

1931     416,718,433            -  416,718,433 
1932     333,893,739            -  333,893,739 
1933     356,359,179            -  356,359,179 
1936     387,150,296            -  387,150,296 
1935     392,504,706            -  392,504,706 
1936     453,977,317            -  453,977,317 
1937     457,991,826            -  457,991,826 
1938     357,384,689            -  357,384,689 
1939     401,942,282            -  401,942,282 
1940     460,471,033            -  460,471,033 
1941     502,018,940            -  502,018,940 
1942     560,561,752            -  560,561,752 
1943     556,266,384            -  556,266,384 
1944     561,629,831            -  561,629,831 
1945     502,489,349            -  502,489,349 
1946     459,788,162            -  459,788,162 
1947     530,913,345            -  530,913,345 
1948     494,355,070            -  494,355,070 
1949     357,550,429            -  357,550,429 
1950     424,710,888            -  424,710,888 
1951     444,005,016            -  444,005,016 
1952     383,519,654            -  383,519,654 
1953     367,327,424            -  367,327,424 
1954     306,017,881            -  306,017,881 
1955     359,612,537            -  359,612,537 
1956     378,748,465            -  378,748,465 
1957     370,683,866            -  370,683,866 
1958     297,333,434            -  297,333,434 
1959     293,291,026            -  293,291,026 
1960     293,029,410            -  293,029,410 
1961     279,595,340            -  279,595,340 
1962     287,995,378            -  287,995,378 
1963     308,711,417            -  308,711,417 
1964     328,331,873            -  328,331,873 
1965     337,977,049            -  337,977,049 
1966     342,325,509            -  342,325,509 
1967     350,374,100            -  350,374,100 
1968     344,630,387            -  344,630,387 
1969     3~7,670,116            -  347,670,116 
1970     339,562,040            -  339,562,040 
1971     278,011,258            -  278,011,258 
1972     287,714,237            -  287,714,237 
1973     285,873,030            -  285,873,030 
1974     263,962,854            -  263,962,854 
1975     278,649,145            -  278,649,145 
1976     281,031,488            -  281,031,488 
1977     257,461,857            -  257,461,857 

NA Not available

1/ Raw coal is not produced at the work locations of surface at underground,
shops and yards, and mechanical cleaning plants. 

                                                        Total
Year    Strip     Auger       Culm          Dredges    surface       Total
                              banks                     mining       mining

1931   25,032,545          NA         NA         NA   25,032,545  441,750,978
1932   25,671,354          NA         NA         NA   25,671,354  359,565,093
1933   26,812,698          NA         NA         NA   26,812,698  383,171,877
1936   29,386,017          NA         NA         NA   29,386,017  416,536,313
1935   32,127,299          NA         NA         NA   32,127,299  424,632,005
1936   36,614,761          NA         NA    546,684   37,161,445  491,138,762
1937   40,040,628          NA         NA    760,474   40,801,102  498,792,928
1938   37,740,919          NA         NA    571,024   38,311,943  395,696,632
1939   45,330,497          NA         NA    703,860   46,034,357  447,976,639
1940   51,395,759          NA         NA    941,327   52,337,086  512,808,119
1941   66,387,804          NA         NA  1,477,465   67,865,269  569,884,209
1942   78,084,133          NA         NA  1,374,977   79,459,110  640,020,862
1943   89,191,381          NA  6,193,785  1,325,479   96,710,645  652,977,029
1944  112,659,382          NA  9,293,566  1,367,210  123,320,158  684,949,989
1945  118,997,299          NA  8,829,567  1,207,180  129,034,046  631,523,395
1946  124,834,521          NA  8,248,271  1,105,343  134,188,135  593,976,297
1947  146,618,583          NA  6,430,185  1,199,894  154,248,662  685,162,007
1948  148,877,291          NA  5,755,540  1,015,079  155,647,910  650,002,980
1949  116,262,831          NA  4,228,940    877,543  121,369,314  478,919,743
1950  135,446,831          NA  1,737,978    409,327  137,594,136  562,305,024
1951  128,799,116          NA  1,814,077    341,903  130,955,096  574,960,112
1952  124,287,858          NA  1,774,236    385,389  126,447,483  509,967,137
1953  116,528,818          NA  2,259,517    288,061  119,076,396  486,403,820
1954  111,166,931          NA  3,236,493    463,851  114,867,275  420,885,156
1955  124,362,826   3,692,423  3,193,830    606,011  131,855,090  491,467,627
1956  137,435,774   7,823,275  3,776,493    662,792  149,698,334  528,446,799
1957  130,808,650   8,017,743  4,542,694    652,738  144 021,825  514,705,691
1958  123,915,428   7,244,021  3,011,507    691,792  134 862,748  432,196,182
1959  127,913,691   7,227,767  3,425,344    716,619  139,283,421  432,574,447
1960  130,053,426   7,906,777  3,321,755    724,500  142,006,458  435,035,868
1961  129,759,645   7,975,984  2,653,814    744,194  141,133,637  420,728,977
1962  137,681,375  10,769,478  2,798,544    727,051  151,976,448  439,971,826
1963  153,403,158  12,422,052  3,400,990    691,730  169,917,930  478,629,347
1964  160,001,866  13,025,732  3,508,089    705,248  177,240,935  505,572,808
1965  172,092,980  14,285,371  2,937,184    700,457  190,015,992  527,993,041
1966  184,461,222  15,071,139  2,950,325    655,617  203,138,303  545,463,812
1967  190,268,662  15,858,604  3,631,346    631,660  210,390,272  560,764,372
1968  189,378,478  15,011,311  3,714,194    605,920  208,709,903  553,340,290
1969  201,897,128  15,930,018  3,149,484    535,369  221,511,999  569,182,115
1970  248,172,928  18,585,471  3,073,093    409,724  270,241,216  609,803,256
1971  264,423,535  17,322,391  2,572,865    390,174  284,708,965  562,720,223
1972  235,830,862   8,872,231  1,814,515    354,228  246,871,836  534,586,073
1973  260,807,218   8,884,179  2,058,595    326,422  272,076,414  557,949,444
1974  292,572,423   7,570,911  1,644,681     22,794  301,810,809  565,773,663
1975  324,443,943   4,610,911  3,378,169     48,155  332,481,178  611,130,323
1976  358,469,458   4,616,597  2,961,873      7,500  366,055,428  647,086,916
1977  406,362,921   4,212,494  2,639,210      7,329  413,221,954  670,683,811

NA Not available

1/ Raw coal is not produced at the work locations of surface at underground,
shops and yards, and mechanical cleaning plants. 

          Independent  Mechanical
Year     shops and    cleaning      Grand
           yards       plants       total

1931       NA           NA      441,750,978
1932       NA           NA      359,565,093
1933       NA           NA      383,171,877
1936       NA           NA      416,536,313
1935       NA           NA      424,632,005
1936       NA           NA      491,138,762
1937       NA           NA      498,792,928
1938       NA           NA      395,696,632
1939       NA           NA      447,976,639
1940       NA           NA      512,808,119
1941       NA           NA      569,884,209
1942       NA           NA      640,020,862
1943       NA           NA      652,977,029
1944       NA           NA      684,949,989
1945       NA           NA      631,523,395
1946       NA           NA      593,976,297
1947       NA           NA      685,162,007
1948       NA           NA      650,002,980
1949       NA           NA      478,919,743
1950       NA           NA      562,305,024
1951       NA           NA      574,960,112
1952       NA           NA      509,967,137
1953       NA           NA      486,403,820
1954       NA           NA      420,885,156
1955       NA           NA      491,467,627
1956       NA           NA      528,446,799
1957       NA           _       514,705,691
1958       NA           -       432,196,182
1959       NA           -       432,574,447
1960       NA           -       435,035,868
1961       NA           -       420,728,977
1962       NA           -       439,971,826
1963       NA           -       478,629,347
1964       NA           -       505,572,808
1965       NA           -       527,993,041
1966       NA           -       545,463,812
1967       NA           -       560,764,372
1968       NA           -       553,340,290
1969       NA           -       569,182,115
1970       NA           -       609,803,256
1971       NA           -       562,720,223
1972        -           -       534,586,073
1973        -           -       557,949,444
1974        -           -       565,773,663
1975        -           -       611,130,323
1976        -           -       647,086,916
1977        -           -       670,683,811

NA Not available

1/ Raw coal is not produced at the work locations of surface at underground,
shops and yards, and mechanical cleaning plants.