Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Mining Industry Accident, Injuries, Employment,and Production Statistics Historical Data - Bituminous Mining Data - Table 01

Table 01. Number of Bituminous Coal Operations in the United States, by Primary Activity, 1978-2007

	Underground Mines			Surface Mines
Year	Underground	Surf at UG	Total	Strip	Auger	Culm Bank	Dredge	Total
1978	2,462	152	2,614	3,086	53	15	1	3,155
1979	2,312	175	2,487	2,817	32	16	6	2,871
1980	2,341	303	2,644	2,694	30	16	9	2,749
1981	2,362	374	2,736	2,777	32	21	12	2,842
1982	2,383	258	2,641	2,698	39	20	14	2,771
1983	2,043	42	2,085	2,165	36	18	16	2,235
1984	2,087	31	2,118	2,170	50	22	15	2,257
1985	1,986	29	2,015	2,041	52	19	14	2,126
1986	1,931	39	1,970	1,938	52	28	14	2,032
1987	1,887	39	1,926	1,831	71	25	18	1,945
1988	1,768	57	1,825	1,695	90	27	20	1,832
1989	1,661	42	1,703	1,590	90	30	21	1,731
1990	1,660	41	1,701	1,526	92	30	17	1,665
1991	1,484	44	1,528	1,442	82	26	21	1,571
1992	1,343	39	1,382	1,314	80	24	17	1,435
1993	1,214	50	1,264	1,192	83	29	13	1,317
1994	1,152	48	1,200	1,110	97	31	17	1,255
1995	998	30	1,028	1,022	96	30	14	1,162
1996	898	39	937	891	103	30	15	1,039
1997	895	27	922	862	94	29	15	1,000
1998	841	25	866	814	94	33	19	960
1999	754	24	778	759	104	30	16	909
2000	716	18	734	682	84	31	16	813
2001	727	23	750	695	95	33	15	838
2002	667	18	685	709	81	33	11	834
2003	600	19	619	682	72	35	14	803
2004	606	14	620	715	93	41	10	859
2005	634	15	649	731	98	46	7	882
2006	635	19	654	743	107	47	6	903
2007	600	12	612	724	101	48	8	881

Table 01. Number of Bituminous Coal Operations 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	5,769	156	926	6,851	27	6,878
1979	5,358	160	961	6,479	28	6,507
1980	5,393	163	994	6,550	42	6,592
1981	5,578	164	1,083	6,825	50	6,875
1982	5,412	156	951	6,519	44	6,563
1983	4,320	142	717	5,179	30	5,209
1984	4,375	138	709	5,222	22	5,244
1985	4,141	127	674	4,942	32	4,974
1986	4,002	117	658	4,777	28	4,805
1987	3,871	99	647	4,617	22	4,639
1988	3,657	84	627	4,368	34	4,402
1989	3,434	84	611	4,129	34	4,163
1990	3,366	78	589	4,033	25	4,058
1991	3,099	80	556	3,735	27	3,762
1992	2,817	76	530	3,423	36	3,459
1993	2,581	76	501	3,158	41	3,199
1994	2,455	78	476	3,009	28	3,037
1995	2,190	74	426	2,690	33	2,723
1996	1,976	67	410	2,453	26	2,479
1997	1,922	59	383	2,364	28	2,392
1998	1,826	57	374	2,257	31	2,288
1999	1,687	46	350	2,083	28	2,111
2000	1,547	45	316	1,908	25	1,933
2001	1,588	54	310	1,952	20	1,972
2002	1,519	58	315	1,892	18	1,910
2003	1,422	54	326	1,802	23	1,825
2004	1,479	46	321	1,846	17	1,863
2005	1,531	41	322	1,894	17	1,911
2006	1,557	38	348	1,943	12	1,955
2007	1,493	38	335	1,866	9	1.875