Virginia Tech Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research
Total Summary of Coal Production Data by Year

  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Production (Tons) 46,636,707 42,336,144 42,563,526 40,143,522 38,805,087 35,901,909 36,730,536
Surface Operations 7,782,211 8,087,372 8,174,324 9,595,504 9,370,668 8,908,302 9,602,117
Underground Mines 38,854,496 34,248,772 34,389,202 30,548,018 29,434,419 26,993,607 27,128,419
Continuous Miner 28,856,230 25,930,286 25,067,015 23,300,768 22,117,363 21,058,021 22,215,745
Longwall 9,998,266 8,318,486 9,322,187 7,247,250 7,317,056 5,935,586 4,912,674
Production Employees 10,261 9,756 9,009 9,161 8,314 6,883 6,093
Underground Operations 8,748 8,141 7,680 7,698 6,772 5,640 4,952
Surface Mines 1,513 1,615 1,329 1,463 1,542 1,243 1,141
Total Man Hours 17,826,603 16,962,239 15,964,553 14,610,354 18,061,483 12,137,106 11,543,486
Underground Operations 15,423,344 14,155,523 13,766,984 12,083,167 15,669,566 9,996,517 9,047,324
Surface Mines 2,403,259 2,806,716 2,197,569 2,527,187 2,391,917 2,140,589 2,496,162
Production Wages (thousands) 287,665 268,177 265,017 246,332 244,843 220,406 204,703
Number of Mines 486 484 422 412 406 352 325
# of Producing Mines 374 365 297 280 269 237 226