Summary of Coal Production and Employment,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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,2008,2007,2006,2005,2004,2003,2002,2001,2000,1999,1998,1997,1996,1995,1994,1993,1992,1991,1990
Production,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Production (thousand short tons),24171,24906,29529,26938,30487,31683,31746,32601,33210,32254,34002,36889,36782,35917,38805,40091,42564,42336,46500
Surface Operations,8133,8882,10543,10427,10022,10273,8848,9933,9633,9159,8042,8900,9602,8909,9371,9543,8174,8087,7646
Underground Mines,16037,16023,18886,16510,20464,21172,22897,22466,23577,23095,25960,27989,27180,27008,29435,30548,34389,34249,38854
Continuous Miner,13018,13675,14457,13916,15322,15417,17557,16964,17825,17843,19238,21096,22133,21002,21271,23124,24549,25023,27339
Longwall,3019,2348,4429,2594,5142,5755,5341,5704,5752,5192,6359,6801,4913,5936,7317,7247,9322,8303,9998
Other,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,60,363,91,134,71,846,177,518,922,1518
Number of Mines,261,252,269,265,292,295,323,327,342,361,352,356,325,373,421,407,424,483,489
Number of Producing Mines,139,144,162,156,167,152,173,204,205,201,220,237,226,244,285,278,299,353,N/A
Employment,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Production Employees,4394,4358,4782,4764,4501,4353,4811,5261,4928,5456,5802,6534,6093,6795,8318,9146,9009,9756,10265
Surface Mines,1651,1571,1836,1890,1881,1669,1879,1872,1232,1240,1235,1333,1141,1245,1542,1448,1329,1615,1517
Underground Operations,2743,2787,2946,2874,2620,2684,2932,3389,3696,4216,4567,5201,4952,5730,6776,7698,7680,8141,8748
Production Wages (thousands of dollars),248673,211621,238020,208866,197859,179978,175734,194741,176094,165138,190957,206296,204703,220406,244843,246332,265017,268177,287665
Total Worker Hours,9358362,8822478,9774608,9469502,9036446,8584102,11450214,9786846,8816166,9001417,10506272,11491823,11453486,12143903,14813944,14583278,15964553,16962239,17826603
Surface Mines,3386381,3406555,3979172,4107780,3687239,3388074,3436973,3460743,2011925,2145853,2298080,2248495,2496162,2140749,2391917,2500111,2197569,2806716,2403259
Underground Operations,5971981,5415923,5795436,5361722,5349207,5196028,8013241,6326103,6804241,6855564,8208192,9243328,9047324,10003154,12422027,12083167,13766984,14155523,15423344
Average Productivity (tons per worker hour),2.58,2.82,3.01,2.84,3.37,3.66,2.77,3.31,3.77,3.58,3.24,3.21,3.19,2.96,2.62,2.75,2.67,2.5,2.61
Surface Mines,2.4,2.61,2.65,2.5,2.72,3.03,2.57,2.87,4.79,4.27,3.5,3.96,3.85,4.16,3.92,3.82,3.72,2.88,3.18
Underground Operations,2.69,2.96,3.26,3.11,3.83,4.07,2.86,3.55,3.88,3.37,3.16,3.03,3,2.7,2.37,2.53,2.5,2.42,2.52
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"""Other"" underground mine production may include continuous miner, longwall, or other mining methods.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Productivity is in tons per worker hour. Figures rounded (Calculated by VCCER).,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Note on production wages, 1994: Wages for 19 mines producing 1,001,661 tons were unavailable, and have not been included in these totals.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"While calculating total number of mines in 1993, mines changing ownership at mid-year have been counted as a single mine.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"""Producing Mines"" includes all mines reporting production greater than zero.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
N/A refers to data unavailable from referenced sources at time of last update.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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"Virginia DMME, Division of Mines, Big Stone Gap, Virginia, USA.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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"Virginia Coal, 2001 and its previous publications, VCCER.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,