Summary by County, 2004
| Total | Buchanan | Dickenson | Lee | Russell | Tazewell | Wise | |
| Total production (thousand short tons) | 31,421 | 10,348 | 2,564 | 816 | 490 | 1,335 | 15,868 |
| Surface | 10,983 | 2,714 | 434 | 309 | 370 | 182 | 6,974 |
| Underground | 20,438 | 7,634 | 2,130 | 507 | 120 | 1,153 | 8,894 |
| Total number of mines | 123 | 34 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 52 |
| Number of surface mines | 46 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| Number of underground mines | 77 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 34 |