Summary by County, 2005
| Total | Buchanan | Dickenson | Lee | Russell | Tazewell | Wise | |
| Total production (thousand short tons) | 27,743 | 7,756 | 2,567 | 629 | 952 | 1,238 | 14,601 |
| Surface | 11,357 | 2,935 | 546 | 307 | 739 | 164 | 6,666 |
| Underground | 16,386 | 4,821 | 2,021 | 322 | 213 | 1,074 | 7,935 |
| Total number of mines | 132 | 35 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 55 |
| Number of surface mines | 49 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 22 |
| Number of underground mines | 83 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 33 |