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Summary of Wise County
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1996 |
1995 |
1994 |
1993 |
1992 |
1991 |
1990 |
| Production |
| Production (short tons) |
13,014,518 |
13,568,442 |
15,141,643 |
13,743,083 |
14,448,371 |
13,500,806 |
13,601,975 |
14,710,873 |
13,499,199 |
12,909,524 |
13,250,135 |
12,941,463 |
11,255,908 |
11,986,626 |
11,944,025 |
| Surface |
6,090,235 |
6,207,584 |
5,758,587 |
6,424,533 |
6,686,960 |
5,645,347 |
5,230,515 |
6,156,195 |
5,863,345 |
4,927,476 |
4,876,980 |
5,088,633 |
3,972,221 |
4,766,400 |
4,428,301 |
| Underground |
6,924,284 |
7,360,858 |
9,383,056 |
7,318,550 |
7,761,411 |
7,855,459 |
8,371,460 |
8,554,678 |
7,635,854 |
7,982,048 |
8,373,156 |
7,852,830 |
7,283,687 |
7,220,228 |
7,515,724 |
| Cont. Miner |
6,924,284 |
7,360,858 |
9,383,056 |
7,318,550 |
7,761,411 |
7,855,459 |
8,112,894 |
8,535,817 |
7,610,510 |
7,751,013 |
7,498,487 |
6,687,114 |
6,448,607 |
6,373,213 |
6,619,968 |
| Longwall |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25,344 |
231,035 |
755,163 |
1,165,716 |
835,080 |
831,424 |
895,756 |
| Other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
258,566 |
18,861 |
0 |
0 |
119,505 |
0 |
0 |
15,591 |
0 |
| # Mines |
85 |
104 |
99 |
108 |
109 |
106 |
106 |
97 |
95 |
89 |
95 |
83 |
89 |
119 |
105 |
| Employment |
| Prod. Workers |
1,810 |
1,816 |
1,801 |
2,065 |
1,917 |
2,095 |
2,136 |
2,360 |
2,014 |
2,243 |
2,421 |
2,396 |
2,286 |
2,470 |
2,537 |
| Surface |
982 |
810 |
843 |
950 |
783 |
682 |
759 |
703 |
575 |
624 |
618 |
707 |
577 |
760 |
844 |
| Underground |
828 |
1,006 |
958 |
1,115 |
1,134 |
1,413 |
1,377 |
1,657 |
1,439 |
1,619 |
1,803 |
1,689 |
1,709 |
1,710 |
1,693 |
| Worker Hours |
3,761 |
3,695,868 |
3,664,169 |
3,852,976 |
3,355,357 |
3,466,384 |
4,097,994 |
4,296,994 |
3,830,620 |
3,774,069 |
5,189,239 |
4,472,773 |
4,150,007 |
4,515,082 |
4,434,554 |
| Prod. Wages (dollars) |
77,880,449 |
67,561,409 |
71,316,599 |
73,754,908 |
63,719,757 |
58,196,438 |
63,012,549 |
66,759,099 |
63,055,553 |
68,002,008 |
70,881,463 |
70,257,184 |
69,918,748 |
72,120,853 |
73,486,637 |
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Notes:
"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.
Source:
Virginia DMME, Division of Mines, Big Stone Gap, Virginia, USA.
Published in:
Virginia Coal, 2001 and its previous publications, VCCER.
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