Table 1. Coal Production and Number of Mines by State and Mine Type, 2003-2002 pg 2

Coal-Producing State and Region^[1]	2003		2002		Percent Change
Coal-Producing State and Region^[1]	Number of Mines	Production	Number of Mines	Production	Number of Mines	Production
Virginia	123	31,596	137	29,956	-10.2	5.5
Underground	79	21,225	95	20,491	-16.8	3.6
Surface	44	10,371	42	9,465	4.8	9.6
Washington	1	6,232	1	5,827	-	6.9
Surface	1	6,232	1	5,827	-	6.9
West Virginia	249	139,711	291	150,078	-14.4	-6.9
Underground	155	86,793	180	87,918	-13.9	-1.3
Surface	94	52,919	111	62,160	-15.3	-14.9
Northern	58	34,949	64	34,032	-9.4	2.7
Underground	32	30,029	38	28,683	-15.8	4.7
Surface	26	4,921	26	5,350	-	-8.0
Southern	191	104,762	227	116,045	-15.9	-9.7
Underground	123	56,764	142	59,235	-13.4	-4.2
Surface	68	47,998	85	56,810	-20.0	-15.5
Wyoming	18	376,270	18	373,161	-	0.8
Surface	18	376,270	18	373,161	-	0.8
Appalachian Total	1,124	375,962	1,222	396,226	-8.0	-5.1
Underground	521	244,468	596	250,783	-12.6	-2.5
Surface	603	131,494	626	145,443	-3.7	-9.6
Northern	370	125,739	395	128,730	-6.3	-2.3
Underground	99	98,369	119	98,642	-16.8	-0.3
Surface	271	27,370	276	30,088	-1.8	-9.0
Central	711	230,106	786	248,565	-9.5	-7.4
Underground	413	130,724	468	137,225	-11.8	-4.7
Surface	298	99,382	318	111,340	-6.3	-10.7
Southern	43	20,118	41	18,931	4.9	6.3
Underground	9	15,375	9	14,916	-	3.1
Surface	34	4,742	32	4,015	6.3	18.1
Interior Total	106	145,992	112	146,622	-5.4	-0.4
Underground	36	52,173	37	54,480	-2.7	-4.2
Surface	70	93,819	75	92,142	-6.7	1.8
Illinois Basin Total	78	88,491	84	93,395	-7.1	-5.3
Underground	34	51,779	35	54,016	-2.9	-4.1
Surface	44	36,712	49	39,380	-10.2	-6.8
Western Total	64	548,701	65	550,446	-1.5	-0.3
Underground	23	56,144	21	52,122	9.5	7.7
Surface	41	492,557	44	498,324	-6.8	-1.2
Powder River Basin	18	399,953	18	396,663	-	0.8
Underground	-	-	-	-	-	-
Surface	18	399,953	18	396,663	-	0.8
Uinta Region	24	58,154	23	59,504	4.3	-2.3
Underground	20	49,828	19	50,056	5.3	-0.5
Surface	4	8,326	4	9,448	-	-11.9
East of Miss. River	1,203	468,149	1,307	491,927	-8.0	-4.8
West of Miss. River	91	602,506	92	601,368	-1.1	0.2
U.S. Subtotal	1,294	1,070,655	1,399	1,093,295	-7.5	-2.1
Refuse Recovery	22	1,098	27	988	-18.5	11.1
U.S. Total	1,316	1,071,753	1,426	1,094,283	-7.7	-2.1
^[1] For a definition of coal producing regions, see the Glossary. * = The unit of measure is less than 0.5 or percent change is less than 0.1%. Note: · Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Source: · U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Form 7000-2, "Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report."