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Historical Data 1931 -1977
Bituminous Mines in the United States



TABLE 10B. - Man-hours, by general work location, at bituminous mines
             in the United States, 1931-77

           Underground mines               Total
Year                                 underground
       Underground        Surface          mines

1931  589,257,418     76,512,456    665,769,874 
1932  466,914,899     66,412,880    533,327,779 
1933  547,825,683     81,012,012    628,837,695 
1934  582,493,398     85,274,568    667,767,966 
1935  571,877,405     81,726,086    653,603,491 
1936  659,651,911     95,033,145    754,685,056 
1937  666,083,451     92,969,503    759,052,954 
1938  491,776,427     71,661,952    563,438,379 
1939  539,808,782     78,337,437    618,146,219 
1940  608,341,495     87,500,068    695,841,563 
1941  663,615,116     98,101,373    761,716,489 
1942  732,161,751    116,368,785    848,530,536 
1943  716,572,814    126,429,168    843,001,982 
1944  719,457,567    140,317,699    859,775,266 
1945  631,295,355    127,571,775    758,867,130 
1946  557,241,688    112,579,199    669,820,887 
1947  614,710,221    121,861,355    736,571,576 
1948  563,268,925    114,409,403    677,678,328 
1949  398,295,255     82,063,558    480,358,813 
1950  442,339,238     92,719,057    535,058,295 
1951  443,311,604     91,919,348    535,230,952 
1952  370,370,004     77,577,247    447,947,251 
1953  327,796,823     70,270,114    398,066,937 
1954  241,975,814     55,550,372    297,526,186 
1955  267,060,347     61,747,193    328,807,540 
1956  271,412,129     62,543,534    333,955,663 
1957  256,698,850     59,482,636    316,181,486 
1958  195,439,958     47,150,086    242,590,044 
1959  178,671,053     44,833,005    223,504,058 
1960  170,859,073     42,808,275    213,667,348 
1961  153,838,760     38,808,078    192,646,838 
1962  148,871,378     37,811,779    186,683,157 
1963  150,815,086     38,027,261    188,842,347 
1964  152,751,716     36,501,134    189,252,850 
1965  153,021,285     35,731,720    188,753,005 
1966  149,452,245     23,544,419    172,996,664 
1967  149,881,259     21,635,323    171,516,582 
1968  145,926,919     19,628,536    165,555,455 
1969  149,681,005     18,440,872    168,121,877 
1970  162,406,909     18,676,034    181,082,943 
1971  152,237,035     18,677,741    170,914,776 
1972  169,723,048     16,839,961    186,563,009 
1973  171,029,899     16,662,926    187,692,825 
1974  172,876,081     17,859,676    190,735,757 
1975  209,808,919     23,385,926    233,194,845 
1976  217,251,697     23,815,467    241,067,164 
1977  205,726,540     24,143,419    229,869,959 

NA Not available.  

                                                     Total
Year         Strip      Auger     Culm Dredges       surface          Total
                                 banks                mining         mining

1931    9,100,630         NA       NA      NA     9,100,630    674,870,504 
1932    8,852,759         NA       NA      NA     8,852,759    542,180,538 
1933    9,286,475         NA       NA      NA     9,286,475    638,124,170 
1934    9,346,915         NA       NA      NA     9,346,915    677,114,881 
1935   11,443,618         NA       NA      NA    11,443,618    665,047,109 
1936   15,133,873         NA       NA       -    15,133,873    769,818,929 
1937   17,527,962         NA       NA       -    17,527,962    776,580,916 
1938   16,309,101         NA       NA       -    16,309,101    579,747,480 
1939   18,681,956         NA       NA       -    18,681,956    636,828,175 
1940   22,127,885         NA       NA       -    22,127,885    717,969,448 
1941   29,712,028         NA       NA       -    29,712,028    791,428,517 
1942   34,987,830         NA       NA       -    34,987,830    883,518,366 
1943   40,707,026         NA        -       -    40,707,026    883,709,008 
1944   55,150,024         NA        -       -    55,150,024    914,925,290 
1945   58,449,068         NA        -       -    58,449,068    817,316,198 
1946   58,174,057         NA        -       -    58,174,057    727,994,944 
1947   66,444,762         NA        -       -    66,444,762    803,016,338 
1948   70,007,405         NA        -       -    70,007,405    747,685,733 
1949   52,806,709         NA        -       -    52,806,709    533,165,522 
1950   59,777,580         NA        -       -    59,777,580    594,835,875 
1951   55,175,441         NA        -       -    55,175,441    590,406,393 
1952   49,966,814         NA        -       -    49,966,814    497,914,065 
1953   46,251,902         NA        -       -    46,251,902    444,318,839 
1954   40,201,033         NA        -       -    40,201,033    337,727,219 
1955   43,074,229  1,502,084        -       -    44,576,313    373,383,853 
1956   46,800,890  2,685,664        -       -    49,486,554    383,442,217 
1957   45,355,642  2,358,783        -       -    47,714,425    363,895,911 
1958   42,123,086  2,044,676        -       -    44,167,762    286,757,806 
1959   41,222,298  1,933,575        -       -    43,155,873    266,659,931 
1960   41,243,919  2,164,178        -       -    43,408,097    257,075,445 
1961   38,345,073  1,879,406        -       -    40,224,479    232,871,317 
1962   39,264,604  2,318,852        -       -    41,583,456    228,266,613 
1963   40,495,726  2,798,202        -       -    43,293,928    232,136,275 
1964   40,323,661  2,460,342        -       -    42,784,003    232,036,853 
1965   41,480,190  2,379,825        -       -    43,860,015    232,613,020 
1966   38,384,042  2,879,369        -       -    41,263,411    214,260,075 
1967   39,132,387  2,735,248        -       -    41,867,635    213,384,217 
1968   38,988,793  3,003,954        -       -    41,992,747    207,548,202 
1969   40,963,633  3,050,098        -       -    44,013,731    212,135,608 
1970   48,816,087  3,690,955        -       -    52,507,042    233,589,985 
1971   55,324,453  3,776,796        -       -    59,101,249    230,016,025 
1972   49,892,914  1,945,157    7,764       -    51,845,835    238,408,844 
1973   55,396,261  1,732,973        -   9,156    57,138,390    244,831,215 
1974   70,957,562  1,884,108   15,873   9,019    72,866,562    263,602,319 
1975   94,611,096  1,453,643  174,192  41,116    96,280,047    329,474,892 
1976  101,203,129  1,147,389  205,049       -   102,555,567    343,622,731 
1977  116,567,940  1,122,651  197,905       -   117,888,496    347,758,455 

NA Not available.      

     Independent     Mechanical
Year     shops and       cleaning          Grand
             yards         plants          total

1931           NA             NA    674,870,504 
1932           NA             NA    542,180,538 
1933           NA             NA    638,124,170 
1934           NA             NA    677,114,881 
1935           NA             NA    665,047,109 
1936           NA             NA    769,818,929 
1937           NA             NA    776,580,916 
1938           NA             NA    579,747,480 
1939           NA             NA    636,828,175 
1940           NA             NA    717,969,448 
1941           NA             NA    791,428,517 
1942           NA             NA    883,518,366 
1943           NA             NA    883,709,008 
1944           NA             NA    914,925,290 
1945           NA             NA    817,316,198 
1946           NA             NA    727,994,944 
1947           NA             NA    803,016,338 
1948           NA             NA    747,685,733 
1949           NA             NA    533,165,522 
1950           NA             NA    594,835,875 
1951           NA             NA    590,406,393 
1952           NA             NA    497,914,065 
1953           NA             NA    444,318,839 
1954           NA             NA    337,727,219 
1955           NA             NA    373,383,853 
1956           NA             NA    383,442,217 
1957           NA             NA    363,895,911 
1958           NA             NA    286,757,806 
1959           NA             NA    266,659,931 
1960           NA             NA    257,075,445 
1961           NA             NA    232,871,317 
1962           NA             NA    228,266,613 
1963           NA             NA    232,136,275 
1964           NA             NA    232,036,853 
1965           NA             NA    232,613,020 
1966           NA     15,827,064    230,087,139 
1967           NA     16,030,924    229,415,141 
1968           NA     15,857,479    223,405,681 
1969           NA     15,275,800    227,411,408 
1970           NA     16,355,411    249,945,396 
1971           NA     14,803,806    244,819,831 
1972    3,325,592     19,603,772    261,338,208 
1973    5,118,858     21,625,415    271,575,488 
1974    5,349,888     22,719,830    291,672,037 
1975    6,375,549     27,399,552    363,249,993 
1976    6,711,797     27,650,596    377,985,124 
1977    6,642,312     31,032,738    385,433,505 

NA Not available.



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