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Coal Production by Coalbed Thickness and Mine Type
                                         
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Coal Production by Coalbed Thickness and Mine Type, 2007
(Thousand Short Tons)
Coalbed Thickness
(inches)
Underground Surface Total
< 7  - 274 274
7-12 - 3,426 3,426
13-18  252 6,311 6,563
19-24  731 13,535 14,266
25-30  3,797 20,461 24,258
31-36  16,998 29,016 46,014
37-42  24,733 19,221 43,955
43-48  35,786 29,982 65,767
49-54  27,886 23,577 51,463
55-60  41,122 25,184 66,306
61-66  34,433 10,378 44,811
67-72  58,805 25,183 83,988
73-78  7,390 1,291 8,681
79-84  18,853 27,025 45,878
85-90  7,927 3,114 11,041
91-96  13,667 11,760 25,427
97-102  13,016 6,191 19,208
103-108  7,375 8,265 15,640
109-114  4,872 13,363 18,235
115-120  640 2,715 3,354
> 120  33,322 512,689 546,011
Unknown[1] 187 727 2,070
U.S. Total  351,790 793,690 1,146,635
Includes mines with production of less than 10,000 short tons, which are not required to provide data, and refuse recovery.
- = No data are reported.
Note: · Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
Source: · Energy Information Administration Form EIA-7A, "Coal Production Report," and U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Form 7000-2, "Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report."

see also:
Historical Coal Data back to 1949
Projected Coal Supply & Demand to 2030
International Coal Data