Bell County Historical Production Figures |
| YEAR | SURFACE | UNDERGROUND | TOTAL - BELL CO. |
| 1879 | 0 | 272 | 272 |
| 1880 | 0 | 300 | 300 |
| 1881 | 0 | 500 | 500 |
| 1882 | 0 | 700 | 700 |
| 1883 | 0 | 900 | 900 |
| 1884 | 0 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 1885 | 0 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 1889 | 0 | 20,095 | 20,095 |
| 1890 | 0 | 23,741 | 23,741 |
| 1891 | 0 | 32,771 | 32,771 |
| 1892 | 0 | 16,528 | 16,528 |
| 1893 | 0 | 67,596 | 67,596 |
| 1894 | 0 | 63,022 | 63,022 |
| 1895 | 0 | 79,374 | 79,374 |
| 1896 | 0 | 89,534 | 89,534 |
| 1897 | 0 | 80,737 | 80,737 |
| 1898 | 0 | 86,892 | 86,892 |
| 1899 | 0 | 132,674 | 132,674 |
| 1900 | 0 | 204,954 | 204,954 |
| 1901 | 0 | 313,087 | 313,087 |
| 1902 | 0 | 379,929 | 379,929 |
| 1903 | 0 | 390,104 | 390,104 |
| 1904 | 0 | 514,576 | 514,576 |
| 1905 | 0 | 763,482 | 763,482 |
| 1906 | 0 | 969,993 | 969,993 |
| 1907 | 0 | 1,319,128 | 1,319,128 |
| 1908 | 0 | 1,434,742 | 1,434,742 |
| 1909 | 0 | 1,545,452 | 1,545,452 |
| 1910 | 0 | 2,068,900 | 2,068,900 |
| 1911 | 0 | 2,063,797 | 2,063,797 |
| 1912 | 0 | 2,191,303 | 2,191,303 |
| 1913 | 0 | 2,469,138 | 2,469,138 |
| 1914 | 0 | 2,433,201 | 2,433,201 |
| 1915 | 0 | 2,156,759 | 2,156,759 |
| 1916 | 0 | 2,237,250 | 2,237,250 |
| 1917 | 0 | 2,069,944 | 2,069,944 |
| 1918 | 0 | 2,447,875 | 2,447,875 |
| 1919 | 0 | 1,972,447 | 1,972,447 |
| 1920 | 0 | 2,044,243 | 2,044,243 |
| 1921 | 0 | 1,366,653 | 1,366,653 |
| 1922 | 0 | 1,847,178 | 1,847,178 |
| 1923 | 0 | 2,276,098 | 2,276,098 |
| 1924 | 0 | 1,859,055 | 1,859,055 |
| 1925 | 0 | 2,468,024 | 2,468,024 |
| 1926 | 0 | 2,669,528 | 2,669,528 |
| 1927 | 0 | 2,838,546 | 2,838,546 |
| 1928 | 0 | 2,472,002 | 2,472,002 |
| 1929 | 0 | 2,362,295 | 2,362,295 |
| 1930 | 0 | 1,881,076 | 1,881,076 |
| 1931 | 0 | 1,372,278 | 1,372,278 |
| 1932 | 2,000 | 1,148,611 | 1,150,611 |
| 1933 | 0 | 1,347,836 | 1,347,836 |
| 1934 | 0 | 1,388,571 | 1,388,571 |
| 1935 | 0 | 1,247,243 | 1,247,243 |
| 1936 | 0 | 1,563,622 | 1,563,622 |
| 1937 | 0 | 1,973,570 | 1,973,570 |
| 1938 | 0 | 1,704,815 | 1,704,815 |
| 1939 | 0 | 1,691,818 | 1,691,818 |
| 1940 | 0 | 2,339,161 | 2,339,161 |
| 1941 | 0 | 2,750,916 | 2,750,916 |
| 1942 | 0 | 3,223,949 | 3,223,949 |
| 1943 | 0 | 3,154,483 | 3,154,483 |
| 1944 | 0 | 3,285,884 | 3,285,884 |
| 1945 | 0 | 3,620,826 | 3,620,826 |
| 1946 | 0 | 2,994,776 | 2,994,776 |
| 1947 | 0 | 3,349,554 | 3,349,554 |
| 1948 | 83,059 | 3,010,767 | 3,093,826 |
| 1949 | 8,800 | 1,978,792 | 1,987,592 |
| 1950 | 214,625 | 2,376,743 | 2,591,368 |
| 1951 | 218,165 | 1,820,244 | 2,038,409 |
| 1952 | 104,868 | 1,531,939 | 1,636,807 |
| 1953 | 149,041 | 1,348,340 | 1,497,381 |
| 1954 | 229,190 | 1,017,970 | 1,247,160 |
| 1955 | 247,799 | 1,013,657 | 1,261,456 |
| 1956 | 378,183 | 786,937 | 1,165,120 |
| 1957 | 355,334 | 738,742 | 1,094,076 |
| 1958 | 616,636 | 693,870 | 1,310,506 |
| 1959 | 622,797 | 502,192 | 1,124,989 |
| 1960 | 884,860 | 626,419 | 1,511,279 |
| 1961 | 885,612 | 764,689 | 1,650,301 |
| 1962 | 1,298,904 | 878,301 | 2,177,205 |
| 1963 | 603,965 | 654,057 | 1,258,022 |
| 1964 | 904,084 | 762,713 | 1,666,797 |
| 1965 | 1,944,335 | 700,765 | 2,645,100 |
| 1966 | 1,522,365 | 1,116,583 | 2,638,948 |
| 1967 | 1,875,882 | 859,552 | 2,735,434 |
| 1968 | 1,762,258 | 1,017,124 | 2,779,382 |
| 1969 | 1,388,747 | 806,663 | 2,195,410 |
| 1970 | 1,918,692 | 644,557 | 2,563,249 |
| 1971 | 3,137,324 | 552,122 | 3,689,446 |
| 1972 | 2,692,058 | 710,463 | 3,402,521 |
| 1973 | 3,030,041 | 889,367 | 3,919,408 |
| 1974 | 3,276,819 | 1,048,799 | 4,325,618 |
| 1975 | 3,027,030 | 1,137,846 | 4,164,876 |
| 1976 | 3,263,950 | 1,260,047 | 4,523,997 |
| 1977 | 3,644,492 | 1,508,857 | 5,153,349 |
| 1978 | 3,707,771 | 1,872,818 | 5,580,589 |
| 1979 | 3,273,294 | 2,080,163 | 5,353,457 |
| 1980 | 4,377,927 | 2,276,458 | 6,654,385 |
| 1981 | 4,251,289 | 2,295,515 | 6,546,804 |
| 1982 | 3,888,778 | 2,179,206 | 6,067,984 |
| 1983 | 3,383,374 | 2,294,702 | 5,678,076 |
| 1984 | 4,102,638 | 2,566,253 | 6,668,891 |
| 1985 | 3,855,202 | 2,295,000 | 6,150,202 |
| 1986 | 4,020,408 | 1,897,678 | 5,918,086 |
| 1987 | 3,986,945 | 2,517,433 | 6,504,378 |
| 1988 | 2,555,613 | 2,801,272 | 5,356,885 |
| 1989 | 2,278,960 | 2,930,856 | 5,209,816 |
| 1990 | 1,727,478 | 2,756,152 | 4,483,630 |
| 1991 | 1,387,569 | 2,790,470 | 4,178,039 |
| 1992 | 1,168,412 | 2,931,938 | 4,100,350 |
| 1993 | 1,746,100 | 3,057,082 | 4,803,182 |
| 1994 | 1,597,822 | 3,955,036 | 5,552,858 |
| 1995 | 1,734,942 | 4,436,377 | 6,171,319 |
| 1996 | 2,453,890 | 2,666,853 | 5,120,743 |
| 1997 | 1,854,589 | 3,722,890 | 5,577,479 |
| 1998 | 2,089,313 | 3,446,024 | 5,535,337 |
| 1999 |
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