Harlan County Historical Production Figures |
| YEAR | SURFACE | UNDERGROUND | TOTAL |
| 1833 | 0 | 4,100 | 4,100 |
| 1889 | 0 | 785 | 785 |
| 1910 | 0 | 25,814 | 25,814 |
| 1912 | 0 | 384,427 | 384,427 |
| 1913 | 0 | 775,333 | 775,333 |
| 1914 | 0 | 1,249,940 | 1,249,940 |
| 1915 | 0 | 1,710,970 | 1,710,970 |
| 1916 | 0 | 2,204,553 | 2,204,553 |
| 1917 | 0 | 2,049,649 | 2,049,649 |
| 1918 | 0 | 3,201,733 | 3,201,733 |
| 1919 | 0 | 4,176,531 | 4,176,531 |
| 1920 | 0 | 4,597,433 | 4,597,433 |
| 1921 | 0 | 6,796,581 | 6,796,581 |
| 1922 | 0 | 6,158,152 | 6,158,152 |
| 1923 | 0 | 8,400,877 | 8,400,877 |
| 1924 | 0 | 9,076,269 | 9,076,269 |
| 1925 | 0 | 11,766,359 | 11,766,359 |
| 1926 | 0 | 13,377,382 | 13,377,382 |
| 1927 | 0 | 14,804,335 | 14,804,335 |
| 1928 | 0 | 15,205,973 | 15,205,973 |
| 1929 | 0 | 15,050,367 | 15,050,367 |
| 1930 | 0 | 13,132,038 | 13,132,038 |
| 1931 | 0 | 9,911,080 | 9,911,080 |
| 1932 | 0 | 7,431,399 | 7,431,399 |
| 1933 | 0 | 9,218,847 | 9,218,847 |
| 1934 | 0 | 9,849,214 | 9,849,214 |
| 1935 | 0 | 12,360,502 | 12,360,502 |
| 1936 | 0 | 15,597,653 | 15,597,653 |
| 1937 | 0 | 14,356,491 | 14,356,491 |
| 1938 | 0 | 11,759,076 | 11,759,076 |
| 1939 | 0 | 12,443,576 | 12,443,576 |
| 1940 | 0 | 15,336,167 | 15,336,167 |
| 1941 | 0 | 14,616,319 | 14,616,319 |
| 1942 | 0 | 15,603,189 | 15,603,189 |
| 1943 | 0 | 13,555,908 | 13,555,908 |
| 1944 | 0 | 13,515,149 | 13,515,149 |
| 1945 | 0 | 11,781,442 | 11,781,442 |
| 1946 | 0 | 11,469,993 | 11,469,993 |
| 1947 | 0 | 12,024,074 | 12,024,074 |
| 1948 | 14,730 | 11,382,532 | 11,397,262 |
| 1949 | 9,873 | 8,382,557 | 8,392,430 |
| 1950 | 2,888 | 10,428,775 | 10,431,663 |
| 1951 | 0 | 10,722,290 | 10,722,290 |
| 1952 | 14,618 | 9,671,462 | 9,686,080 |
| 1953 | 81,294 | 9,826,100 | 9,907,394 |
| 1954 | 59,019 | 8,825,516 | 8,884,535 |
| 1955 | 161,158 | 9,275,815 | 9,436,973 |
| 1956 | 115,219 | 9,342,706 | 9,457,925 |
| 1957 | 367,130 | 8,907,502 | 9,274,632 |
| 1958 | 336,545 | 7,685,562 | 8,022,107 |
| 1959 | 463,983 | 5,734,418 | 6,198,401 |
| 1960 | 743,249 | 621,310 | 1,364,559 |
| 1961 | 664,751 | 5,255,315 | 5,920,066 |
| 1962 | 608,496 | 5,389,777 | 5,998,273 |
| 1963 | 363,764 | 5,692,154 | 6,055,918 |
| 1964 | 1,216,671 | 5,355,862 | 6,572,533 |
| 1965 | 1,170,075 | 5,425,032 | 6,595,107 |
| 1966 | 669,048 | 6,232,658 | 6,901,706 |
| 1967 | 728,112 | 6,425,317 | 7,153,429 |
| 1968 | 773,806 | 7,135,466 | 7,909,272 |
| 1969 | 909,040 | 7,138,960 | 8,048,000 |
| 1970 | 1,619,638 | 7,282,862 | 8,902,500 |
| 1971 | 1,885,238 | 6,844,084 | 8,729,322 |
| 1972 | 1,947,156 | 7,407,522 | 9,354,678 |
| 1973 | 1,290,609 | 9,225,547 | 10,516,156 |
| 1974 | 2,021,059 | 8,196,074 | 10,217,133 |
| 1975 | 1,812,776 | 9,119,131 | 10,931,907 |
| 1976 | 1,938,478 | 8,564,236 | 10,502,714 |
| 1977 | 1,813,599 | 9,000,062 | 10,813,661 |
| 1978 | 1,275,621 | 7,465,505 | 8,741,126 |
| 1979 | 881,926 | 11,072,471 | 11,954,397 |
| 1980 | 579,026 | 11,680,421 | 12,259,447 |
| 1981 | 965,606 | 10,449,379 | 11,414,985 |
| 1982 | 903,309 | 10,157,165 | 11,060,474 |
| 1983 | 944,648 | 8,719,585 | 9,664,233 |
| 1984 | 1,501,755 | 12,299,157 | 13,800,912 |
| 1985 | 1,509,482 | 11,756,496 | 13,265,978 |
| 1986 | 791,141 | 11,010,804 | 11,801,945 |
| 1987 | 1,740,925 | 11,668,345 | 13,409,270 |
| 1988 | 2,263,628 | 10,995,603 | 13,259,231 |
| 1989 | 1,559,304 | 12,102,047 | 13,661,351 |
| 1990 | 1,114,809 | 13,224,107 | 14,338,916 |
| 1991 | 1,045,630 | 12,452,187 | 13,497,817 |
| 1992 | 2,072,609 | 10,432,377 | 12,504,986 |
| 1993 | 1,558,328 | 9,461,703 | 11,020,031 |
| 1994 | 1,504,186 | 13,890,996 | 15,395,182 |
| 1995 | 1,231,536 | 9,967,100 | 11,198,636 |
| 1996 | 1,372,266 | 9,730,638 | 11,102,904 |
| 1997 | 2,121,156 | 8,959,441 | 11,080,597 |
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