Letcher County Historical Production Figures
YEAR  SURFACE  UNDERGROUND  TOTAL
1889               -          1,573              1,573
1912               -       198,316          198,316
1913               -    1,180,273       1,180,273
1914               -    1,539,070       1,539,070
1915               -    2,380,304       2,380,304
1916               -    3,817,059       3,817,059
1917               -    3,627,102       3,627,102
1918               -    3,279,715       3,279,715
1919               -    3,053,686       3,053,686
1920               -    3,315,645       3,315,645
1921               -    2,505,970       2,505,970
1922               -    3,414,719       3,414,719
1923               -    4,405,622       4,405,622
1924               -    4,851,806       4,851,806
1925               -    5,989,957       5,989,957
1926               -    6,295,445       6,295,445
1927               -    6,479,771       6,479,771
1928               -    5,849,088       5,849,088
1929               -    6,493,058       6,493,058
1930               -    6,110,945       6,110,945
1931               -    4,660,375       4,660,375
1932               -    3,573,027       3,573,027
1933               -    3,991,832       3,991,832
1934               -    4,777,688       4,777,688
1935               -    4,376,382       4,376,382
1936               -    4,721,466       4,721,466
1937               -    4,517,295       4,517,295
1938               -    3,690,577       3,690,577
1939               -    3,753,230       3,753,230
1940               -    4,256,162       4,256,162
1941               -    4,485,347       4,485,347
1942               -    5,285,097       5,285,097
1943               -    5,409,022       5,409,022
1944               -    6,297,335       6,297,335
1945       15,104    5,970,149       5,985,253
1946       30,168    6,665,665       6,695,833
1947     229,635    8,659,739       8,889,374
1948     174,316  10,682,407      10,856,723
1949     275,642    7,059,647       7,335,289
1950     263,207    5,771,479       6,034,686
1951     110,241    4,590,910       4,701,151
1952     185,852    4,402,871       4,588,723
1953     150,482    4,676,648       4,827,130
1954       52,875    4,514,985       4,567,860
1955               -    5,314,749       5,314,749
1956        5,816    6,027,270       6,033,086
1957       53,815    5,977,442       6,031,257
1958     180,955    5,333,506       5,514,461
1959       44,000    4,266,633       4,310,633
1960     238,441    4,198,235       4,436,676
1961     305,928    4,180,234       4,486,162
1962     547,380    4,351,945       4,899,325
1963     520,448    4,846,558       5,367,006
1964     644,336    5,437,775       6,082,111
1965     927,017    5,522,825       6,449,842
1966     845,460    5,756,823       6,602,283
1967     992,966    5,579,651       6,572,617
1968     972,902    5,060,300       6,033,202
1969  1,612,122    4,555,021       6,167,143
1970  3,143,403    4,247,230       7,390,633
1971  2,685,377    3,431,164       6,116,541
1972  2,360,933    2,884,867       5,245,800
1973  1,578,770    3,107,768       4,686,538
1974  1,900,614    3,570,958       5,471,572
1975  1,458,489    3,411,650       4,870,139
1976  1,259,104    2,866,504       4,125,608
1977  1,558,565    3,184,521       4,743,086
1978  1,325,004    3,467,744       4,792,748
1979  2,382,279    2,862,374       5,244,653
1980  1,752,418    3,286,858       5,039,276
1981  2,623,629    4,182,474       6,806,103
1982  1,661,174    3,223,587       4,884,761
1983  1,510,823    1,993,039       3,503,862
1984  2,988,033    3,891,607       6,879,640
1985  1,892,005    4,980,890       6,872,895
1986  1,745,604    4,954,070       6,699,674
1987  2,898,127    4,832,757       7,730,884
1988  2,911,016    5,795,449       8,706,465
1989  3,547,262    6,661,478      10,208,740
1990  3,895,950    6,771,269      10,667,219
1991  3,734,184    5,764,273       9,498,457
1992  3,810,333    5,071,248       8,881,581
1993  4,276,836    3,449,365       7,726,201
1994  4,644,778    3,459,940       8,104,718
1995  4,180,322    5,888,587      10,068,909
1996  2,694,106    5,691,952       8,386,058
1997  2,648,458    6,459,173       9,107,631
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