Whitley County Historical Production Figures
YEAR  SURFACE  UNDERGROUND  TOTAL
1837                           -                       300                    300
1839                           -                       400                    400
1840                           -                       400                    400
1841                           -                       400                    400
1842                           -                       500                    500
1843                           -                       500                    500
1844                           -                       500                    500
1845                           -                       500                    500
1846                           -                       600                    600
1847                           -                       600                    600
1848                           -                       600                    600
1849                           -                       600                    600
1850                           -                       700                    700
1851                           -                       700                    700
1852                           -                       700                    700
1853                           -                       700                    700
1854                           -                       800                    800
1855                           -                       800                    800
1856                           -                       800                    800
1857                           -                       900                    900
1858                           -                       900                    900
1859                           -                       900                    900
1860                           -                     1,000                 1,000
1879                           -                       184                    184
1880                           -                   18,000               18,000
1881                           -                   36,000               36,000
1882                           -                   54,000               54,000
1883                           -                   72,000               72,000
1884                           -                   90,000               90,000
1885                           -                 108,000             108,000
1886                           -                 144,200             144,200
1887                           -                 223,335             223,335
1888                           -                 276,873             276,873
1889                           -                 184,874             184,874
1890                           -                 280,378             280,378
1891                           -                 297,992             297,992
1892                           -                 374,671             374,671
1893                           -                 455,811             455,811
1894                           -                 349,282             349,282
1895                           -                 455,303             455,303
1896                           -                 428,981             428,981
1897                           -                 197,723             197,723
1898                           -                 396,310             396,310
1899                           -                 561,831             561,831
1900                           -                 623,729             623,729
1901                           -                 605,093             605,093
1902                           -                 644,022             644,022
1903                           -                 646,070             646,070
1904                           -                 735,646             735,646
1905                           -                 759,442             759,442
1906                           -                 774,739             774,739
1907                           -                 746,492             746,492
1908                           -                 813,541             813,541
1909                           -                 897,793             897,793
1910                           -              1,170,237           1,170,237
1911                           -              1,164,525           1,164,525
1912                           -              1,031,486           1,031,486
1913                           -                 981,932             981,932
1914                           -                 882,691             882,691
1915                           -                 846,018             846,018
1916                           -                 947,783             947,783
1917                           -                 813,563             813,563
1918                           -                 842,989             842,989
1919                           -                 632,012             632,012
1920                           -                 575,835             575,835
1921                           -                 413,576             413,576
1922                           -                 327,117             327,117
1923                           -                 480,272             480,272
1924                           -                 704,041             704,041
1925                           -                 680,500             680,500
1926                           -                 671,069             671,069
1927                           -                 566,027             566,027
1928                           -                 555,479             555,479
1929                           -                 494,633             494,633
1930                           -                 427,614             427,614
1931                           -                 326,961             326,961
1932                 106,126                 105,948             212,074
1933                 133,869                 142,296             276,165
1934                 155,849                 136,074             291,923
1935                 104,138                 239,875             344,013
1936                           -                 318,036             318,036
1937                           -                 269,071             269,071
1938                           -                 219,836             219,836
1939                           -                 231,265             231,265
1940                           -                 350,983             350,983
1941                           -                 381,439             381,439
1942                           -                 432,182             432,182
1943                           -                 351,391             351,391
1944                           -                 554,255             554,255
1945                           -                 531,892             531,892
1946                           -                 283,628             283,628
1947                   49,006                 950,755             999,761
1948                   33,196                 225,835             259,031
1949                 125,992                 282,865             408,857
1950                 151,078                 338,393             489,471
1951                 219,951                 246,883             466,834
1952                 251,563                 204,359             455,922
1953                 259,645                   91,076             350,721
1954                 157,933                   80,670             238,603
1955                 152,197                 120,752             272,949
1956                 196,490                 171,862             368,352
1957                 157,369                 409,536             566,905
1958                 132,513                 261,567             394,080
1959                 135,930                 210,215             346,145
1960                 300,841                 182,344             483,185
1961                 355,112                 211,378             566,490
1962                 605,242                 206,462             811,704
1963                 425,193                 296,936             722,129
1964                 126,773                 538,030             664,803
1965                   48,350                 461,132             509,482
1966                   54,700                 308,667             363,367
1967                   15,000                 324,407             339,407
1968                   16,824                 394,203             411,027
1969                   61,964                 219,771             281,735
1970                 551,504                 195,020             746,524
1971                 810,965                 210,453           1,021,418
1972                 767,166                 152,159             919,325
1973                 806,554                 194,705           1,001,259
1974              1,519,642                 216,369           1,736,011
1975              2,475,247                 328,526           2,803,773
1976              1,389,424                 108,534           1,497,958
1977              1,982,334                 103,425           2,085,759
1978              2,151,451                 112,691           2,264,142
1979              1,785,804                 184,509           1,970,313
1980              1,314,681                 187,448           1,502,129
1981              1,892,475                 276,435           2,168,910
1982              1,942,015                 237,974           2,179,989
1983              1,506,402                 207,421           1,713,823
1984              2,004,358                 169,715           2,174,073
1985              1,577,227                 274,369           1,851,596
1986              1,356,909                 429,006           1,785,915
1987              1,331,312                 680,153           2,011,465
1988              1,203,433                 668,206           1,871,639
1989              1,353,864                 817,377           2,171,241
1990              1,157,377                 797,788           1,955,165
1991                 777,781                 538,172           1,315,953
1992                 689,168                 934,881           1,624,049
1993                 633,143                 860,111           1,493,254
1994                 763,817                 710,435           1,474,252
1995                 580,201              1,452,042           2,032,243
1996                 321,252                 407,942             729,194
1997                 184,173                 191,575             375,748
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