Breathitt County Historical Production Figures
YEAR SURFACE UNDERGROUND TOTAL
1837 0 200 200
1838 0 500 500
1839 0 1,000 1,000
1840 0 1,200 1,200
1841 0 1,600 1,600
1842 0 2,000 2,000
1843 0 2,400 2,400
1844 0 2,800 2,800
1845 0 3,200 3,200
1846 0 3,600 3,600
1847 0 4,000 4,000
1848 0 4,400 4,400
1849 0 4,800 4,800
1850 0 5,200 5,200
1851 0 5,600 5,600
1852 0 6,000 6,000
1853 0 6,400 6,400
1854 0 6,900 6,900
1855 0 7,400 7,400
1856 0 7,900 7,900
1857 0 8,400 8,400
1858 0 8,900 8,900
1859 0 9,400 9,400
1860 0 10,000 10,000
1868 0 10,000 10,000
1869 0 9,200 9,200
1870 0 8,400 8,400
1871 0 7,600 7,600
1872 0 6,800 6,800
1873 0 6,000 6,000
1874 0 5,200 5,200
1875 0 4,400 4,400
1876 0 3,600 3,600
1877 0 2,800 2,800
1878 0 2,000 2,000
1879 0 1,500 1,500
1880 0 1,000 1,000
1881 0 1,000 1,000
1882 0 1,000 1,000
1883 0 1,000 1,000
1884 0 1,000 1,000
1885 0 1,000 1,000
1889 0 353 353
1890 0 530 530
1891 0 10,802 10,802
1892 0 13,089 13,089
1893 0 7,830 7,830
1896 0 2,406 2,406
1897 0 9,316 9,316
1898 0 17,983 17,983
1899 0 15,700 15,700
1900 0 16,416 16,416
1901 0 18,540 18,540
1902 0 25,365 25,365
1903 0 41,145 41,145
1904 0 30,731 30,731
1905 0 32,550 32,550
1906 0 29,270 29,270
1907 0 27,015 27,015
1908 0 24,043 24,043
1909 0 23,651 23,651
1910 0 23,429 23,429
1911 0 15,746 15,746
1912 0 17,071 17,071
1913 0 12,738 12,738
1914 0 34,297 34,297
1915 0 20,742 20,742
1916 0 12,825 12,825
1917 0 37,982 37,982
1918 0 179,136 179,136
1919 0 137,442 137,442
1920 0 242,789 242,789
1921 0 129,721 129,721
1922 0 242,933 242,933
1923 0 124,005 124,005
1924 0 138,722 138,722
1925 0 177,029 177,029
1926 0 205,574 205,574
1927 0 179,719 179,719
1928 0 205,747 205,747
1929 0 201,575 201,575
1930 0 168,604 168,604
1931 0 136,273 136,273
1932 0 144,718 144,718
1933 0 75,562 75,562
1934 0 66,211 66,211
1935 0 65,130 65,130
1936 0 58,028 58,028
1937 0 51,060 51,060
1938 0 46,204 46,204
1939 0 41,325 41,325
1940 0 47,949 47,949
1941 0 57,487 57,487
1942 0 75,716 75,716
1943 0 54,668 54,668
1944 0 51,520 51,520
1945 0 59,080 59,080
1946 0 75,572 75,572
1947 0 270,272 270,272
1948 0 173,741 173,741
1949 289,619 684,426 974,045
1950 617,099 741,699 1,358,798
1951 688,547 466,680 1,155,227
1952 230,949 529,825 760,774
1953 377,873 701,120 1,078,993
1954 189,265 606,802 796,067
1955 0 519,903 519,903
1956 36,000 715,221 751,221
1957 90,000 730,173 820,173
1958 20,000 732,176 752,176
1959 0 601,290 601,290
1960 0 553,366 553,366
1961 12,000 545,170 557,170
1962 95,000 559,726 654,726
1963 69,063 183,942 253,005
1964 151,547 105,836 257,383
1965 365,708 78,391 444,099
1966 759,866 79,700 839,566
1967 2,169,188 98,630 2,267,818
1968 1,613,635 23,500 1,637,135
1969 2,569,158 16,450 2,585,608
1970 3,250,702 23,540 3,274,242
1971 3,846,932 26,030 3,872,962
1972 6,011,249 800 6,012,049
1973 6,361,131 0 6,361,131
1974 5,053,359 56,291 5,109,650
1975 6,774,323 55,670 6,829,993
1976 6,352,073 20,635 6,372,708
1977 5,629,078 97,275 5,726,353
1978 5,871,878 165,087 6,036,965
1979 7,359,257 39,308 7,398,565
1980 7,244,083 66,874 7,310,957
1981 6,326,715 150,140 6,476,855
1982 6,678,719 230,338 6,909,057
1983 6,824,858 96,072 6,920,930
1984 7,894,255 310,199 8,204,454
1985 7,074,017 214,123 7,288,140
1986 6,474,847 451,844 6,926,691
1987 6,315,471 397,264 6,712,735
1988 6,330,589 38,504 6,369,093
1989 6,290,381 0 6,290,381
1990 5,425,181 0 5,425,181
1991 3,666,503 35,674 3,702,177
1992 4,309,865 24,472 4,334,337
1993 6,150,206 0 6,150,206
1994 5,066,322 0 5,066,322
1995 4,823,861 0 4,823,861
1996 5,615,615 0 5,615,615
1997 7,538,296 0 7,538,296
1998 5,114,284 0 5,114,284
1999
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