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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