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Table 7. Coal Production by State, Mine Type, and Union Status, 2008
(Thousand Short Tons) |
Coal-Producing
State
and Region[1] |
Union |
Nonunion |
Total |
| Underground |
Surface |
Underground |
Surface |
Underground |
Surface |
| Alabama |
12,053 |
169 |
228 |
8,158 |
12,281 |
8,327 |
| Alaska |
- |
1,477 |
- |
- |
- |
1,477 |
| Arizona |
- |
8,025 |
- |
- |
- |
8,025 |
| Arkansas |
- |
- |
67 |
- |
67 |
- |
| Colorado |
2,067 |
2,723 |
22,303 |
4,935 |
24,370 |
7,659 |
| Illinois |
5,029 |
- |
22,026 |
5,863 |
27,055 |
5,863 |
| Indiana |
- |
- |
12,223 |
23,668 |
12,223 |
23,668 |
| Kansas |
- |
- |
- |
229 |
- |
229 |
| Kentucky Total |
4,618 |
1,311 |
64,774 |
49,353 |
69,392 |
50,663 |
| Eastern |
748 |
1,311 |
43,318 |
44,626 |
44,065 |
45,936 |
| Western |
3,870 |
- |
21,456 |
4,727 |
25,326 |
4,727 |
| Louisiana |
- |
- |
- |
3,843 |
- |
3,843 |
| Maryland |
- |
- |
753 |
2,083 |
753 |
2,083 |
| Mississippi |
- |
- |
- |
2,842 |
- |
2,842 |
| Missouri |
- |
- |
- |
247 |
- |
247 |
| Montana |
- |
26,670 |
168 |
17,948 |
168 |
44,617 |
| New Mexico |
7,046 |
11,970 |
- |
6,629 |
7,046 |
18,599 |
| North Dakota |
- |
7,528 |
- |
22,099 |
- |
29,627 |
| Ohio |
5,798 |
- |
11,250 |
9,163 |
17,048 |
9,163 |
| Oklahoma |
- |
- |
441 |
1,022 |
441 |
1,022 |
| Pennsylvania Total |
21,086 |
682 |
32,207 |
11,086 |
53,293 |
11,768 |
| Anthracite |
- |
386 |
216 |
973 |
216 |
1,358 |
| Bituminous |
21,086 |
296 |
31,991 |
10,114 |
53,077 |
10,410 |
| Tennessee |
- |
- |
789 |
1,539 |
789 |
1,539 |
| Texas |
- |
23,307 |
- |
15,709 |
- |
39,017 |
| Utah |
5,874 |
- |
18,491 |
- |
24,365 |
- |
| Virginia |
1,189 |
- |
14,594 |
8,879 |
15,782 |
8,879 |
| West Virginia Total |
31,512 |
8,339 |
56,795 |
61,005 |
88,307 |
69,344 |
| Northern |
24,688 |
- |
9,413 |
6,995 |
34,101 |
6,995 |
| Southern |
6,824 |
8,339 |
47,381 |
54,011 |
54,205 |
62,350 |
| Wyoming |
3,501 |
7,155 |
- |
456,988 |
3,501 |
464,143 |
| Appalachian Total |
72,386 |
10,500 |
159,932 |
146,538 |
232,318 |
157,039 |
| Northern |
51,572 |
682 |
53,623 |
29,327 |
105,195 |
30,009 |
| Central |
8,760 |
9,650 |
106,081 |
109,054 |
114,842 |
118,703 |
| Southern |
12,053 |
169 |
228 |
8,158 |
12,281 |
8,327 |
| Interior Total |
8,899 |
23,307 |
56,213 |
58,150 |
65,112 |
81,458 |
| Illinois Basin |
8,899 |
- |
55,705 |
34,258 |
64,604 |
34,258 |
| Western Total |
18,488 |
65,548 |
40,962 |
508,598 |
59,450 |
574,147 |
| Powder River Basin |
- |
26,315 |
- |
469,649 |
- |
495,964 |
| Uinta Region |
7,941 |
2,320 |
40,402 |
4,914 |
48,343 |
7,235 |
| East of Miss. River |
81,284 |
10,500 |
215,638 |
183,638 |
296,922 |
194,138 |
| West of Miss. River |
18,488 |
88,856 |
41,470 |
529,649 |
59,958 |
618,505 |
| Unknown[2] |
- |
- |
- |
- |
199 |
678 |
| U.S. Total |
99,773 |
99,356 |
257,108 |
713,287 |
357,079 |
813,322 |
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