Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Millions of Short Tons, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1850-1919 (2)--Original Data, 1905-1958. Two Major And Various Wildcat Strikes Took Place During 1946, Causing Big Production Losses. Source: Data For 1905-1922: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Of The U.S., 1922, Part Ii, Pp. 464-465; Data For 1923-1931: Bureau Of Mines, Successive Annual Numbers Of Mineral Resources; Data For 1932-1950: Bureau Of The Mines, Minerals Yearbook, Successive Issues And Reprints; Data For 1951-1952 Data For 1951-1958: Survey Of Current Business, And Bureau Of The Mines, Weekly Coal Report; Data For 1953-1954: Also See Mineral Market Summary, Bituminous Coal And Lignite In 1954, No. 2602, March 1, 1954.

This NBER data series m01118 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html.

NBER Indicator: m01118