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Table 5.—Coal (bituminous) production ' in 1967, by counties 
(Thousand shor 
t tons and t 
housand dollars) 
 
 
 Number of mines operation County 
 
 
Production 
2 
 
 
 
 
Total 
Strip Auger 
 
Strip 
Auger 
Quantity Value 
Bell 40 11 10Boyd              1 1        Breathitt 7 7 4Butler 2 4 1 
943 
1 
103 
55 
1,383 
12 
1,559 
105 
354 
  
606 
8 
 2,681 $9,685 13 70 2,267 6,725 167 573 
Carter             2                  
20 
 
 
 20 108 
Clay 41 2 4Clinton           3                 
598 
12 
58 
84 
  
 740 2,917 12 50 
Daviess                    2                 
 
W 
 
W W 
Elliott            1                 
3 
 
 
3 11 
Floyd 162 1 1Harlan 92 7 13Henderson         4                 
5,111 
5,694 
 216 
25 
313 
  
W 411 
 5,136 29,449 6,418 32,742 216 680 
Hopkins 13 12 2 
Jackson           2                 
7,301 
7 
4,809 
  
17 
 12,127 43,584 7 35 
Johnson 38 2 1 
Knott 74 3 11 
Knox 39 3 
253 
1,481 
134 
224 
248 
  
2 
407 
117 
 480 1,213 2,136 7,127 251 807 
Laurel             2                  
13 
 
 
 13 58 
Lawrence           1 1         
3 
1 
 
4 15 
Lee               1                  
20 
 
 
20 102 
Leslie 25  2Letcher 185 6 12Magoffin 2  2Martin 9  1McCreary          9 1
       Morgan            1 5        Muhlenberg~ 6 8        Ohio 2 9 1Perry
73 13 20Pike 391 3 53Pulaski 12 1 1Union             4                 Wayne
                    1                 Webster            5 3        Whitley
35 1 2 
Undistributed                           
 Total2_ 1,284 104 144 
1,561 
5,785 
52 
677 
537 
4 
1,427 
1,117 
2,770 
16,037 
262 
W 
 
1,517 
363 
4,444 
409 
  
  
18 
19 
18,352 
5,768 
898 
218 
100 
  
11 
W 
6 
1,248 
25 
347 
W 
2 
  
  
  
7 
1,610 
1,842 
26 
 
  
  
3 
121 
 1,587 6,791 6,541 32,816 ~ 52 ~ 129 679 1,902 555 2,127 23 123 19,779 65,110
6,892 22,837 5,278 21,887 18,097 78,396 388 1,486 W W 11 29 ~1,517 ~4,550
372 1,121 5,813 21,624 
 
58,518 
35,785 
5,990 
 100,294 396,883 
NA Not available. 
W Withheld to avoid disclosing individual company confidential data; included
with "Undistributed." 
1 Excludes mines producing less than 1,000 short tQ5ls. 
2 Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. 
3 Excludes auger mines; included with "TJndistributed." 
4 Excludes strip mines; included with "Undistributed." 
Includes auger and strip mines indicated by footnotes 2 and 3, and counties
indicated by symbol W. 
 
Average production per mine increased from 521,000 tons to 595,000 tons.
Strip mines produced 65 percent of the total coal, and underground mines
35 percent. Shipments were 86 percent by rail or water, and 14 percent by
truck. All coal was sold on the open market. 
 In the 36 underground mines, equipment used included 95 cutting machines
and two continuous miners, 94 power drills, and 92 mobile loading machines.
Equipment used at 38 strip mines included 75 power shovels, 40 draglines,
114 bulldozers, one carry-all scraper, 53 power drills, and 211 trucks. Four
recovery augers and one bulldozer were used at the four auger mines in operation.

 In the Western Kentucky coalfield, 23 preparation plants cleaned 65 percent
of the coal, 84 percent of the total coal was crushed, and 8 percent was
treated with oil or calcium chloride. 
 
 Natural Gas.—Marketed production of natural gas increased by 16 percent,
but was 8 percent below the 1947 record. Most of the gas production came
from the eastern portion of the State. At yearend, 6,295 wells were estimated
to be in production. 
 
 Natural Gas Liquids.—Production of natural gasoline decreased 11 percent,
and output of liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) decreased 1 percent. Natural
gasoline output was 47 percent below its 1958