Year Millions Of Short Tons 1880 3.34000 1881 4.11000 1882 4.79000 1883 5.46000 1884 4.87000 1885 5.11000 1886 6.85000 1887 7.61000 1888 8.54000 1889 10.2600 1890 11.5100 1891 10.3500 1892 12.0100 1893 9.48000 1894 9.20000 1895 13.3300 1896 11.7900 1897 13.2900 1898 16.0500 1899 19.6700 1900 20.5300 1901 21.8000 1902 25.4000 1903 25.2700 1904 23.6600 1905 32.2300 1906 36.4000 1907 40.7800 1908 26.0300 1909 39.3200 1910 41.7100 1911 35.5500 1912 43.9800 1913 46.3000 1914 34.5600 1915 41.5800 1916 54.5300 1917 55.6100 1918 56.4800 1919 44.1800