Coon, Randal C.; Leistritz, F. Larry - 2000
estimate levels of business activity. Personal income resulting from the industry was estimated at $490.5 million in 1998, with … retail sales at $320.6 million for the same period. Total business activity resulting from the lignite industry amounted to … over $1.4 billion in 1998. The industry has generated over $1 billion in total business activity annually from 1982 …