How many abandoned mines are in Bell County, Kentucky?

Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Bell County, Kentucky

Bell County, Kentucky has 627 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1903–1991, including 255 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts). OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 59 problems in the county, 38 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 491 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Bell County, every OSMRE abandoned mine land problem in the county, and every MSHA-registered mine here with status Abandoned. Named features are listed below; unnamed ones are counted by type. Locations are deliberately not shown: this page says what abandoned workings are in the county, not where to find them. They are dangerous and should not be entered.

Mapped mine features (USGS): 627
Mine openings: 255
OSMRE problems unreclaimed: 38
MSHA mines marked abandoned: 491

0 features carry a name0 prospect pits24 quadrangle maps, published 1903–1991 59 OSMRE problems, 21 reclaimed 185 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed

What the features are

Mine openings

shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings

263 38.3%
Mines and surface workings

labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings

361 52.6%
Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction

2 0.3%
Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

what mining left above ground

8 1.2%
Mills, tipples and facilities

processing plants and hazardous structures

12 1.7%
Other reclamation problems

highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory

40 5.8%

OSMRE abandoned mine land problems59 on inventory

Problem area	Problem	Program	Status
Andalex Resources, Inc. R3-s21	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Angela Callebs Refuse Fire	P1 Surface Burning	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Arjay Drainage	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Arjay Drainage	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Arjay Slide	P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Arjay Slide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bell Central Slide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Blackmont School	P1 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Blackmont School	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Blackmont Water Supply	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Brownies Slide	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Camp Branch Pits	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Camp Branch Pits	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Chadwell Gap	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Chadwell Gap	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Charles Lee Sediment Pond	P1 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Cranes Creek Tipple	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Cranes Creek Tipple	P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Cranes Creek Tipple	P1 Surface Burning	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Dorton Branch Openings	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Ed Hoskins	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Ed Hoskins	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Elmer Lawson Slide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Field Gob	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Field Gob	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Fonde Aml Water Supply	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Geneva Brock Adits	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
George Barton Shafts	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Hances Creek Strip	P3 Bench	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Completed
Hances Creek Strip	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Completed
Howard Branch Mines	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Howard Branch Mines	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Jakie Howard	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	In Reclamation
Jakie Howard	P2 Dangerous Slides	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	In Reclamation
Jakie Howard #2 Ri-513	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Larry Brock Landslide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Laurel Fork Water Supply	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Completed
Laurel Fork Water Supply	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Coal Interim Site Funding	In Reclamation
Left Fk. Refuse/portal	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Left Fk. Refuse/portal	P3 Mine Opening	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Left Fork Of Straight Cr. W.s.	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Marvin Barton Refuse Fire	P1 Surface Burning	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Old House Pit	P3 Bench	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Old House Pit	P3 Pits	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Pre 87	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Pruden-fonde Refuse	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Clean Streams Initiative	Reclamation Completed
Pruden-fonde Refuse	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Pruden-fonde Refuse	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Rella Mines	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Rella Mines	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Rockhouse Br. Outslopes	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Rockhouse Br. Outslopes	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Russell Napier Slides	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Straight Creek-camp Br.	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Sugarcamp Branch Complex	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
The Appalachian Wildlife Center	P3 Other	AMLER	In Reclamation
Wallsend Refuse Fire	P1 Surface Burning	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Williams Branch Strip	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Williams Branch Strip	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending

Problem types carry OSMRE's priority prefix: P1 and P2 are threats to health, safety and property, P3 is environmental. A problem area is a cluster of problems reclaimed as one project; several rows can share one location.

MSHA-registered mines with status Abandoned491 on register

#1
Underground coal · Foxco Energy · MSHA ID 1512479

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-01-20
#1
Underground coal · Judy Anna Coal · MSHA ID 1514380

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-07-16
#1
Underground coal · Century Operations LLC · MSHA ID 1515455

Abandoned 2006-06-19
#1
Underground coal · Millennium Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1516028

Abandoned and Sealed 1995-06-28
#1
Underground coal · Henderson Coal Company · MSHA ID 1516291

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-02-29
#1
Underground coal · Bjr Mining Corp · MSHA ID 1516339

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-08-31
#1 Deep Mine
Underground coal · C C C Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1508626

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-02-01
#1 Mine
Underground coal · Gregory Coal Company · MSHA ID 1500858

Abandoned 1976-05-19
#1 Mine
Underground coal · M & G Coal Company · MSHA ID 1504011

Abandoned 1976-05-20
#1 Mine
Underground coal · Tracy Coals · MSHA ID 1512786

Abandoned and Sealed 1987-05-05
#1 Mine
Underground coal · Givens & Maggard Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514375

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-09-09
#1 Prep Plant
Facility coal · Givens Leasing · MSHA ID 1517374

Abandoned 2010-03-23
#1 Strip
Surface coal · Straight Creek Mining Company · MSHA ID 1504314

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-10-30
#1 Strip
Surface coal · White Oak Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1508375

Abandoned and Sealed 1989-05-18
#1 Strip Mine
Surface coal · Jamieson Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1518257

Abandoned 2021-08-24
#1 Surface
Surface coal · Dean Fuel Company · MSHA ID 1514710

Abandoned 1987-04-01
#1 Surface
Surface coal · B G & M Inc · MSHA ID 1514762

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-06-06
#1 Surface
Surface coal · C & G Coal · MSHA ID 1516785

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-04-27
#2
Surface coal · Appolo Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 1505335

Abandoned 2006-06-22
#2
Underground coal · Four Aces Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1509757

Abandoned and Sealed 1992-04-21
#2
Underground coal · Big C Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514059

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-09-18
#2
Underground coal · Walkco Coal Company · MSHA ID 1516093

Abandoned and Sealed 1987-09-08
#2
Underground coal · Bjr Mining Corp · MSHA ID 1516985

Abandoned and Sealed 1991-02-11
#2
Surface coal · Kincaid Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1517792

Abandoned 2015-08-12
#2 Mine
Underground coal · Oak Coal Company · MSHA ID 1504132

Abandoned 1976-05-20
#2 Prep Plant
Facility coal · Appolo Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 1513667

Abandoned 2002-10-30
#2 Surface
coal · W W & H Coal Co · MSHA ID 1513754

Abandoned 1984-01-01
#2 Surface
Surface coal · Twin Star Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516516

Abandoned 2014-02-03
#3
Surface coal · Dmc Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1516163

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-12-14
#3
Surface coal · Trosper Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1517936

Abandoned 2000-09-16
#3
Underground coal · Wilcoal Mining Incorporated · MSHA ID 1519031

Abandoned 2006-11-30
#3 Strip
Surface coal · Wash Ridge Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515270

Abandoned 1987-12-17
#5
Underground coal · Kincaid Mining · MSHA ID 1517643

Abandoned and Sealed 2006-06-19
#5 Mine
Underground coal · L P Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1500257

Abandoned 1976-05-07
#5 Strip
Surface coal · Straight Creek Mining Company · MSHA ID 1511773

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-08-25
4
Surface coal · Kincaid Enterprises, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519028

Abandoned 2007-11-27
4th Gen Auger
Surface coal · 4th Gen Fuels LLC · MSHA ID 1519889

Abandoned 2023-04-04
Adventure Prep Plant
Facility coal · Adventure Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1504569

Abandoned 1978-02-09
Alamo
Facility coal · Straight Creek Coal Mining, Inc · MSHA ID 1505200

Abandoned 2023-10-03
Alamo Surface Mine
Surface coal · Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc · MSHA ID 1518054

Abandoned 2003-01-31
Andrews Branch
Surface coal · Goldens Creek Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1517677

Abandoned 1995-07-14
Area #8
Surface coal · Robert Clear Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 1518496

Abandoned 2005-08-24
Back Creek Surface Mine
Surface coal · Kopper Glo Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1519731

Abandoned 2015-05-07
Bailey Hill Number 6
Underground coal · Bailey Hill Mining Company · MSHA ID 1515751

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-12-15
Balkan Tipple
Facility coal · Concord Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516604

Abandoned 1989-06-23
Bedrock
Surface coal · T&T Energy LLC · MSHA ID 1519570

Abandoned 2011-08-23
Bell County Auger
Surface coal · Goldens Creek Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1518284

Abandoned 2003-01-31
Bell County No 1
Underground coal · Bell County Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1516424

Abandoned and Sealed 2000-03-07
Bell County No 1a
Underground coal · Bell County Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1506388

Abandoned and Sealed 1994-07-12
Bell County No 2
Underground coal · Bell County Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1517350

Abandoned and Sealed 1998-02-27
Bell No 4 Mine
Underground coal · Eastover Mining Company · MSHA ID 1506820

Abandoned and Sealed 1980-11-25
Bell No 5 Mine
Underground coal · Eastover Mining Company · MSHA ID 1506821

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-01-07
Bell No 7 Mine
Underground coal · Eastover Mining Company · MSHA ID 1511071

Abandoned and Sealed 1980-08-14
BEP Hignite
Facility coal · Bell Energy Partners LLC. · MSHA ID 1510212

Abandoned 2023-05-23
Bernthaler
Surface coal · Bernthaler Inc · MSHA ID 1517655

Abandoned 2012-01-31
Betsy Branch
Surface coal · Nally & Hamilton Enterprises, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519090

Abandoned 2007-12-03
Big Blue
Surface coal · Big Blue Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515063

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-05-30
Black Mtn Coal Mng Co Mine #2
Underground coal · Black Mountain Coal Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516372

Abandoned and Sealed 1994-05-05
Boone Mine
Surface coal · Taywood Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1511700

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-03-13
Boone Prep Plant
Facility coal · Taywood Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1511889

Abandoned 1982-09-16
Brd #1
Underground coal · Brd Inc · MSHA ID 1517907

Abandoned 2005-08-30
Brd #2
Underground coal · Brd Inc · MSHA ID 1517908

Abandoned and Sealed 2000-03-21
Brd#4
Underground coal · B R & D Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1518141

Abandoned and Sealed 2002-09-16
Bronco #1
Surface coal · Bronco Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512855

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-06-27
Bull Branch Mine
Underground coal · TENNCO INC. · MSHA ID 1519848

Abandoned and Sealed 2024-07-11
Burning Star #1
Underground coal · Burning Star Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1515752

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-03-14
Butcher Branch
Underground coal · Linsco Energy, LLC · MSHA ID 1518924

Abandoned 2013-07-09
Cain No 4 Mine
Surface coal · Cain & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 1514010

Abandoned 1983-10-05
Calvary #1
Underground coal · Calvary Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516464

Abandoned and Sealed 1999-04-06
Canada Mountain Surface Mine
Surface coal · Associated Contracting LLC · MSHA ID 1518664

Abandoned 2005-06-22
Cannon Coal #1
Surface coal · Cannon Coal Company · MSHA ID 1516307

Abandoned 1991-03-13
Cardinal #1 Mine
Surface coal · Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 1517642

Abandoned 2003-01-31
Chestnut Flats
Surface coal · Nally & Hamilton Enterprises, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519076

Abandoned 2019-05-14
Co-Op No 2 Strip
Surface coal · White Oak Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1512818

Abandoned 1983-11-28
Coal Creek
Facility coal · Bell County Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 1518058

Abandoned 2015-03-27
Coal Diggers Inc Mine No 1
Surface coal · Coal Diggers Inc · MSHA ID 1512410

Abandoned 1981-09-01
Coal Stone #10
Underground coal · Parton Bros. Contracting, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519574

Abandoned and Sealed 2015-03-27
Colmar Tipple
Facility coal · Cyprus Cumberland Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1517425

Abandoned 2002-10-30
Copeland Mine
Underground coal · Straight Creek Coal Resources Co · MSHA ID 1517437

Abandoned 2002-09-09
Cribb #3
Underground coal · Cribb Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514913

Abandoned and Sealed 1986-04-21
Crockett
Facility coal · Covol Fuels No. 3, LLC · MSHA ID 1519195

Abandoned 2010-04-12
Crockett Tipple
Facility coal · Andalex Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1507781

Abandoned 1980-04-24
Cv-1
Underground coal · Cumberland Valley Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 1515964

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-03-06
D And N Coal Company Mine #1
Underground coal · D & N Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514301

Abandoned and Sealed 1987-11-18
D-1 Garmeada #2
Underground coal · Revelation Energy, LLC · MSHA ID 1519318

Abandoned 2023-11-02
D-1A Garmeada
Underground coal · Bell Energy Partners LLC. · MSHA ID 1519791

Abandoned 2023-11-02
David
Surface coal · White Winter Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1512038

Abandoned 1981-09-01
Dixie Pine #3 Strip
Surface coal · Dixie Pine Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511766

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-01-24
Dr #4
Underground coal · Del Rio Inc · MSHA ID 1516795

Abandoned and Sealed 1997-08-28
Dr #5
Underground coal · Del Rio Inc · MSHA ID 1511035

Abandoned and Sealed 1994-04-13
Dr #6
Underground coal · Del Rio Inc · MSHA ID 1517432

Abandoned and Sealed 1997-11-04
Dry Branch
Surface coal · Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1519603

Abandoned 2020-04-15
Fields Prep Plant
Facility coal · Ely Fuel Company · MSHA ID 1504567

Abandoned 1981-09-08
Fonde #2
Surface coal · T & T Energy · MSHA ID 1519474

Abandoned 2011-04-05
Fonde Hignite Seam
Surface coal · T & T Energy LLC · MSHA ID 1519479

Abandoned 2010-06-30
Garden Hollow #1
Underground coal · Crockett Collieries (Ky) Inc · MSHA ID 1516560

Abandoned 1989-02-09
Garmeada
Underground coal · Bell County Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1517855

Abandoned 2002-03-01
Gatliff Surface #3
Surface coal · Gatliff Coal Co., Inc. · MSHA ID 1518628

Abandoned 2009-12-14
GHM-Bell #040
Surface coal · Green Hill Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1518169

Abandoned 2004-02-25
Givens Coal
Underground coal · Givens Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1518375

Abandoned and Sealed 2009-12-14
Givens Coal Company Inc.
Surface coal · Givens Coal Company Inc. · MSHA ID 1519600

Abandoned 2014-04-01
Glendon #2
Underground coal · Parton Brothers Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 1518275

Abandoned 2001-10-18
Glory Bee Coal Co Inc Glory Bee Min
Underground coal · Glory Bee Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1501966

Abandoned and Sealed 1983-11-22
Glory Bee Coal Co Inc Glory Bee Min
Underground coal · Glory Bee Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513260

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-04-22
Hall Mine
Underground coal · Harlan No 4 Coal Company · MSHA ID 1503717

Abandoned 1976-02-09
Hamilton Mine
Underground coal · Bledsoe Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508271

Abandoned 1976-08-23
Hamilton Tipple
Facility coal · Nally & Hamilton Enterprises, Inc. · MSHA ID 1508105

Abandoned 2017-04-11
Hana Sand And Gravel Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Hana Sand & Gravel Corp · MSHA ID 1511553

Abandoned 1980-12-01
Hance Mine No. 1
Underground coal · Tennco Energy, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519408

Abandoned and Sealed 2015-03-25
Hance Strip
Surface coal · Straight Creek Coal Resources Company · MSHA ID 1501969

Abandoned 1995-05-01
Hance Strip
Surface coal · Straight Creek Coal Resources Company · MSHA ID 1503320

Abandoned 1991-11-21
Highwall Miner No 1
Surface coal · Appolo Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 1518388

Abandoned 2006-08-02
Hignite #4
Underground coal · Bell County Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 1518235

Abandoned 2002-04-25
HM #1
Surface coal · Appolo Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 1519271

Abandoned 2009-04-03
HM #3
Surface coal · Appolo Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 4003329

Abandoned 2010-04-13
Insull Ridge
Surface coal · Nally & Hamilton Enterprises, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519885

Abandoned 2021-10-12
J L Thacker Mine
Surface coal · Blackwater Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1512028

Abandoned 1980-09-22
Jackrock No 1
Underground coal · Jackrock Llc · MSHA ID 1517951

Abandoned and Sealed 2004-05-03
Jellico # 1
Surface coal · Claiborne Hauling Contractors · MSHA ID 1519380

Abandoned 2009-07-22
Jellico #1
coal · T & T Energy, LLC · MSHA ID 1519507

Abandoned 2020-04-15
Jellico #2
Surface coal · Claiborne Contractors · MSHA ID 1519421

Abandoned 2012-01-31
Jellico No.1
Underground coal · Bell Energy Partners LLC. · MSHA ID 1519336

Abandoned 2023-11-01
Jennie Branch Mine
Underground coal · Tennco, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519768

Abandoned 2019-09-20
Jim Branch #1
Underground coal · Calvary Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517825

Abandoned and Sealed 1997-12-29
Jim Branch #2
Underground coal · Calvary Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517748

Abandoned and Sealed 1998-06-10
K-Island Mine #1
Surface coal · K-Island Resources, LLC · MSHA ID 1519857

Abandoned 2024-05-31
Kcc No 4 Surface
Underground coal · King Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510297

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Kellioka 1
Underground coal · Nally & Hamilton Enterprise, Inc · MSHA ID 1519539

Abandoned 2014-07-09
Kettle Island #1
Surface coal · Hurricane Creek Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1519968

Abandoned 2025-09-29
Kim No 1
Underground coal · Gill-Way Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 1506804

Abandoned 1976-01-12
Knox Energy Mine No 2
Surface coal · Knox Energy Corp · MSHA ID 1512863

Abandoned and Sealed 1981-12-18
KY 11
Surface coal · Straight Creek Coal Mining, Inc · MSHA ID 1518925

Abandoned 2016-12-29
KY No 9
Surface coal · Big Run Mining · MSHA ID 1518979

Abandoned 2009-12-30
Ky No. 4
Surface coal · Big Run Mining, Inc · MSHA ID 1519279

Abandoned 2008-11-11
Ky No. Mine 1
Underground coal · Middle Fork Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518571

Abandoned 2010-01-05
L P No 12 Mine
Underground coal · L P Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510906

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-04-12
L P No 13
Underground coal · L P Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511113

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-04-12
Langley Branch
Surface coal · Dkd Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 1516936

Abandoned 1994-11-16
Last Chance
Underground coal · Brownies Creek Collieries Inc · MSHA ID 1512247

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-11-17
Lcb #8
Underground coal · Crockett Collieries (Ky) Inc · MSHA ID 1516912

Abandoned and Sealed 1993-11-09
Lcb #8a
Underground coal · Crockett Collieries (Ky) Inc · MSHA ID 1517068

Abandoned and Sealed 1993-11-09
Leinad #1 Strip & Auger
Surface coal · Leinad Equipment Inc · MSHA ID 1516542

Abandoned and Sealed 1991-03-29
Libby No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Regal Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1507956

Abandoned 1976-02-10
Little Clear Creek Mine
Underground coal · Les Juan Corp · MSHA ID 1508986

Abandoned 1976-12-21
Little Rock Mining Inc
Surface coal · Little Rock Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1517011

Abandoned 2012-01-31
Log Mountain
Surface coal · Mining Technologies Inc · MSHA ID 1517597

Abandoned 1995-09-13
Log Mountain Tipple
Facility coal · Premium Processing Inc · MSHA ID 1514683

Abandoned 1997-10-07
Long Rifle Mining #2
Underground coal · Long Rifle Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1518081

Abandoned and Sealed 2000-07-07
Lowsplint Surface
Surface coal · Double Mountain Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1519272

Abandoned 2023-10-11
M & G #7
Surface coal · M & G MINING LLC · MSHA ID 1519412

Abandoned 2009-09-22

…and 341 more mines not listed here.

Status and date are as reported to MSHA by the operator. Each mine's own page carries its accident, citation and inspection record.

By source vocabularythe publishers' own terms

Feature type	Class	Source	Features
Strip Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	257
Adit	Mine openings	USGS topo symbol (point)	255
Open Pit Mine or Quarry	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	76
Strip Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	26
Tipple	Mills, tipples and facilities	USGS topo symbol (point)	8
P2 Dangerous Slides	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	7
P1 Dangerous Slides	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	7
P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	7
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P1 Surface Burning	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
P2 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
P1 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Mills, tipples and facilities	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
Disturbed Surface	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	2
P3 Bench	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
P3 Other	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P3 Mine Opening	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P3 Pits	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Tailings - Undifferentiated	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (area)	1
P1 Clogged Stream Lands	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Quarry	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
P3 Spoil Area	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Subsidence	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Mills, tipples and facilities	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Vertical Openings	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Sand Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
P2 Clogged Streams	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P3 High Wall	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1

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How to read these numbers

A USGS feature is a symbol on a historical topographic map, there when the map was surveyed; it may since have been sealed, reclaimed, built over or reopened as a working mine, and the map does not say which. An OSMRE row is a problem the abandoned mine land program tracks, not a mine. An MSHA mine is a registered operation whose operator reported abandonment, a record that starts in the 1970s. The three overlap and are never added together. The county is assigned from each feature's coordinates against the Census 2023 county boundaries. The full method is on the national page.

Sources

USGS, Consolidated Prospect- and Mine-Related Features from 7.5- and 15-Minute Topographic Quadrangle Maps of the United States (USMIN)
597,612 point and area features digitized from about 106,350 historical topographic maps published 1886–2006; public domain (CC0). A feature is a map symbol, not a field-verified site, and the map does not say whether it was still worked.
USGS Fact Sheet 2025–3003, The Abandoned Mine Inventory of the United States
States that as of 2025 there is no comprehensive national inventory of abandoned mine features, and that the detailed national database now being built will not be published.
OSMRE, Abandoned Mine Land Inventory System (e-AMLIS), public Problems layer
One row per abandoned mine land problem in a problem area, with its type, funding program and reclamation status; mostly coal mined before the 1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. Coordinates are the problem area's.
MSHA, Mines dataset (Mine Data Retrieval System)
Every mine registered with MSHA since the 1970s; a mine reads Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed when its operator reported that status. Refreshed weekly.
US Census Bureau, 2023 cartographic county boundaries (1:500,000)
Each feature's county is assigned by its coordinates against these boundaries, not copied from the source file.
GAO-20-238, Abandoned Hardrock Mines (March 2020)
Federal agencies had identified at least 140,000 abandoned hardrock mine features on federal land and estimated more than 390,000 more not yet captured in their databases.
Abandoned Hardrock Mine Reclamation (AHMR) Program, US Department of the Interior
The program the USGS inventory is compiled for. Its appropriations and the 674,000 field-confirmed feature count on this page were provided by the program manager, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, and are cited with permission (2026-09-08).
IMCC-NAAMLP Hardrock AML Report
Page 48 carries the two figures this page leans on: USGS estimates 633,181 of the 725,690 mine features it recorded from historic topographic maps, 87 percent, are hardrock; and state and federal agencies have submitted more than 724,000 AML features to the national database being built, already more than the historic maps hold. Year-by-year AHMR funding is on page 35.