Abandoned mines in Breathitt County, Kentucky

1. Mine openings

   shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
   218 56.5%
2. Mines and surface workings

   labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
   112 29.0%
3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

   construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
   1 0.3%
4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

   what mining left above ground
   4 1.0%
5. Other reclamation problems

   highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
   51 13.2%

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.

1. #1

   Underground coal · Big Shiner Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514271
   Abandoned 1986-05-16
2. #1

   Surface coal · Sturgeon Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1514823
   Abandoned 1990-02-07
3. #1 Prep Plant

   Facility coal · Red Gorge Coal & Coke Corp · MSHA ID 1511561
   Abandoned 1985-12-03
4. #1 Surface

   Surface coal · Flattop Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1511805
   Abandoned 1980-07-15
5. #1 Surface

   Surface coal · T & R Mining Company · MSHA ID 1513204
   Abandoned 1983-05-24
6. #1 Surface

   Surface coal · Town Hill Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514016
   Abandoned 1984-01-09
7. #1 Surface

   Surface coal · J M Smith Truckin' Inc · MSHA ID 1515534
   Abandoned 1986-09-30
8. #1 Surface

   Surface coal · Locust Grove Inc · MSHA ID 1516220
   Abandoned 1988-06-09
9. #11

   Surface coal · Hannco Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1518347
   Abandoned 2003-01-21
10. #16 Auger

    Surface coal · R V Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516881
    Abandoned 1990-07-19
11. #2

    Underground coal · Big Shiner Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515305
    Abandoned and Sealed 1986-03-21
12. #2 Prep Plant

    Facility coal · Ball Branch Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1515546
    Abandoned 1986-10-07
13. #2 Prep Plant

    Facility coal · Curway Corp · MSHA ID 1515773
    Abandoned 1988-01-27
14. #2 Surface

    Surface coal · Norma Jean Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512135
    Abandoned 1980-12-02
15. #2 Surface

    Surface coal · Royalton Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1513973
    Abandoned 1983-03-16
16. #2 Surface

    Surface coal · Wolverine Mining Corp · MSHA ID 1514279
    Abandoned 1986-05-15
17. #2 Surface Bean Fork

    Surface coal · Cape Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1511845
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
18. #3 Surface

    Surface coal · Vegas Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1512390
    Abandoned 1982-03-11
19. #3 Surface

    Surface coal · Mt Vernon Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1513125
    Abandoned 1986-02-24
20. #4 Surface

    Surface coal · Hannco Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1517801
    Abandoned 1996-10-17
21. #5 Mine

    Surface coal · Tightrope Inc · MSHA ID 1517104
    Abandoned 1992-03-02
22. #9 Surface

    Surface coal · Hannco Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1517782
    Abandoned 2003-07-01
23. 1

    Surface coal · Joseph & Marshall Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514108
    Abandoned 1986-02-25
24. 17 South

    Surface coal · Horizon Natural Resources Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1517793
    Abandoned 2004-11-22
25. 4-M

    Surface coal · 4-M Resource Group Inc · MSHA ID 1514838
    Abandoned 1988-10-04
26. Auger Mine No. 12

    Surface coal · B & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517318
    Abandoned 2004-04-13
27. Beargrass #1

    Surface coal · Beargrass Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514106
    Abandoned 1983-11-21
28. Bethany Surface Job #32

    Surface coal · Addington Brothers Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1511782
    Abandoned 1980-12-02
29. Big Energy Coal #6

    Underground coal · Big Energy Coal Company · MSHA ID 1517157
    Abandoned 1993-04-08
30. Big Jack No 2 Strip

    Surface coal · Potsey Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511372
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
31. Breathitt

    Surface coal · Diamond May Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517654
    Abandoned 1995-11-07
32. Breathitt #1

    Surface coal · Breathitt Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1519765
    Abandoned 2021-08-25
33. Breathitt #1 Surface

    Surface coal · Buckhorn Mining Corp · MSHA ID 1509815
    Abandoned 1980-06-10
34. Breathitt No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · G T Juett Coal Company · MSHA ID 1509593
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
35. Carbon Tech Fuels #1

    Surface coal · Deep Wood Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1518902
    Abandoned 2007-02-05
36. Cole No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Cole Mining Company · MSHA ID 1510231
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
37. Contract P-3 Mine

    Underground coal · Consol Of Kentucky Inc · MSHA ID 1516029
    Abandoned and Sealed 1988-04-26
38. Cow Creek Const Co Inc #2

    Underground coal · Cow Creek Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512856
    Abandoned and Sealed 1984-06-14
39. D & H #1

    Surface coal · D & H Coal Co of Laurel Co Inc · MSHA ID 1518801
    Abandoned 2005-04-13
40. Davis Energy

    Surface coal · Clay Laurel Mining Incorporated · MSHA ID 1519709
    Abandoned 2013-07-03
41. Davis Energy / Red Bush

    Surface coal · Clay Laurel Mining Incorporated · MSHA ID 1519593
    Abandoned 2016-07-18
42. Della D Mine

    Underground coal · Kashcoal Inc · MSHA ID 1517029
    Abandoned and Sealed 1992-06-02
43. Dixie No 2 Strip

    Surface coal · Moss Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510794
    Abandoned 1977-09-01
44. Durr Prep Plant

    Facility coal · R C Durr Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511487
    Abandoned 1986-02-27
45. E Nickell Tipple

    Facility coal · Consolidated Coal Tipples Ltd · MSHA ID 1505448
    Abandoned 1986-01-31
46. Five Mile Creek Job

    Surface coal · George'S Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516884
    Abandoned 1991-09-25
47. Flint Ridge Mine

    Surface coal · ICG Hazard, LLC · MSHA ID 1518623
    Abandoned 2014-01-10
48. Flint Ridge Mine

    Underground coal · ICG Hazard LLC · MSHA ID 1518850
    Abandoned and Sealed 2012-04-03
49. Flint Ridge Mine #2

    Underground coal · ICG Hazard, LLC · MSHA ID 1518991
    Abandoned and Sealed 2014-09-05
50. G E M No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Giant Earthmovers Inc · MSHA ID 1507988
    Abandoned 1977-02-24
51. Gentry Tipple

    Facility coal · Tesoro Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510338
    Abandoned 1986-01-31
52. Goddess #1

    Surface coal · Goddess Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1516641
    Abandoned 1996-05-02
53. H-2

    Surface coal · Revelation Energy, LLC · MSHA ID 1519621
    Abandoned 2014-07-07
54. Haddix Cont Loading Facility

    Facility coal · Arch On The North Fork Inc · MSHA ID 1506403
    Abandoned 1990-11-09
55. Haddix Prep Plant

    Facility coal · Falcon Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1505167
    Abandoned 1983-10-28
56. Hazard Star Loadout

    Facility coal · Kentucky Fuel Corporation · MSHA ID 1508211
    Abandoned 2016-07-18
57. Helco No 2 Surface

    Surface coal · Helco Minerals Corp · MSHA ID 1508957
    Abandoned 1980-06-10
58. Hrn #4

    Surface coal · H R N Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514107
    Abandoned 1985-06-24
59. Huscaol #9

    Surface coal · Huscoal Inc · MSHA ID 1516362
    Abandoned 1992-11-23
60. Huscoal No 6

    Surface coal · Huscoal Inc · MSHA ID 1512208
    Abandoned 1989-12-18
61. J & M #1 Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Branham & Baker Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1507782
    Abandoned 1990-11-05
62. Jackson #1

    Surface coal · Jackson Excavating Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515107
    Abandoned 1986-03-13
63. K-2 Surface Mine

    Surface coal · American Reclamation Co LLC · MSHA ID 1518783
    Abandoned 2006-01-26
64. Kentucky River Loadout

    Facility coal · Black Bear Processing, LLC · MSHA ID 1518953
    Abandoned 2006-09-05
65. Kentucky River Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Kentucky Fuel Corporation · MSHA ID 1518525
    Abandoned 2016-07-18
66. Kragon Tipple

    Facility coal · Knott County Coal LLC · MSHA ID 1511787
    Abandoned 1995-11-07
67. Log Mountain #3

    Surface coal · Log Mountain Mining Company · MSHA ID 1514767
    Abandoned 1984-12-10
68. Long Branch #9

    Underground coal · Whitaker Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1513715
    Abandoned and Sealed 1992-06-02
69. Long Branch No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Long Branch Equipment Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510634
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
70. Magnum #19

    Surface coal · A Z T Coal Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513903
    Abandoned 1983-11-30
71. Magnum #19 Prep Plant

    Facility coal · A Z T Coal Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511759
    Abandoned 1986-01-09
72. Marty Mine #4

    Surface coal · Marty Corp · MSHA ID 1510365
    Abandoned 1987-07-20
73. Marty No 5

    Surface coal · Marty Corp · MSHA ID 1503322
    Abandoned 1984-06-27
74. Mill Creek

    Surface coal · Al-Ken Llc · MSHA ID 1518016
    Abandoned 2001-05-10
75. Miller Henson Caudill Inc #1

    Surface coal · Miller-Henson-Caudill Incorp · MSHA ID 1515943
    Abandoned 1989-03-15
76. Miller Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Joyce Western Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1506989
    Abandoned 1975-09-09
77. Mine #1

    Underground coal · Brown Fox Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513188
    Abandoned and Sealed 1984-12-04
78. Mine #2

    Surface coal · Carbon Seam Systems Inc · MSHA ID 1513943
    Abandoned 1984-10-05
79. Mine #3

    Surface coal · George'S Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514829
    Abandoned 1988-01-22
80. Mine No 1

    Underground coal · Collins & May Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511550
    Abandoned 1991-07-24
81. Mine No 1

    Surface coal · Blueridge Enterprises · MSHA ID 1512870
    Abandoned 1986-03-13
82. Mine No 1

    Surface coal · Rainbow Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1517200
    Abandoned 1992-11-12
83. Mine Number 1

    Surface coal · Trinity Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1517154
    Abandoned 1993-03-16
84. Mor-Coal No 1

    Surface coal · Mor-Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1513431
    Abandoned 1995-04-14
85. MORRIS FORK 1

    Surface coal · BRISTOL ENERGY GROUP INC · MSHA ID 1519156
    Abandoned 2019-09-17
86. Mountainside Coal Co #1

    Surface coal · Mountainside Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514240
    Abandoned 1985-12-03
87. Mullins Branch Prep Plant

    Facility coal · Licking River Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1519169
    Abandoned 2017-10-05
88. New Hope Coal Company

    Underground coal · New Hope Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513199
    Abandoned and Sealed 1982-11-05
89. Nickell No 1

    Surface coal · E Nickell Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 1506720
    Abandoned 1975-09-09
90. Nix Branch Ug Mine

    Underground coal · Straight Creek Coal Resources · MSHA ID 1514352
    Abandoned and Sealed 1992-06-02
91. No 1

    Underground coal · Trico Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1511017
    Abandoned and Sealed 1992-06-02
92. No 1

    Underground coal · V M & K Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512844
    Abandoned and Sealed 1992-06-02
93. No 1

    Surface coal · Susan Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1513388
    Abandoned 1984-01-10
94. No 1

    Surface coal · Diamond T Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1516799
    Abandoned 1993-09-20
95. No 1

    Surface coal · North Fork Colleries LLC · MSHA ID 1519019
    Abandoned 2011-12-20
96. No 1 Auger

    Surface coal · D F M Inc · MSHA ID 1516486
    Abandoned 1988-09-29
97. No 1 Auger Mine

    Surface coal · Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1504231
    Abandoned 1972-03-29
98. No 1 Auger Mine

    Surface coal · Bull Creek Mining Corp · MSHA ID 1504657
    Abandoned 1972-07-06
99. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Mine Rite Coal Company · MSHA ID 1507070
    Abandoned 1980-06-10
100. No 1 Mine

     Underground coal · Meally Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510079
     Abandoned 1977-08-09
101. No 1 Mine

     Underground coal · Floyd Eastern Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510118
     Abandoned 1977-08-09
102. No 1 Mine

     Surface coal · Highland Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1510866
     Abandoned 1979-02-01
103. No 1 Mine

     Surface coal · Equitable Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 1511179
     Abandoned 1980-06-10
104. No 1 Mine

     Underground coal · Barwick Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512526
     Abandoned 1980-09-01
105. No 1 Mine

     Underground coal · Tam Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513136
     Abandoned 1982-02-19
106. No 1 Mine

     Underground coal · U S A Quality Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1517028
     Abandoned and Sealed 1992-09-30
107. No 1 Prep Plant

     Facility coal · Green Mountain Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 1508689
     Abandoned 1976-12-09
108. No 1 Prep Plant

     Facility coal · Breathitt Coal Sales · MSHA ID 1508797
     Abandoned 1977-12-05
109. No 1 Prep Plant

     Facility coal · Mepco Inc · MSHA ID 1511494
     Abandoned 1980-06-09
110. No 1 Prep Plant

     Facility coal · Hallmark Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514158
     Abandoned 1985-10-01
111. No 1 Strip & Auger

     Underground coal · Middle Fork Mining Company · MSHA ID 1506916
     Abandoned 1977-07-11
112. No 1 Strip Mine

     Surface coal · Marty Corp · MSHA ID 1501975
     Abandoned 1974-04-30
113. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Newcon Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1504335
     Abandoned 1978-07-31
114. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · River Processing Inc · MSHA ID 1504351
     Abandoned 1988-02-17
115. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Crest Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 1505470
     Abandoned 1975-09-09
116. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Hawkins & Hawkins Coal Company · MSHA ID 1507238
     Abandoned 1976-12-14
117. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Hayden & Hayden Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1507636
     Abandoned 1984-01-09
118. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · United States Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509363
     Abandoned 1982-01-18
119. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Chloe Drilling Inc · MSHA ID 1509411
     Abandoned 1979-10-01
120. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · M B C Mining Contractors · MSHA ID 1510058
     Abandoned 1977-09-08
121. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · S & B Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510059
     Abandoned 1977-07-11
122. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Bo Valley Energy Corp · MSHA ID 1510602
     Abandoned 1978-07-06
123. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Wacker Mining & Construction Inc · MSHA ID 1510816
     Abandoned 1978-08-15
124. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · River Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510840
     Abandoned 1978-06-01
125. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Alpine Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1510867
     Abandoned 1982-01-18
126. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Stewart Processing Inc · MSHA ID 1511335
     Abandoned 1980-11-03
127. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · M J C Coal & Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1511414
     Abandoned 1979-10-01
128. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Hop Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1511846
     Abandoned 1984-01-13
129. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Cedar Bend Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512157
     Abandoned 1980-11-08
130. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · George'S Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512507
     Abandoned 1983-04-15
131. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Mighty B Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514598
     Abandoned 1986-07-01
132. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · F & M Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515173
     Abandoned 1985-10-04
133. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Flaget Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 1515750
     Abandoned 1991-03-21
134. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Carolina Mining Company · MSHA ID 1504349
     Abandoned 1974-04-30
135. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Jersey Kentucky Coal Company · MSHA ID 1508501
     Abandoned 1977-09-06
136. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Tenkiller Mining Services Inc · MSHA ID 1512879
     Abandoned 1983-11-03
137. No 1 Tipple

     Facility coal · Regal Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1515208
     Abandoned 1986-03-14
138. No 10 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · River Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1506988
     Abandoned 1974-10-03
139. No 11 Mine

     Underground coal · Ratliff Coal Company · MSHA ID 1509755
     Abandoned 1977-09-06
140. No 12 Mine

     Underground coal · Graco Mining Company · MSHA ID 1503754
     Abandoned 1977-08-15
141. No 15 Surface

     Surface coal · Oswayo Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1511743
     Abandoned 1980-06-11
142. No 2 Mine

     Underground coal · Tarheel Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1507243
     Abandoned and Sealed 1992-06-02
143. No 2 Mine

     Surface coal · Ken-Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1510868
     Abandoned 1982-01-18
144. No 2 Mine

     Underground coal · Connie Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511070
     Abandoned 1979-10-01
145. No 2 Mine

     Underground coal · L L & K Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511465
     Abandoned 1980-04-24
146. No 2 Prep Plant

     Facility coal · Buckhorn Processing · MSHA ID 1508037
     Abandoned 1986-01-31
147. No 2 Strip

     Surface coal · Branham Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1505265
     Abandoned 1972-11-06
148. No 2 Strip Mine

     Surface coal · Bizwil Inc · MSHA ID 1504461
     Abandoned 1973-03-20
149. No 2 Surface

     Surface coal · Koal Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1509389
     Abandoned 1977-02-24
150. No 2 Surface

     Surface coal · St Clair-Hanover Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510967
     Abandoned 1979-10-01

…and 55 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.

• Pike County 2,690
• Floyd County 2,006
• Letcher County 1,343
• Knott County 989
• Harlan County 911
• Johnson County 802
• Whitley County 726
• Perry County 695
• Knox County 639
• Bell County 627
• Leslie County 540
• Clay County 433

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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).
8. 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.