How many abandoned mines are in Clay County, Kentucky?

Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Clay County, Kentucky

Clay County, Kentucky has 433 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1952–1979, including 97 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts) and 1 prospect pits. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 65 problems in the county, 44 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 379 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Clay 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): 433
Mine openings: 97
OSMRE problems unreclaimed: 44
MSHA mines marked abandoned: 379

0 features carry a name1 prospect pits14 quadrangle maps, published 1952–1979 65 OSMRE problems, 21 reclaimed 43 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed

What the features are

Mine openings

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

101 20.3%
Prospect pits and trenches

shallow exploration diggings that never became a mine

1 0.2%
Mines and surface workings

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

316 63.5%
Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction

1 0.2%
Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

what mining left above ground

13 2.6%
Mills, tipples and facilities

processing plants and hazardous structures

19 3.8%
Other reclamation problems

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

47 9.4%

OSMRE abandoned mine land problems65 on inventory

Problem area	Problem	Program	Status
Allan Hollen Portals	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Allan Hollen Portals	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Allan Hollen Portals	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bethany Slide	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Big Creek Entries	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bobby Reed Highwall	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bobby Reed Highwall	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bowling Branch Road Water Supply	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Broughton Branch Contour Strip	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Broughton Branch Contour Strip	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Broughton Branch Contour Strip	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Carnahan Seepage	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Carnahan Seepage	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Christine Sizemore Drainage	P1 Dangerous Slides	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
Collins Fork Strip	P3 Bench	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Collins Fork Strip	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Crane Branch Water Supply	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Curry Branch Strip	P3 Bench	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Curry Branch Strip	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Darrell Jarvis Adits	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Fox Hollow Refuse	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Gary Hyde Slide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Goose Creek Gob	P3 Gobs	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Completed
Goose Creek Gob	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Completed
Grannie Hollow Water Supply	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Completed
Gray Fork Refuse Fire	P1 Surface Burning	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Completed
Gray's Fork Pond	P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Grayham Branch Portals	P3 Mine Opening	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Completed
Henry Deaton	P2 Dangerous Slides	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	In Reclamation
Henson Pit Impoundments	P1 Hazardous Water Bodies	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Henson Pit Impoundments	P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Hima Strip East	P3 Bench	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Hima Strip East	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Hima Strip West	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Hima Strip West	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Horse Creek Entries	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Horse Creek Entries	P2 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Impact Outdoor Adventures	P3 Other	AMLER	Reclamation Completed
Impact Outdoor Adventures RV Park &	P3 Other	AMLER	Reclamation Pending
Lee Brown	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Lee Brown	P3 Spoil Area	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Linda Donato Slide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Little Goose Complex	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Little Goose Complex	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Little Goose Cr.-hooker	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Little Goose Cr.-hooker	P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Little Goose Cr.-hooker	P3 Equipment Facility	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Little Goose Cr.-urban	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Little Goose Creek Water Supply	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Manchester Farm Here 2021 AMLER Pro	P3 Other	AMLER	Reclamation Pending
Oneida Mines	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Oneida Water Supply	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Pre 87	P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Pre 87	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Pre 87	P2 Subsidence	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Raleigh Frazier Slide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Ralph Hollin Impoundments	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Sexton Creek East Strip	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Shepherdtown Tipple	P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Singleton Silt Structure	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Terry Barrett Slide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Thomas Branch Gob	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Wendell Hanson Slide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Wilma Collins	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	In Reclamation
Wilma Collins	P2 Dangerous Slides	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	In Reclamation

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 Abandoned379 on register

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Surface coal · Nantz Coal · MSHA ID 1511737

Abandoned 1984-02-16
#1
Surface coal · Brandon Coal & Energy · MSHA ID 1514473

Abandoned 1984-05-21
#1
Underground coal · Lucky Star Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1515192

Abandoned and Sealed 1987-09-18
#1
Surface coal · Evergreen Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1517538

Abandoned 1994-05-19
#1
Surface coal · Green Hill Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1517858

Abandoned 2003-01-30
#1 Preparation Plant
Facility coal · New White Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509536

Abandoned 1986-02-05
#1 Processing Facility
Facility coal · J & L Drilling, Inc · MSHA ID 1513211

Abandoned 2005-03-03
#1 Puddin
Underground coal · Puddin Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1514159

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-02-05
#1 Strip
Surface coal · Ken-Tap Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1512891

Abandoned 1982-01-11
#1 Strip
Surface coal · Ellis Gregory Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514039

Abandoned 1984-03-08
#1 Strip Mine
Surface coal · Jamieson Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517611

Abandoned 2012-01-31
#1 Surface
Surface coal · Justin Corp · MSHA ID 1515628

Abandoned 1987-06-15
#1 Surface
Surface coal · Blue Moon Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515985

Abandoned 1987-09-23
#1 Wash Plant
Facility coal · Mt Henry Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517423

Abandoned 1994-10-31
#1 Welcreek Coal Inc
Underground coal · Welcreek Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1515405

Abandoned and Sealed 1987-05-05
#15 Strip
Surface coal · Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516099

Abandoned 1996-07-29
#16
Underground coal · Lena Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512420

Abandoned and Sealed 1983-01-13
#2 Mine
Underground coal · Rooster Branch Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513390

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-07-06
#2 Mine
Underground coal · Barnes Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515368

Abandoned and Sealed 1987-06-30
#3
Surface coal · H & R Coal · MSHA ID 1518900

Abandoned 2005-08-30
#4
Underground coal · Century Operations LLC · MSHA ID 1518422

Abandoned 2009-11-16
#4 Clay Co Surface
Surface coal · Thunderbird Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1512765

Abandoned 1981-07-01
#8 Surface
Surface coal · Hannco Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1517983

Abandoned 1998-07-20
Anglin Creek Job
Surface coal · T & W Coal L.L.C · MSHA ID 1518607

Abandoned 2003-08-30
Apex #7 Byncomb Creek Mine #16
Surface coal · Apex Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1513891

Abandoned 1983-12-05
Apple Energy Company Inc
Underground coal · Apple Energy Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513027

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-12-21
Auger #1
Surface coal · J R Mining · MSHA ID 1518995

Abandoned 2007-07-30
Auger 3150
Surface coal · KY Mine Power, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519673

Abandoned 2012-08-09
Auger Machine Ser #3158
Surface coal · J C Drilling & Ditching · MSHA ID 3609320

Abandoned 2012-04-25
Auger Mine #8
Surface coal · B & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516834

Abandoned 1990-05-17
B & R Construction
Surface coal · B & R Construction · MSHA ID 1519527

Abandoned 2012-04-12
Baker Creek Mine
Surface coal · Clay Laurel Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1519623

Abandoned 2014-07-08
Baker No 1 Surface
Surface coal · Chandler & Benge Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511214

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Bales Creek Mine
Underground coal · Mary Ruth Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508502

Abandoned 1977-10-18
Ball Energy Company Inc
Underground coal · Ball Energy Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513028

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-12-21
Barger Branch Job #14
Surface coal · B&W Resources, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519176

Abandoned 2015-01-27
Becky Ann No 1
Facility coal · Acme Energy International Inc · MSHA ID 1509553

Abandoned 1987-04-06
Black Fire Energy No. 1
Surface coal · Carbon Tech Fuels, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518822

Abandoned 2009-08-17
Briar Hollow
Surface coal · Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517998

Abandoned 2003-01-31
Brooks & Sizemore Coal Co Inc #3
Surface coal · Brooks & Sizemore Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513088

Abandoned 1982-06-28
Browns No 2 Mine
Underground coal · G E Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1509958

Abandoned 1979-10-01
CEMETERY ROAD MINE 1
Surface coal · BRANDON'S EXCAVATING LLC · MSHA ID 1519984

Abandoned 2026-06-02
Century No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Century Coal & Energy Ltd · MSHA ID 1510691

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Chas #8 HWM
Surface coal · Chas Coal LLC · MSHA ID 1518430

Abandoned 2005-06-22
Clay Co #3 Strip
Surface coal · Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517494

Abandoned 1995-05-26
Clay Co #4 Strip
Surface coal · Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517537

Abandoned 1995-04-28
Clay Co No 1
Surface coal · Sturgeon Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1517934

Abandoned 1998-01-27
Clay Coal No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Southern Coal Reserves Inc · MSHA ID 1511119

Abandoned 1980-06-10
Clay County #1 Auger
Surface coal · Goldens Creek Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1517552

Abandoned 2003-01-31
Clay County No 1 Surface
Surface coal · Kentucky Gem Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510492

Abandoned 1983-08-17
Clay County Surface
Surface coal · Kenerco Corp · MSHA ID 1512677

Abandoned 1981-03-19
Cripple Creek Mining LLC
Surface coal · Cripple Creek, LLC · MSHA ID 1518990

Abandoned 2009-08-17
David Caudill Enterprises
Surface coal · David Caudill Enterprises · MSHA ID 1513372

Abandoned 1985-10-21
DAVIS BEND # 2
Surface coal · DAVIS BEND COAL CO., LLC · MSHA ID 1518804

Abandoned 2005-03-24
Debbie Lynn Surface
Surface coal · C & S Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 1510154

Abandoned 1978-09-11
Dry Branch
Surface coal · GCIE, INC. · MSHA ID 1519027

Abandoned 2024-02-02
Elk Creek
Surface coal · D&L Mining Company, LLC. · MSHA ID 1519449

Abandoned 2016-07-18
Gray Fork
Facility coal · Gray Fork Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1504371

Abandoned 2023-05-09
Gray's Excavating Inc Mine #4
Surface coal · Gray's Excavating Inc. · MSHA ID 1519582

Abandoned 2011-09-07
Grays Fork
Surface coal · J R Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1518755

Abandoned 2007-07-30
Greenbriar Mine
Surface coal · Hibbard & Rader Land Company Inc · MSHA ID 1518434

Abandoned 2004-07-13
Hector Branch Job
Surface coal · Sunrise Construction & Excavation Inc · MSHA ID 1517832

Abandoned 2003-01-31
House Branch Surface Mine #1
Surface coal · BER Coal LLC · MSHA ID 1519612

Abandoned 2016-07-18
Hurricane Branch Job
Surface coal · Whymore Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517540

Abandoned 1995-12-15
Hwm Job #18
Surface coal · Addington Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1517947

Abandoned 1998-02-26
J & L Drilling Mine #1
Surface coal · J & L Drilling Inc · MSHA ID 1518406

Abandoned 2012-01-31
Jack's Branch
Surface coal · Robinson Coal Company Incorporated · MSHA ID 1518944

Abandoned 2007-01-31
Jasper Deep Mine #2
Underground coal · Jasper Deep Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1511939

Abandoned 1980-02-13
Jasper Deep Mine #3
Underground coal · Jasper Deep Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1512056

Abandoned 1981-03-31
Joann Tipple; No 4 Mine
Facility coal · Leeco Inc · MSHA ID 1506998

Abandoned 1986-01-21
Joc No 12 Surface
Surface coal · Joc Coal Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1508754

Abandoned 1981-05-28
Johnson 77 Strip
Surface coal · G & G Coal & Energy Company · MSHA ID 1510891

Abandoned 1980-11-07
Kincaid #2
Surface coal · United Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1504293

Abandoned 1982-04-23
Ky #5
Surface coal · Log Mountain Mining Company · MSHA ID 1514853

Abandoned 1985-04-01
Lan-Bar Surface
Surface coal · Caudill Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511699

Abandoned 1980-07-30
Langnau Mine
Surface coal · Reed Construction, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519329

Abandoned 2012-01-31
Larry Rose Coal Co Inc
Surface coal · Larry Rose Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514447

Abandoned 1986-07-08
Larue
Surface coal · T&T Coal Inc. · MSHA ID 1519529

Abandoned 2012-10-25
Laurel Creek #01
Surface coal · Black Fire Mining Llc · MSHA ID 1518405

Abandoned 2002-04-30
Laurel Fork #2
Underground coal · Linsco Energy, LLC · MSHA ID 1519528

Abandoned and Sealed 2013-07-23
Leeco No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Leeco Inc · MSHA ID 1502175

Abandoned 1976-11-02
Lena Coal Co #12
Underground coal · Lena Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513018

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-12-21
Lena Coal Co #15
Underground coal · Lena Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513236

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-03-13
Lena No 13
Underground coal · Lena Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512541

Abandoned and Sealed 1983-04-11
Lick Fork Surface
Surface coal · Straight Creek Coal Mining, Inc · MSHA ID 1519004

Abandoned 2013-03-12
Lyn Log No 13
Surface coal · Mountain Clay Inc · MSHA ID 1513337

Abandoned 1992-06-09
M&T Logging, Inc.
Surface coal · M&T Logging, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518513

Abandoned 2003-09-03
Manchester Job #2
Surface coal · B & W Resources, Inc · MSHA ID 1518577

Abandoned 2003-02-06
Manchester Tipple
Facility coal · B & W Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1511028

Abandoned 2018-11-14
Manchester Tipple
Facility coal · Jackson Processing Inc · MSHA ID 1519022

Abandoned 2021-08-04
Mill Creek Surface
Surface coal · O K Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511985

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Mine #1
Underground coal · Quick Silver Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1513396

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-09-21
Mine #1
Surface coal · Rocky Mountain Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513653

Abandoned 1984-08-06
Mine #1
Underground coal · Mt Henry Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516704

Abandoned and Sealed 1996-07-30
Mine #1
Surface coal · Up the Creek Mining Group, LLC · MSHA ID 1518935

Abandoned 2006-05-08
Mine #1
Surface coal · United Carbon Group, LLC · MSHA ID 1519052

Abandoned 2014-03-31
Mine #1
Surface coal · DRT Grading & Excavating · MSHA ID 1519084

Abandoned 2008-05-06
Mine #1
Surface coal · Greasy Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1519631

Abandoned 2014-03-31
Mine #2
Surface coal · Robinson Coal Company Incorporated · MSHA ID 1519346

Abandoned 2012-04-20
Mine #23
Underground coal · Calvary Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516896

Abandoned and Sealed 1996-03-02
Mine #7
Surface coal · MSD Mining Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518429

Abandoned 2002-10-08
Mine 1
Surface coal · Vernon Spurlock LLC · MSHA ID 1518985

Abandoned 2009-08-17
Mine 1
Surface coal · Young Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1519487

Abandoned 2010-11-24
Mine No 1
Surface coal · Johnson & Johnson Fuel & Energy Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511378

Abandoned 1980-06-11
Mine No 1
Surface coal · Doverman Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511883

Abandoned 1980-01-24
Mine No 1
Surface coal · American National Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1513244

Abandoned 1982-03-15
Mine No 1
Underground coal · R & S Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1517933

Abandoned 2003-01-31
Mine No1
Surface coal · Ponder Branch Enterprises · MSHA ID 1515697

Abandoned 1988-10-26
Mitco Job #12
Surface coal · B&W Resources, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519503

Abandoned 2014-12-22
Monterey Energy
Surface coal · W C Halcomb Coal Company · MSHA ID 1516526

Abandoned 1989-03-06
Muddy Gap Surface Mine
Surface coal · Gray'S Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 1518260

Abandoned 2001-07-23
New Truckers Coal Market, No. 1 Plant
Facility coal · New Truckers Coal Market · MSHA ID 1515868

Abandoned 2018-02-26
No 1
Surface coal · H & W Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508697

Abandoned 1990-12-03
No 1
Underground coal · Brock Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512049

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-09-02
No 1
Underground coal · Trinity Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512291

Abandoned and Sealed 1980-12-31
No 1
Underground coal · Dawn Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1512809

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-10-06
No 1
Underground coal · Rooster Branch Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512872

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-12-28
No 1
Underground coal · C C A Ventures Inc · MSHA ID 1512943

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-02-05
No 1
Underground coal · Shawn Mike Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513670

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-02-05
No 1
Underground coal · Whitehouse Inc · MSHA ID 1513732

Abandoned and Sealed 1986-08-08
No 1
Surface coal · Owsley County Leasing Inc · MSHA ID 1513846

Abandoned 1983-05-25
No 1
Underground coal · Lancaster Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514051

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-07-26
No 1
Underground coal · Jo-Ho Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1514104

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-05-18
No 1
Underground coal · New Panama Associates · MSHA ID 1514354

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-11-07
No 1
Surface coal · H B & S Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1514358

Abandoned 1992-05-21
No 1
Underground coal · Sudbury Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514698

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-12-05
No 1
Surface coal · Morgan Branch Construction · MSHA ID 1514794

Abandoned 1986-02-07
No 1
Surface coal · D B & Y Construction · MSHA ID 1514868

Abandoned 1985-01-10
No 1
Surface coal · Vaughn Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514925

Abandoned 1985-02-11
No 1
Surface coal · Stardust Mining Company · MSHA ID 1515030

Abandoned 1986-12-11
No 1
Surface coal · Boga Construction · MSHA ID 1515065

Abandoned 1985-11-07
No 1
Surface coal · Smith & Saylor Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515124

Abandoned 1986-09-30
No 1
Surface coal · K W C Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1515150

Abandoned 1985-06-12
No 1
Surface coal · Sammi Lou Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1515194

Abandoned 1985-08-09
No 1
Surface coal · H & H Construction · MSHA ID 1515199

Abandoned 1985-07-30
No 1
Surface coal · J D Hensley · MSHA ID 1515427

Abandoned 1986-01-13
No 1
Surface coal · M & S Mining Company · MSHA ID 1515475

Abandoned 1986-08-12
No 1
Surface coal · Needmore Mining Company · MSHA ID 1515737

Abandoned 1987-05-14
No 1
Surface coal · Keyser Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1515807

Abandoned 1987-05-05
No 1
Surface coal · Frankie Gibson Coal Company · MSHA ID 1516097

Abandoned 1987-10-19
No 1
Surface coal · Fogertown Coal · MSHA ID 1516891

Abandoned 1991-10-31
No 1
Surface coal · Clayton Roberts Mining · MSHA ID 1516892

Abandoned 1991-12-05
No 1
Surface coal · L D & D Coal Company · MSHA ID 1517010

Abandoned 1992-09-28
No 1
Surface coal · T & T Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1517155

Abandoned 1996-06-21
No 1 Clay
Surface coal · Fordy Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1512266

Abandoned 1980-06-09
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · G & H Coal Co · MSHA ID 1500320

Abandoned 1972-05-31
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Garry Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1500326

Abandoned 1976-05-17
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Hillmar Coal Company · MSHA ID 1500331

Abandoned 1976-05-17
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · John Kent Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502180

Abandoned 1974-12-16
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · New Rocky Branch Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502181

Abandoned 1976-05-19

…and 229 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)	285
Adit	Mine openings	USGS topo symbol (point)	97
Strip Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	29
Tipple	Mills, tipples and facilities	USGS topo symbol (point)	15
P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	9
P2 Dangerous Slides	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	8
P1 Dangerous Slides	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	6
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P3 Spoil Area	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Mills, tipples and facilities	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
Settling Pond	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (area)	3
P3 Other	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P2 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P3 Bench	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
P2 Subsidence	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
Open Pit Mine or Quarry	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	2
P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Quarry	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
P3 Equipment Facility	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
P3 Gobs	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Hazardous Water Bodies	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Surface Burning	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Prospect Pit	Prospect pits and trenches	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
P2 Clogged Streams	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P3 Mine Opening	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.