How many abandoned mines are in Harlan County, Kentucky?

Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Harlan County, Kentucky

Harlan County, Kentucky has 911 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1903–1991, including 397 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts). OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 150 problems in the county, 112 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 1,007 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Harlan 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): 911
Mine openings: 397
OSMRE problems unreclaimed: 112
MSHA mines marked abandoned: 1,007

0 features carry a name0 prospect pits22 quadrangle maps, published 1903–1991 150 OSMRE problems, 38 reclaimed 483 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed

What the features are

Mine openings

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

422 39.8%
Mines and surface workings

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

500 47.1%
Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction

11 1.0%
Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

what mining left above ground

28 2.6%
Mills, tipples and facilities

processing plants and hazardous structures

8 0.8%
Other reclamation problems

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

92 8.7%

OSMRE abandoned mine land problems150 on inventory

Problem area	Problem	Program	Status
Abner Branch-martins	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Al Witt Jr. Landslide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Albert Phillips Slide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Ark Land Company	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Ark Land Company	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Ark Land Company	P2 Dangerous Slides	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Ark Land Company	P2 Industrial/Residential Waste	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Bailey Cr. Refuse	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bardo Gob	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Bardo Gob	P2 Dangerous Slides	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Bardo Gob	P2 Industrial/Residential Waste	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Bardo Gob	P2 Portals	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Bardo Gob	P3 Spoil Area	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Betseys Mine	P3 Bench	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Betseys Mine	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Big Laurel Slide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bill Pettypiece Drainage	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Bob Day Branch Slides	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bob Day Branch Slides	P3 Bench	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bob Day Branch Slides	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bob Lowe Knob Strip Nw	P3 Bench	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Completed
Bob Lowe Knob Strip Nw	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Completed
Bob Lowe Knob Strip Se	P3 Bench	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Completed
Bob Lowe Knob Strip Se	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Completed
Catron Creek W.s.	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Chad Brock Portal	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Champion Paper Co	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Champion Paper Co	P2 Dangerous Slides	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Champion Paper Co	P2 Surface Burning	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Chevrolet Refuse Dum	P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Chevrolet Refuse Dum	P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Enhanced AML Rule Project	In Reclamation
Childs Branch-clover Fk.	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Chumney Mines	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Chumney Mines	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Closplint Complex	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Clover Fork Site	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Clover Mine Entries	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Clover Slide	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Clutts Mine Fire	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Clutts Mine Fire	P2 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Crane Creek Mine	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Crane Creek Mine	P3 Equipment Facility	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Crane Creek Mine	P3 Mine Opening	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cranks Creek Reservo	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cranks Creek Slides And Drift	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cranks Creek Slides And Drift	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cranks Creek Water Supply	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Cranks Creek-grants Brch	P1 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cranks Creek-grants Brch	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cranks Creek-grants Brch	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cranks Creek-grants Brch	P2 Surface Burning	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Crummies Creek Slides	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Crummies Creek Slides	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Dan Walker Slide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Daws Mines	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Daws Mines	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Dayhoit Slide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Dayhoit Slide	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Days Creek	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Dizney Mines	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Dizney Mines	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Donna Farley Adit	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Donna Pace Slide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
East Cawood Gob	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
East Cawood Gob	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Evarts Elem. School	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Evarts Elem. School	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Evarts Elem. School	P2 Dangerous Slides	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Evarts Elem. School	P3 Spoil Area	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Evarts Refuse Fire	P1 Surface Burning	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Evarts Refuse Fire	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Evarts Water Source	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Ewing Creek Slide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Flossie Baker Bridge	P1 Clogged Streams	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
Golden Glo Buildings	P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
Harlan County Business Park Gas Inf	P3 Other	AMLER	Reclamation Pending
Harlan County River Launches 2018 A	P3 Other	AMLER	Reclamation Pending
Harlan Fuel #2	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Harlan Fuel #2	P2 Surface Burning	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Harris Branch-smith Tipl	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Harris Branch-smith Tipl	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Harris Branch-smith Tipl	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Highsplint Aml Water Supply	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Hope Center - Detention Center WSP	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Hwy 987 Slide-martin	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
James Goodin Adits	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Jerry Hoskins Portal	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Jesses Openings	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Jim Helton Slide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Joe Br. Burning Refuse	P2 Surface Burning	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Jones Creek-verda	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Kentenia Slide	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Kevin Calvin Slide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Kevin Calvin Slide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Lee Branch Refuse	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Enhanced AML Rule Project	In Reclamation
Lee Branch Refuse	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Liddett Hollow	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Liddett Hollow	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Liddett Hollow	P3 Spoil Area	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Lynch Blowout	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Lynch Blowout	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Lynch Motorsports Welcome Center 20	P3 Other	AMLER	Reclamation Pending
Martins Fork Aml	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Noreen Blanton Portal	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Old Sawmill Road Slide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Pat Garrett Drainage Aml Reclamatio	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Pat Garrett Drainage Aml Reclamatio	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Pete Rowe Subsidence Crack	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Portal 31 Drainage HP AMLRP	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Portal 31 Enhancements & Other Impr	P3 Other	AMLER	Reclamation Pending
Pre 87	P1 Dangerous Impoundments	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	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
Push & Grunt Coal	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Ralph Hensley Drainage	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Reuben Mines	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Reuben Mines	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Richard Robbins Adits	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Ridgeway Drifts	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Ridgeway Drifts	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
River Ridge Refuse	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Robert Brewer	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Robert Brewer	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Rockhouse-turnpike Slide	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Ronnie Thomas Adits	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Salt Trace Mines	P3 Bench	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Salt Trace Mines	P3 Pits	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Salt Trace Mines	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Shawn Bryant Portals	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Shields Landslide	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Shields Refuse	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Slope Hollow Refuse	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Slope Hollow Refuse	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
South Cawood Refuse	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
South Cawood Refuse	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
South Wallins Mine	P2 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
State Highway 38 Slide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Ten Spot Refuse	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Ten Spot Refuse	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Enhanced AML Rule Project	In Reclamation
Terry Kelly Refuse	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Turtle Cr-mary Helen	P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Turtle Cr-mary Helen	P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Turtle Cr-mary Helen	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Turtle Cr-mary Helen	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Wallins Creek	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Wallins Creek	P2 Clogged Streams	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Walter Wynn Slide	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Willie Lewis Fire	P1 Surface Burning	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Yocum Cr. Gob	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Yocum Creek Portals	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	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 Abandoned1,007 on register

#1
Underground coal · Saylor Brothers Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1507257

Abandoned 2001-06-25
#1
Underground coal · Black Gate Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1507367

Abandoned and Sealed 1998-06-02
#1
Underground coal · Moria Fuel Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513565

Abandoned 1982-07-01
#1
Underground coal · R & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513814

Abandoned and Sealed 1986-06-02
#1
Underground coal · Sunrise Trucking & Sales Inc · MSHA ID 1514235

Abandoned 2000-05-22
#1
Underground coal · Harlan Wallins Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514311

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-09-25
#1
Underground coal · J & M Leasing Inc · MSHA ID 1514856

Abandoned and Sealed 1991-11-05
#1
Underground coal · A & M Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516208

Abandoned and Sealed 2002-06-27
#1
Surface coal · Blackrock Inc · MSHA ID 1516420

Abandoned 1994-09-21
#1
Underground coal · Triple C Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1516637

Abandoned and Sealed 1993-12-16
#1
Underground coal · Diaz Mining Company · MSHA ID 1516657

Abandoned and Sealed 1994-03-16
#1
Underground coal · Allison Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516708

Abandoned and Sealed 1997-08-29
#1
Underground coal · Rowe Coal Company · MSHA ID 1517050

Abandoned and Sealed 1991-09-16
#1
Underground coal · Wallins Creek Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1517139

Abandoned and Sealed 1994-06-01
#1
Underground coal · North Star Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1517142

Abandoned and Sealed 1993-08-23
#1
Underground coal · T & T Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1517276

Abandoned and Sealed 1995-07-27
#1
Surface coal · Marion Energy Llc · MSHA ID 1518372

Abandoned 2003-11-11
#1 Mine
Underground coal · Magazine Coal Company · MSHA ID 1500639

Abandoned 1974-02-11
#1 Mine
Underground coal · Pounding Mill Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511404

Abandoned and Sealed 1989-06-21
#1 Mine
Underground coal · Mega Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515272

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-08-22
#1 Mine
Underground coal · Appalachian Collieries Corp · MSHA ID 1516122

Abandoned and Sealed 1993-11-02
#1 Mine
Underground coal · K-Mac Inc · MSHA ID 1516864

Abandoned and Sealed 2013-06-24
#1 Strip & Auger
Surface coal · Cranks Mining Corp · MSHA ID 1516500

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-12-30
#1 Surface
Surface coal · Mountain Top Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1516872

Abandoned and Sealed 1991-06-21
#10 Strip
Surface coal · Round Mountain Coal Company · MSHA ID 1503965

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-11-13
#11 Strip
Surface coal · Round Mountain Coal Company · MSHA ID 1503966

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-11-13
#117 Auger
Surface coal · Carbon Seam Systems Inc · MSHA ID 1516419

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-10-14
#16 Auger
Surface coal · Marion Energy LLC · MSHA ID 1518640

Abandoned 2006-07-13
#2
Underground coal · New Harlan Block Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509340

Abandoned and Sealed 1989-03-29
#2
Underground coal · Ibold Inc · MSHA ID 1510818

Abandoned and Sealed 1995-12-08
#2
Underground coal · Fossil Fuel Inc · MSHA ID 1515015

Abandoned 1991-09-25
#2
Underground coal · Simpson Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516509

Abandoned and Sealed 1995-07-14
#2
Underground coal · Triple C Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1516942

Abandoned and Sealed 1994-06-28
#2
Underground coal · Lonesome Pines Inc · MSHA ID 1517158

Abandoned and Sealed 1994-12-19
#2
Underground coal · Mac Mining · MSHA ID 1518047

Abandoned 2000-03-09
#2 Mine
Underground coal · Nolansburg Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1504239

Abandoned 1980-06-09
#2 Mine
Underground coal · Coal Fuels Company Inc · MSHA ID 1504242

Abandoned 1974-01-30
#2 Mine
Underground coal · Appalachian Collieries Corp · MSHA ID 1511072

Abandoned and Sealed 1994-09-07
#2 Prep Plant
Facility coal · New Horizons Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1509410

Abandoned 2001-08-20
#2 Strip
Surface coal · Straight Creek Coal Resources Company · MSHA ID 1513552

Abandoned 1986-03-11
#2-C Mine
Surface coal · Marion Energy LLC · MSHA ID 1518758

Abandoned 2016-10-06
#28 Creech Seam
Underground coal · J & D Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513875

Abandoned and Sealed 1989-10-13
#3
Underground coal · Arjay Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1506778

Abandoned and Sealed 1989-06-20
#3
Underground coal · New Harlan Block Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516443

Abandoned and Sealed 1989-04-14
#3
Underground coal · Abm Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516973

Abandoned 1995-04-20
#3 Mine
Underground coal · Puckett Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502001

Abandoned 1980-09-23
#3 Prep Plant
Facility coal · New Horizons Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1512101

Abandoned 2001-08-20
#4
Underground coal · S & L Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1504338

Abandoned and Sealed 1995-10-12
#5
Underground coal · Lj'S Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1516935

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-08-15
#5 1/2 Mine
Underground coal · F & D Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512450

Abandoned 1981-08-11
#5 Mine
Underground coal · Appalachian Collieries Corp · MSHA ID 1516829

Abandoned and Sealed 1993-09-24
#6 Auger Mine
Surface coal · Seals Coal Company · MSHA ID 1504147

Abandoned 1973-03-06
#6 Mine
Underground coal · Appalachian Collieries Corp · MSHA ID 1516998

Abandoned and Sealed 1993-06-30
#7 Mine
Underground coal · F & D Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512882

Abandoned and Sealed 1987-12-22
#7 Mine
Underground coal · Rb Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515944

Abandoned and Sealed 2013-06-21
#8 Mine
Underground coal · Appalachian Collieries Corp · MSHA ID 1517544

Abandoned and Sealed 1995-10-31
#8 Wallins Creek Strip
Surface coal · Fox Knob Coal Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518893

Abandoned 2014-03-12
221
Surface coal · K & G Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511441

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-02-17
3
Underground coal · Leigh Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1516906

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-10-17
31 Strip 6 Auger
Surface coal · Hyter'S Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516219

Abandoned and Sealed 1989-10-02
4-D Mine
Underground coal · Catenary Coal Company · MSHA ID 1509842

Abandoned and Sealed 1989-08-18
5 South Mine
Underground coal · Arch Of Kentucky · MSHA ID 1502008

Abandoned and Sealed 1995-01-20
Ages No 3 Mine
Underground coal · Ages Creek Fuel Inc · MSHA ID 1512480

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-08-06
Alliance #2
Underground coal · Alliance Of Puckett Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513407

Abandoned and Sealed 1986-03-25
Auger
Surface coal · Pucketts Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514036

Abandoned 1989-11-10
Auger
Surface coal · M & S Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515011

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-03-15
Auger
Surface coal · T & G Construction · MSHA ID 1515621

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-06-24
Auger
Surface coal · J H B Auger · MSHA ID 1516485

Abandoned and Sealed 1989-05-22
Auger
Surface coal · Goldens Creek Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1517136

Abandoned 1992-10-23
Auger Mine #1
Surface coal · C T & L Coal Company · MSHA ID 1517005

Abandoned 1992-12-31
Auger Mine #9a & 9b
Surface coal · B & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516919

Abandoned and Sealed 2014-07-21
Auger No 1
Surface coal · L R B Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 1515595

Abandoned and Sealed 1986-09-12
B & D # 4
Underground coal · B & D Mining L.L.C. · MSHA ID 1518618

Abandoned 2004-02-23
B & D #1
Underground coal · B & D Mining Llc · MSHA ID 1517482

Abandoned and Sealed 2002-08-30
B & D #2
Underground coal · B & D Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1516554

Abandoned 2003-11-26
B & D #3
Underground coal · B & D Mining L.L.C. · MSHA ID 1518500

Abandoned and Sealed 2005-07-18
B & D #5
Underground coal · B & D Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1518635

Abandoned and Sealed 2005-02-28
B & L #5 Mine
Underground coal · B & L Energy Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1512481

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-11-05
B G & M Auger
Surface coal · Green Hill Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1511293

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-02-20
B M R Mine No 1
Underground coal · Dry Lake Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513298

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-03-14
Bailey Creek
Surface coal · Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1519873

Abandoned and Sealed 2023-10-04
Bailey Creek No 1
Underground coal · Manalapan Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1504119

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-02-25
Baileys Creek
Surface coal · Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1514552

Abandoned 1995-08-10
Baileys Creek
Surface coal · B R C Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515445

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-01-16
Bardo #1
Underground coal · SEQUOIA ENERGY LLC · MSHA ID 1518694

Abandoned 2008-04-09
Bardo #2
Underground coal · Bardo Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1518846

Abandoned and Sealed 2006-03-22
Bear Branch #1
Surface coal · Spike Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1518010

Abandoned 2002-09-09
Bear Mine Or Bear No 1
Underground coal · Grant Branch Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511199

Abandoned 1980-09-16
Belmon #15
Underground coal · New Horizons Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1516274

Abandoned and Sealed 1994-05-26
Belmon #19
Underground coal · Allison Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517535

Abandoned and Sealed 1998-02-24
Belmon 16a
Underground coal · Great Western Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1514989

Abandoned and Sealed 1992-04-14
Belmon Div No 2 Mine
Underground coal · Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1507004

Abandoned 1977-09-13
Belmon Div No 7 Mine
Underground coal · Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1511282

Abandoned 1980-05-20
Belmon Div No 8 Mine
Underground coal · Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1511283

Abandoned and Sealed 1983-10-25
Belmon Division No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1500574

Abandoned and Sealed 1980-09-22
Belmon Division No 11 Mine
Underground coal · Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1512717

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-01-13
Belmon Division No 5 Mine
Underground coal · Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1510366

Abandoned and Sealed 1981-05-07
Belmon Division No 6 Mine
Underground coal · Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1511196

Abandoned 1980-06-10
Belmon Division No 9 Mine
Underground coal · Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1511882

Abandoned and Sealed 1983-10-25
Belmon Division Smith No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1510746

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Belmon Division Smith No 3 Mine
Underground coal · Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1511198

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Belmon Division-Smith No 6 Mine
Underground coal · Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1512216

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-11-20
Belmon No 10
Underground coal · Great Western Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1512328

Abandoned and Sealed 1987-10-23
Belmon No 14
Underground coal · Great Western Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1513963

Abandoned and Sealed 1992-01-10
Benham Preparation Plant
Facility coal · Catenary Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511832

Abandoned 1990-10-01
Benham Spur #1
Surface coal · Harlan County Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1519607

Abandoned 2018-04-03
Berger No 1
Underground coal · B T C Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513392

Abandoned and Sealed 1986-01-06
Bic No 2
Underground coal · Bic Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517847

Abandoned and Sealed 1997-01-21
Big Branch
Surface coal · Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1518247

Abandoned 2016-08-11
Big Edd No 1
Surface coal · Big Edd Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514649

Abandoned 1985-07-30
Big Hickory Mine
Underground coal · Three Point Coal Corp Inc · MSHA ID 1502803

Abandoned 1972-09-27
Big Laurel #4
Surface coal · Nally & Hamilton Enterprises, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519202

Abandoned 2009-05-01
Big Rock No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Coal Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 1510002

Abandoned 1977-04-12
Black Bird
Underground coal · Black Mountain Resources, LLC · MSHA ID 1518488

Abandoned 2023-11-02
Black Mountain
Facility coal · Waste Coal Management Inc · MSHA ID 1516323

Abandoned 1991-12-23
Bobs Creek Strip
Surface coal · Big Branch Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1518962

Abandoned 2009-07-01
Bradford Branch
Underground coal · Rb Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515514

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-11-16
Brd #3
Underground coal · B R & D Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1518028

Abandoned and Sealed 2003-06-30
Brenda Faye Coal Tipple
Facility coal · Brenda Faye Coal Sales · MSHA ID 1510198

Abandoned 2016-10-06
Broken Arrow #1
Surface coal · Broken Arrow Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1516644

Abandoned and Sealed 1989-10-17
Brookside Loadout
Facility coal · Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1517880

Abandoned 2017-11-27
Brushy Mountain No 1
Underground coal · Coal Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 1510110

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-08-06
Bullhorn Mine
Underground coal · Bledsoe Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1518242

Abandoned 2004-06-25
Burco
Surface coal · Burco Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1515952

Abandoned and Sealed 1987-06-26
C R S Energy No 6
Surface coal · C R S Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1515203

Abandoned 1985-07-10
C-3
Underground coal · Rex Coal Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 1513103

Abandoned 2010-03-08
C-5
Underground coal · Rex Coal Company Inc. · MSHA ID 1519114

Abandoned and Sealed 2014-11-21
Camp Creek #3
Surface coal · Double D Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1514915

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-05-15
Cave Branch Strip
Surface coal · Cave Branch Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1516053

Abandoned 1995-09-29
Cawood Mine #1
Underground coal · Black Fire Energy, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518264

Abandoned and Sealed 2016-08-15
Cawood Strip
Surface coal · D & C Mining Corporation · MSHA ID 1519026

Abandoned 2006-10-16
Chaney #3
Underground coal · Chaney Creek Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1511287

Abandoned and Sealed 1987-08-13
Chaney Creek Coal Corp #6
Underground coal · Chaney Creek Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1515278

Abandoned and Sealed 1986-01-13
Chaney Creek Coal Corp #7
Underground coal · Chaney Creek Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1515279

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-11-13
Cherilee Mine
Underground coal · Harlan No 4 Coal Company · MSHA ID 1505331

Abandoned 1980-06-09
Cherry Creek Surface
Underground coal · Cherry Creek Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1511143

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Chevrolet Gob
Surface coal · JRL Coal, INC. · MSHA ID 1519826

Abandoned 2018-08-01
Childs Creek No 1
Underground coal · E H L Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513716

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-05-28
Christy Lynn Mine
Underground coal · Black Creek Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1518486

Abandoned 2007-04-26
Cloverfork Energy
Surface coal · Clover Fork Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1508749

Abandoned 1990-12-31
Cloverlick # 1A
Underground coal · Hubble Mining Co. LLC · MSHA ID 1518241

Abandoned and Sealed 2015-07-27
Cloverlick #2
Underground coal · Jarisa, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519395

Abandoned and Sealed 2013-09-23
Cloverlick Mine No. 4
Underground coal · North Fork Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 1519646

Abandoned 2014-05-05
Cm&E #2
Surface coal · Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 1517978

Abandoned 2003-05-21
Cm&E #3
Surface coal · Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 1518145

Abandoned 2016-10-06
Cm&S No 1
Surface coal · C M & S Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512860

Abandoned 1999-02-24
Coal Fuels Mine No 6
Underground coal · Coal Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 1507678

Abandoned 1980-06-10
Coal Fuels No 5 Mine
Underground coal · Coal Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 1507955

Abandoned 1976-02-19
Coal Fuels No 7 Mine
Underground coal · Coal Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 1508802

Abandoned 1977-07-11
Coal Fuels No 8
Underground coal · Coal Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 1508618

Abandoned 1976-06-10

…and 857 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
Adit	Mine openings	USGS topo symbol (point)	397
Strip Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	335
Open Pit Mine or Quarry	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	124
Strip Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	40
P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	19
P1 Dangerous Slides	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	19
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	14
P2 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	14
P2 Dangerous Slides	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	11
P3 Spoil Area	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	8
P2 Clogged Streams	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	8
P1 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	7
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	6
Quarry	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	5
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Mills, tipples and facilities	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P3 Bench	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P2 Surface Burning	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
P3 Other	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P2 Industrial/Residential Waste	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P1 Vertical Openings	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
Tailings - Undifferentiated	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (area)	2
P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Mills, tipples and facilities	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
P1 Surface Burning	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
P3 Mine Opening	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P2 Vertical Openings	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P2 Subsidence	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Clogged Streams	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Tipple	Mills, tipples and facilities	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
P3 Equipment Facility	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Clogged Stream Lands	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P3 Pits	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Dangerous Impoundments	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Disturbed Surface	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	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.