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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Hopkins County, Kentucky

Hopkins County, Kentucky has 310 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1907–1983, including 54 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts); 43 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 218 problems in the county, 125 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 241 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Hopkins 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)
310
Mine openings
54
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
125
MSHA mines marked abandoned
241
43 features carry a name0 prospect pits22 quadrangle maps, published 1907–1983 218 OSMRE problems, 93 reclaimed 27 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed
What the features are
  1. Mine openings
    shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
    78 14.8%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    233 44.1%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    1 0.2%
  4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    29 5.5%
  5. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    36 6.8%
  6. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    151 28.6%
Named features on the maps43 named · from the USGS compilation
Name on map Feature
Beard Strip Mine Strip Mine area
Bennet Strip Mine Strip Mine area
Beshear Mine Open Pit Mine
Beshear Strip Mine Strip Mine area
Beshear Strip Mine Strip Mine area
Bishop Strip Mine Strip Mine area
Bishop Strip Mine Strip Mine area
Brackett Mine Adit
Coiltown Mine Adit
Crabtree Mine Strip Mine area
Dawson Daylight Air Shaft Air Shaft
Dawson Daylight Mine Mine Shaft
Dawson Daylight Strip Mine Strip Mine area
Dawson Daylight Strip Mine Strip Mine area
Dawson Daylight Strip Mine Strip Mine area
Dawson Daylight Strip Mine Strip Mine area
Dawson Daylight Strip Mine Strip Mine area
Dawson-Collieries Mine Mine Shaft
East Diamond Mine Adit
Fox Run Mine Open Pit Mine
Fox Run Mine Open Pit Mine
Hart and Hart Mine Strip Mine area
Industrial Strip Mine Strip Mine area
Industrial Strip Mine Strip Mine area
Industrial Strip Mine Strip Mine area
Industrial Strip Mine Strip Mine area
Jenkins Strip Mine Strip Mine area
Jenkins Strip Mine Strip Mine area
Jenkins Strip Mine Strip Mine area
Jenkins Strip Mine Strip Mine area
Jenkins Strip Mine Strip Mine area
Oriole Mine Tipple
Peacock Mine Adit
Pleasant View Mine Adit
Stoney Point Mine Adit
Stoney Point Mine Adit
Stony Point Mine Strip Mine area
Stony Point Mine Strip Mine area
Stony Point Mines Tipple
Watson Bridge Mine Adit
Watson Bridge Mine Strip Mine area
Williams Mine Adit
Yarbrough Mine Adit

A name is the label printed beside the symbol on the map. "First mapped" is the earliest topographic edition that shows the symbol, which bounds the feature's age from above; it is not the date it was worked. Unnamed features (most prospect pits, adits and shafts carry no label) are in the counts above but not this list.

OSMRE abandoned mine land problems218 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
Amy Abbott Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Bates Impoundment-shafts P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Bates Impoundment-shafts P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Bates Impoundment-shafts P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Bates Impoundment-shafts P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Betty Brinkley P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Betty Brinkley P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Pending
Betty Brinkley P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Beulah North Mines P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Beulah North Mines P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Pending
Bunt Sisk Hills Strip P2 Clogged Stream Lands In Reclamation
Bunt Sisk Hills Strip P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Cane Run Mines P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Cansler Subsidence P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Charleston Gob/pits P2 Clogged Stream Lands In Reclamation
Charleston Gob/pits P2 Dangerous Impoundments In Reclamation
Charleston Gob/pits P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities In Reclamation
Charleston Gob/pits P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Completed
Charleston Gob/pits P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Charleston Gob/pits P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Charleston Gob/pits P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Charleston Gob/pits P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Charleston Gob/pits P3 Pits Reclamation Pending
Charleston Gob/pits P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Club Court Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Coiltown Mine P1 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Coiltown Mine P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Coiltown Mine P2 Clogged Stream Lands In Reclamation
Coiltown Mine P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Coiltown Pits P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Coiltown Pits P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Pending
Coiltown Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Colonial Slurry P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Colonial Slurry P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Connie Jackson Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Crossroads Union Church P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Crowley Lane Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Dan Holmes Aml P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Dan Holmes Aml P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Pending
Daniel Boone Shaft P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Dawson Springs East S P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Dawson Springs East S P3 Slump Reclamation Pending
Dawson Springs Subsidenc P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Dawson Springs Subsidenc P3 Slump Reclamation Pending
Dawson Springs-hurricane P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Dawson Springs-hurricane P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Dawson Springs-hurricane P2 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Daylight Lake Pits/ P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Daylight Lake Pits/ P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Daylight Lake Pits/ P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Daylight Lake Pits/ P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Deborah Tyson Drainage P1 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Deborah Tyson Drainage P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Drakes Creek P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Drakes Creek P1 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Pending
Earle Creek Shafts P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities In Reclamation
Earle Creek Shafts P2 Vertical Openings In Reclamation
Earle Creek Shafts P3 Gobs In Reclamation
East Madisonville Slurries P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
East Madisonville Slurries P1 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
East Madisonville Slurries P1 Vertical Openings In Reclamation
East Madisonville Slurries P2 Clogged Stream Lands In Reclamation
East Madisonville Slurries P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
East Madisonville Slurries P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
East Madisonville Slurries P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
East Madisonville Slurries P2 Surface Burning Reclamation Pending
Eckard P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Eckard P3 Pits In Reclamation
Eckard P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Ed Bevill Pits P1 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Completed
Ed Bevill Pits P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Ed Bevill Pits P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Edwin Martin P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Edwin Martin P3 Pits In Reclamation
Edwin Martin P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Fies Mine P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Fies Mine P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Fies Mine P2 Surface Burning Reclamation Pending
Flat Creek Refuse P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Frank Eck Highwall P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Frank Eck Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Frank Eck Highwall P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Fuller Subsidence P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Good Hope Church Ws P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Grapevine Subsidence P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Grapevine Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Grapevine Subsidence P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Grapevine Subsidence P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Grapevine Subsidence P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Gwen Smith Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Head Of Clear Creek Mines P2 Clogged Stream Lands In Reclamation
Hecla Mines P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Hecla Mines P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Hecla Mines P2 Clogged Stream Lands In Reclamation
Hollis Teague Subsidence P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Howton Spring Mines P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Howton Spring Mines P3 Slump In Reclamation
Hurricane Cr. Gob/spoil P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Hurricane Cr. Gob/spoil P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Hurricane Cr. Gob/spoil P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Hurricane Cr. Gob/spoil P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Hurricane Cr. Gob/spoil P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Hurricane Cr. Gob/spoil P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Hurricane Cr. Gob/spoil P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Hurricane Cr. Gob/spoil P3 Pits In Reclamation
Hurricane Cr. Gob/spoil P3 Pits Reclamation Pending
Hurricane Cr. Gob/spoil P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Hurricane Cr. Gob/spoil P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Ilsley Highwall P1 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Completed
Ilsley Highwall P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Ilsley Highwall P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Ilsley Highwall P2 Clogged Stream Lands In Reclamation
Ilsley Highwall P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Ilsley Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Ilsley Highwall P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Ilsley Highwall P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Ilsley Highwall P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Ilsley Highwall P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Inglis Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Ky 1221 Refuse P3 Gobs Reclamation Completed
Ky 1221 Refuse P3 Slurry Reclamation Completed
Ky 814 Subsidence P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Ky 814 Subsidence P3 Slump Reclamation Pending
LaShawnda Hancock Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Liberty Church Subsidence P1 Subsidence In Reclamation
Liberty Church Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Liberty Church Subsidence P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Liberty Church Subsidence P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Loch Mary Water Poll P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Pending
Madisonville GC Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Mine Equip. Road Subd. P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Morton Hill Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Morton Hill Slide P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Mortons Gap Subsidence P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Mortons Gap Subsidence P3 Slump Reclamation Pending
Mount Carmel Water Supply P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
North White Plains Subsidence P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Nortonville Subsidence P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Nortonville Subsidence P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Nortonville Subsidence P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Oriole Mine P2 Clogged Stream Lands In Reclamation
Paul Moore P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Paul Moore P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Paul Moore P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Pleasant Run Headwaters Doser Stati P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Pleasant Run-nortonville P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Pleasant Run-nortonville P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Pleasant Run/nortonville Refuse P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Pleasant Run/nortonville Refuse P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Pleasant View Church Spl P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed

…and 68 more problems not listed here.

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 Abandoned241 on register
  1. Anton Shop
    Facility coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 1505503
    Abandoned
  2. Anton Shop
    Facility coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515308
    Abandoned
  3. Art Jon No 1
    Surface coal · Art Jon Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1515695
    Abandoned
  4. Atkinson Mine
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502019
    Abandoned
  5. Ayr-Tex
    Surface coal · Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514208
    Abandoned
  6. Babb Land Improvement No 2
    Surface coal · Babb Land Improvement · MSHA ID 1514433
    Abandoned
  7. Balls Hill No 5
    Surface coal · Dawn Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513113
    Abandoned
  8. Barnes Hill Mine
    Surface coal · C T & L Inc · MSHA ID 1514546
    Abandoned
  9. Bennett Mine
    Surface coal · Charles Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1504027
    Abandoned
  10. Bennett No 1
    Surface coal · Otis Bennett Coal Company · MSHA ID 1508411
    Abandoned
  11. Bennett Sons
    Surface coal · Bennett Sons · MSHA ID 1511535
    Abandoned
  12. Black Diamond
    Surface coal · Morgan Excavating · MSHA ID 1513999
    Abandoned
  13. Black Energy Surface
    Surface coal · Kentucky Black Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1511646
    Abandoned
  14. Black Gold 3
    Underground coal · Sunrise Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1517944
    Abandoned
  15. Black Gold No 1
    Underground coal · Sunrise Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1517015
    Abandoned and Sealed
  16. Black Gold No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Sunrise Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1517254
    Abandoned and Sealed
  17. Black Hills Mine #1
    Surface coal · Black Hills Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1511793
    Abandoned
  18. Blue Eagle Plant
    Facility coal · Blue Eagle Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512534
    Abandoned
  19. Blueflame Ramp-Strip
    Surface coal · West Kentucky Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 1510341
    Abandoned
  20. Bowan Surface
    Surface coal · Bituminous Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1511538
    Abandoned
  21. Brown'S Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Perry Brown Jr · MSHA ID 1514088
    Abandoned
  22. Buffalo Creek Mine Highwall No 5
    Underground coal · Rialto Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1502524
    Abandoned
  23. Buffalo Creek Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Rialto Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1502023
    Abandoned
  24. Bull Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Charles Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1504594
    Abandoned
  25. C & O #1
    Surface coal · C & O Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 1508390
    Abandoned
  26. Calvary Enterprise
    Surface coal · Calvary Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1510434
    Abandoned
  27. Can Do Plant
    Facility coal · Don Bowles Corporation · MSHA ID 1518110
    Abandoned
  28. Cansler Mining
    Surface coal · Cansler Mining · MSHA ID 1515058
    Abandoned
  29. Cansler Mining Mine No 2
    Surface coal · Cansler Mining · MSHA ID 1516023
    Abandoned
  30. Carbondale Strip Mine
    Surface coal · L H Terry Construction Company · MSHA ID 1504428
    Abandoned
  31. Cardinal #1
    Underground coal · Roberts Brothers Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516503
    Abandoned and Sealed
  32. Cardinal No 11
    Underground coal · Roberts Brothers Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516707
    Abandoned and Sealed
  33. Carl Mine
    Surface coal · Coal Producers Assn Inc · MSHA ID 1509362
    Abandoned
  34. Carlisle
    Surface coal · Charolais Corp · MSHA ID 1510527
    Abandoned
  35. Central Shop
    Surface coal · Hopkins County Coal, LLC · MSHA ID 1517378
    Abandoned
  36. Chance
    Surface coal · D C L E Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1513394
    Abandoned
  37. Chelsea #1 Mine
    Facility coal · North Hopkins Construction and Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1518634
    Abandoned
  38. Cherokee Mine No 2
    Surface coal · Cherokee Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1516764
    Abandoned
  39. Chip No 2 Strip
    Surface coal · W W Corp · MSHA ID 1510322
    Abandoned
  40. Chip No 3 Strip
    Surface coal · W W Corp · MSHA ID 1510111
    Abandoned
  41. Circle Lake Inc Chip Mine
    Surface coal · Circle Lake Inc · MSHA ID 1513625
    Abandoned
  42. Circle S Coal Co Inc Jericho Mine
    Surface coal · Circle S Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512550
    Abandoned
  43. Circle S Strip
    Surface coal · Circle S Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1507410
    Abandoned
  44. Clear Creek Processing
    Facility coal · Kentucky Processing Company · MSHA ID 1516758
    Abandoned
  45. Coiltown Mine
    Surface coal · Warrior Coal Llc · MSHA ID 1517678
    Abandoned
  46. Colonial
    Surface coal · Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company · MSHA ID 1502021
    Abandoned
  47. Connie Strip
    Surface coal · Coal Producers Assn Inc · MSHA ID 1509521
    Abandoned
  48. Crabtree Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Charles Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1504240
    Abandoned
  49. Crabtree Strip Mine
    Surface coal · International Energy Corp · MSHA ID 1508621
    Abandoned
  50. D & S No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · D & S Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508622
    Abandoned
  51. Darnell Enterprises Strip
    Surface coal · Darnell Mining Company · MSHA ID 1511858
    Abandoned
  52. Darnell Strip
    Surface coal · Darnell Mining Company · MSHA ID 1505241
    Abandoned
  53. Dawson No 2 Strip
    Surface coal · J O Burge Coal Company · MSHA ID 1505083
    Abandoned
  54. Dawson Springs Mine No 3
    Surface coal · Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515468
    Abandoned
  55. Db89
    Surface coal · Charolais Corp · MSHA ID 1517152
    Abandoned
  56. Db92
    Surface coal · Charolais Corp · MSHA ID 1517225
    Abandoned
  57. Debco Mine
    Surface coal · Dirt Diggers Inc · MSHA ID 1510279
    Abandoned
  58. Dennis Pit
    Surface coal · Charolais Corp · MSHA ID 1516187
    Abandoned
  59. Diamondback
    Surface coal · Diamondback Mining And Coal Consultants, LLC · MSHA ID 1519693
    Abandoned
  60. Diamondback 3
    Surface coal · Diamondback Mining And Coal Consultants, LLC · MSHA ID 1519694
    Abandoned
  61. Don Bow Mine
    Surface coal · Andalex Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1508046
    Abandoned
  62. Donaldson Creek No 2
    Surface coal · Donaldson Creek Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513842
    Abandoned
  63. Double B Mine
    Surface coal · Bennett Sons · MSHA ID 1511780
    Abandoned
  64. Drake No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company · MSHA ID 1506253
    Abandoned and Sealed
  65. E - C Mine
    Surface coal · T & N Powell Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509925
    Abandoned
  66. E - C Mine
    Surface coal · Margarita Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 1510669
    Abandoned
  67. E D Bennett Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Coal Producers Assn Inc · MSHA ID 1508601
    Abandoned
  68. Eagle No 1
    Underground coal · Elk River Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1517043
    Abandoned and Sealed
  69. East Diamond Mine
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502016
    Abandoned
  70. East Diamond Slurry
    Surface coal · Jim Whitaker & Son Inc · MSHA ID 1507215
    Abandoned
  71. East Hanson Mine
    Surface coal · Warrior Coal Llc · MSHA ID 1517740
    Abandoned
  72. East Volunteer
    Facility coal · Hopkins County Coal LLC · MSHA ID 1502013
    Abandoned
  73. Edro
    Surface coal · Costain Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1512622
    Abandoned
  74. Edro Strip
    Surface coal · Westco Inc · MSHA ID 1507014
    Abandoned
  75. Elk Creek Mine
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 1504666
    Abandoned
  76. Elk Creek Mine
    Surface coal · Hopkins County Coal LLC · MSHA ID 1518826
    Abandoned and Sealed
  77. Elk River Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Elk River Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1515717
    Abandoned and Sealed
  78. Emerald No 1
    Surface coal · Emerald Energy Corp · MSHA ID 1514741
    Abandoned
  79. Evergreen Tipple
    Surface coal · A B T Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510239
    Abandoned
  80. Falcon Mine
    Surface coal · Circle S Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517422
    Abandoned
  81. Fies Mine
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502018
    Abandoned and Sealed
  82. Foxfire Mine
    Surface coal · Warrior Coal Llc · MSHA ID 1516460
    Abandoned
  83. Gemini Mine
    Surface coal · Coiltown Mining Company · MSHA ID 1515066
    Abandoned
  84. Gobbler No 1
    Facility coal · Energy Conversion Corp · MSHA ID 1518228
    Abandoned
  85. Grapevine #1
    Facility coal · Royal Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1516593
    Abandoned
  86. Green River Coal #9 Mine
    Underground coal · Green River Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513469
    Abandoned and Sealed
  87. Guess Mine No 3
    Surface coal · Guess Trucking & Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513804
    Abandoned
  88. Guess No 1 Mine
    Surface coal · Guess Trucking & Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509931
    Abandoned
  89. Guncoal Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Guncoals Company · MSHA ID 1505262
    Abandoned
  90. H & G Construction Mine Hc6
    Surface coal · H & G Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515645
    Abandoned
  91. H & G Mine H4
    Surface coal · H & G Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514397
    Abandoned
  92. H G Construction Mine H5
    Surface coal · H & G Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515059
    Abandoned
  93. Hamby Mine
    Surface coal · Hamby Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512836
    Abandoned
  94. Hamby Strip
    Surface coal · Hamby Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1503883
    Abandoned
  95. Hammond No 1 Mine
    Surface coal · Hammand Mining Corp · MSHA ID 1508094
    Abandoned
  96. Hanson Mine
    Surface coal · Progressive Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1517561
    Abandoned
  97. Harrison Const Co Inc Mine No 5
    Surface coal · Harrison Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513536
    Abandoned
  98. Harrison No 2 Strip
    Surface coal · Harrison Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509651
    Abandoned
  99. Herring Const Co
    Surface coal · Herring Construction Company · MSHA ID 1513975
    Abandoned
  100. Herring Construction Mine No 1
    Surface coal · Herring Construction Company · MSHA ID 1516006
    Abandoned
  101. Herring Mine
    Surface coal · Herring Construction Company · MSHA ID 1515413
    Abandoned
  102. Herring Mining No 2
    Surface coal · Herring Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1512190
    Abandoned
  103. Homestead #2
    Facility coal · Western Carbon Corp · MSHA ID 1516661
    Abandoned
  104. Hugh David Swatzell
    Surface coal · Hugh David Swatzell · MSHA ID 1516140
    Abandoned
  105. IFC Mine No.3
    Surface coal · Island Fork Construction, LTD · MSHA ID 1518550
    Abandoned
  106. Island Fork Construction Ltd Mine#1
    Surface coal · Island Fork Construction Ltd · MSHA ID 1518354
    Abandoned
  107. Island Fork'S Maxx Mine
    Surface coal · Island Fork Construction Ltd · MSHA ID 1518154
    Abandoned
  108. Island Mine #1
    Underground coal · Hopkins County Coal LLC · MSHA ID 1517515
    Abandoned and Sealed
  109. J C T Mining
    Surface coal · Del-Reb Mining Inc-J C T Mining · MSHA ID 1514880
    Abandoned
  110. J W & S Strip Mines
    Surface coal · Jim Whitaker & Son Inc · MSHA ID 1507372
    Abandoned
  111. Jellikohl Mine No 1
    Surface coal · Jellikohl Inc · MSHA ID 1511687
    Abandoned
  112. Jerry Lewis No 1 Mine
    Surface coal · Jerry Lewis · MSHA ID 1515390
    Abandoned
  113. Jo Pa
    Facility coal · Jo Pa Company · MSHA ID 1512386
    Abandoned
  114. Joshua Mining Company
    Surface coal · Joshua Mining Company · MSHA ID 1515490
    Abandoned
  115. Kirkwood No 1
    Surface coal · Kirkwood Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 1509361
    Abandoned
  116. Kirkwood No 1 Mine
    Surface coal · Corum & Co Inc · MSHA ID 1503873
    Abandoned
  117. Kiro Strip
    Surface coal · Romar Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1510316
    Abandoned
  118. Lakeview Mine
    Surface coal · Andalex Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1515603
    Abandoned
  119. Larkin Mine
    Surface coal · Darnell Mining Company · MSHA ID 1513760
    Abandoned
  120. Larkins Mine
    Surface coal · Glenn Larkins Inc · MSHA ID 1511626
    Abandoned
  121. Lick Creek Mine
    Surface coal · Lick Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515545
    Abandoned
  122. Lick Creek Strip
    Surface coal · Dawn Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510129
    Abandoned
  123. Little Joe No 2-Strip
    Surface coal · Sextet Mining Corp · MSHA ID 1506728
    Abandoned
  124. Little Joe Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Russell Badgett Jr Coal Co · MSHA ID 1500685
    Abandoned
  125. Little John
    Surface coal · Dawn Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510668
    Abandoned
  126. Little Prairie No 2
    Surface coal · C & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510525
    Abandoned
  127. Lummus Strip No 1 Mine
    Surface coal · Lummus Coal Company · MSHA ID 1508992
    Abandoned
  128. M & C Coal Sales
    Facility coal · M & C Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 1512621
    Abandoned
  129. Magic Coal Company
    Facility coal · Magic Coal Company · MSHA ID 1517071
    Abandoned
  130. Magnolia
    Surface coal · Peyton Mining Company · MSHA ID 1508545
    Abandoned
  131. Mark Energy Ii
    Surface coal · Charolais Corp · MSHA ID 1516949
    Abandoned
  132. Milestone
    Surface coal · De Wayne Renfro · MSHA ID 1515530
    Abandoned
  133. Mine #1
    Surface coal · Jim Whitaker & Son Inc · MSHA ID 1511573
    Abandoned
  134. Mine 3
    Surface coal · Carbonado Mine 3, LLC · MSHA ID 1518695
    Abandoned
  135. Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Jim Smith Contracting Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508391
    Abandoned
  136. Mine No 1
    Surface coal · Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515253
    Abandoned
  137. Mine No 3
    Surface coal · J C Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512051
    Abandoned
  138. Mine No 3
    Surface coal · T & N Powell Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515160
    Abandoned
  139. Mine No. 1
    Facility coal · Norwalk Coal LLC · MSHA ID 1518885
    Abandoned
  140. Miracle Mine
    Underground coal · Prosperity Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1515745
    Abandoned and Sealed
  141. Miracle No 1
    Surface coal · Miracle Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512835
    Abandoned
  142. Mortons Gap No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · C & E Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510977
    Abandoned
  143. N.A.A.M. No. 14 (Auger Serial #15)
    Surface coal · North American Auger Mining Inc. · MSHA ID 3401915
    Abandoned
  144. Nebo #1 Mine
    Surface coal · Tdc Inc · MSHA ID 1514351
    Abandoned
  145. Nicole Mining
    Surface coal · Nicole Mining · MSHA ID 1515662
    Abandoned
  146. No 1
    Surface coal · Del-Reb Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1513168
    Abandoned
  147. No 1
    Facility coal · Western Kentucky Slurry Recovery Inc · MSHA ID 1517836
    Abandoned
  148. No 1 Mine
    Surface coal · Richland Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1507000
    Abandoned
  149. No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Sue-Jan Coal Company · MSHA ID 1508104
    Abandoned
  150. No 1 Mine
    Surface coal · Harvesters Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514398
    Abandoned

…and 91 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 Features
Strip Mine 218
Adit 46
P2 Clogged Stream Lands 34
Tipple 21
P2 Subsidence 20
P1 Subsidence 18
P2 Dangerous Highwalls 14
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 10
P2 Vertical Openings 10
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 10
P3 Spoil Area 9
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 9
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies 9
P1 Vertical Openings 8
P2 Dangerous Impoundments 7
P3 Slump 7
Mine Shaft 7
P2 Clogged Streams 6
P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 6
P3 Gobs 6
P3 Pits 6
P2 Portals 5
P1 Hazardous Water Bodies 4
P3 Water Problems 4
P1 Dangerous Slides 4
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption 4
Open Pit Mine 4
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 3
P2 Surface Burning 3
P1 Clogged Stream Lands 3
P1 Clogged Streams 2
Air Shaft 1
P2 Dangerous Slides 1
P3 Slurry 1
P3 Bench 1
P1 Polluted Water: Human Consumption 1
P1 Portals 1
Strip Mine 1
P1 Dangerous Impoundments 1
Gravel Pit 1
P1 Surface Burning 1
Tailings - Pond 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
  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.