Abandoned mines in Lawrence County, Kentucky

1. Mine openings

   shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
   84 31.8%
2. Mines and surface workings

   labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
   121 45.8%
3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

   construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
   4 1.5%
4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

   what mining left above ground
   11 4.2%
5. Other reclamation problems

   highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
   44 16.7%

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

1. #1

   Underground coal · 32 Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1515860
   Abandoned and Sealed 1996-02-26
2. #1

   Surface coal · East Kentucky Excavation, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518810
   Abandoned 2008-04-24
3. #1

   Surface coal · Meadow Fork Mining Co LLC · MSHA ID 1518816
   Abandoned 2012-02-27
4. #1 Dredge

   Facility coal · L & J Dredging Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513915
   Abandoned 1995-06-22
5. #1 Surface

   Surface coal · Dennis Dean Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511933
   Abandoned 1979-12-14
6. #1 Surface

   Surface coal · Carbonex Industries Inc · MSHA ID 1514732
   Abandoned 1986-02-24
7. #2

   Underground coal · Whitey Enterprises, Inc. · MSHA ID 1513235
   Abandoned 2002-02-01
8. #2

   Underground coal · Sundance Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1518443
   Abandoned and Sealed 2006-03-13
9. Atticus No 1 Surface

   Surface coal · Atticus Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508460
   Abandoned 1979-10-01
10. Auger #2

    Surface coal · H & T Coal Company · MSHA ID 1516164
    Abandoned 1987-09-30
11. Auger Mine #24

    Surface coal · B & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1518090
    Abandoned 2000-03-02
12. Auger Mine No 6

    Surface coal · B & H Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 1516580
    Abandoned 2014-02-26
13. Bear Branch Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Levisa Fork Mining Company · MSHA ID 1518334
    Abandoned 2001-05-22
14. Big Laurel

    Surface coal · Jaugar Resources · MSHA ID 1516706
    Abandoned 1991-08-07
15. Blaine Creek Surface

    Surface coal · Blaine Creek Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512635
    Abandoned 1981-05-04
16. Cam Creek

    Surface coal · Kentucky Energy LLC · MSHA ID 1519717
    Abandoned 2016-10-04
17. Cam Creek #1

    Surface coal · Burning Fork Energy, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518586
    Abandoned 2003-10-01
18. Cam Creek 107

    Surface coal · L C & C Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1519691
    Abandoned 2013-12-30
19. Cam Creek Mine

    Surface coal · Kentucky Energy LLC · MSHA ID 1518829
    Abandoned 2019-05-31
20. Century No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Century Coal Enterprises · MSHA ID 1510995
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
21. Cherokee Gap

    Surface coal · Addington Inc · MSHA ID 1515856
    Abandoned 1987-07-31
22. Clair Brothers Tipple

    Facility coal · Clair Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 1510168
    Abandoned 1979-10-12
23. Colona Synfuel

    Facility coal · Kanawha River Terminals LLC · MSHA ID 1510789
    Abandoned 2023-07-13
24. Contrary Branch Surface

    Surface coal · Clair Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 1509998
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
25. Dredge #2

    Facility coal · Big Sandy Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1512992
    Abandoned 1997-07-21
26. Dredge #3

    Facility coal · Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512672
    Abandoned 1999-04-02
27. Dredge No 1

    Facility coal · Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515462
    Abandoned 1990-02-15
28. Dredge No 3

    Facility coal · Model Dredging Inc · MSHA ID 1513917
    Abandoned 1986-02-14
29. Early No 1 Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Early Mining Company · MSHA ID 1511642
    Abandoned 1982-07-21
30. Edward Resources

    Facility coal · Edward Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1512248
    Abandoned 1986-02-14
31. Evans Fork Job

    Surface coal · Miller Brothers Coal LLC · MSHA ID 1518371
    Abandoned 2008-09-12
32. Ford Surface 404

    Surface coal · Winston Ford Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511916
    Abandoned 1981-12-09
33. Georges Creek Mine

    Surface coal · Locust Grove, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519616
    Abandoned 2016-05-04
34. Guardian No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Guardian Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510096
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
35. Holt Tipple

    Facility coal · Addington Brothers Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1508164
    Abandoned 1975-09-22
36. Holt Tipple

    Facility coal · Black Diamond Processing Inc · MSHA ID 1510998
    Abandoned 1979-10-18
37. Jims Branch Mine No. 1

    Surface coal · Diamond Energy Incorporated · MSHA ID 1518970
    Abandoned 2007-03-28
38. Job #1

    Surface coal · O'Pat Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1515244
    Abandoned 1986-01-13
39. Job #7

    Surface coal · 4-R Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515128
    Abandoned 1986-04-29
40. Job No 1

    Surface coal · North American Fuels Corp · MSHA ID 1514021
    Abandoned 1985-09-20
41. Job No 5 Surface Mine

    Surface coal · J M J Simmons Jv · MSHA ID 1513630
    Abandoned 1983-09-13
42. Johnny West No 1 Mine

    Surface coal · Johnny West Grading · MSHA ID 1516217
    Abandoned 1990-12-03
43. Kentucky Energy LLC Job #2

    Surface coal · Kentucky Energy LLC · MSHA ID 1519609
    Abandoned 2022-09-26
44. Lawrence #1

    Surface coal · W C A Inc · MSHA ID 1518132
    Abandoned 1999-12-01
45. Lawrence Co #1 Mine

    Surface coal · Little Fork Resources & Development Corp · MSHA ID 1516280
    Abandoned 1988-09-30
46. Lawrence County Job No 4 Surface

    Surface coal · Energy Development Corp · MSHA ID 1510996
    Abandoned 1978-05-09
47. Lawrence No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · L T Ruth Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515798
    Abandoned 1987-01-22
48. Lawrence No 1 Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Temco Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511449
    Abandoned 1982-07-21
49. Lawrence No 1 Surface Mine

    Surface coal · H Group Inc · MSHA ID 1512776
    Abandoned 1984-04-02
50. Lawrence No 17 Mine

    Surface coal · L T Ruth Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1504391
    Abandoned 1984-04-05
51. Lawrence No 29 Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Delta Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 1514359
    Abandoned 1984-10-01
52. Louisa Tipple

    Facility coal · Armm Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1508528
    Abandoned 1985-10-21
53. Mary Mounts Coal Co

    Surface coal · Dolphin Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1514330
    Abandoned 1999-04-02
54. Matco Coal Yard

    Facility coal · Matco Inc · MSHA ID 1517634
    Abandoned 1999-04-02
55. Mill Creek 1

    Surface coal · Advance Energy II LLC · MSHA ID 1519368
    Abandoned 2014-09-23
56. Mine #1

    Surface coal · Fossil Fuel Leasing Inc · MSHA ID 1517774
    Abandoned 2000-01-09
57. Mine #1

    Surface coal · Big D Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1518498
    Abandoned 2007-04-26
58. Mine #1

    Surface coal · Blue Sky Excavating, LLC · MSHA ID 1519192
    Abandoned 2010-02-24
59. Mine 1

    Surface coal · M & G Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 1518220
    Abandoned 2003-04-09
60. Mine No 1

    Underground coal · Dianne Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502849
    Abandoned 1980-04-17
61. Mine No 1

    Surface coal · Kentuckiana Land Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513437
    Abandoned 1984-12-18
62. Mine No 1

    Surface coal · Gap Minerals LLC · MSHA ID 1519232
    Abandoned 2009-04-30
63. Mine No. 3

    Underground coal · R & T Coal Co., Inc. · MSHA ID 1518668
    Abandoned and Sealed 2010-08-23
64. Mine No. 3

    Surface coal · P & C Mining Co., Inc. · MSHA ID 1519177
    Abandoned 2012-05-11
65. Mine No. 3

    Surface coal · Roadway Unlimited LLC · MSHA ID 1519467
    Abandoned 2016-11-01
66. No 1

    Facility coal · Southland Mineral Inc · MSHA ID 1514787
    Abandoned 1987-03-10
67. No 1

    Underground coal · Revelation Corp Inc · MSHA ID 1515607
    Abandoned and Sealed 1996-02-26
68. No 1

    Surface coal · Rich Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515654
    Abandoned 1987-06-17
69. No 1

    Surface coal · Hi-Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1515824
    Abandoned 1989-07-24
70. No 1

    Surface coal · George'S Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516216
    Abandoned 1988-08-12
71. No 1

    Surface coal · W & A Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 1517069
    Abandoned 1991-10-01
72. No 1

    Surface coal · Broken Ridge LLC · MSHA ID 1517937
    Abandoned 2006-02-28
73. No 1

    Surface coal · Blackstone Coal Co LLC · MSHA ID 1519175
    Abandoned 2010-10-14
74. No 1 Auger

    Surface coal · Hillbrook Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516283
    Abandoned 1988-08-12
75. No 1 Auger Mine

    Surface coal · Sitko Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1512595
    Abandoned 1982-07-21
76. No 1 Auger Mine

    Surface coal · Creekside Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514157
    Abandoned 1984-02-03
77. No 1 Dredge

    Facility coal · M & E Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1512986
    Abandoned 2007-03-06
78. No 1 Dredge

    Facility coal · Fitch Coal & Sand Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513751
    Abandoned 1992-11-17
79. No 1 Dredge

    Facility coal · Scioto Coal & Coke · MSHA ID 1517022
    Abandoned 1995-06-22
80. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Ironhorse Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1506911
    Abandoned and Sealed 1974-11-14
81. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · M A C Coal Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1511813
    Abandoned and Sealed 1980-03-13
82. No 1 Prep Plant

    Facility coal · Ridgeway Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 1508168
    Abandoned 1983-05-16
83. No 1 Preparation Area

    Surface coal · Princess Five Inc · MSHA ID 1516059
    Abandoned 1987-11-25
84. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · A G P Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 1504389
    Abandoned 1976-02-09
85. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Georges Creek Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1505474
    Abandoned 1980-04-30
86. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Kentucky Auger Corp · MSHA ID 1506803
    Abandoned 1980-05-09
87. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Lawrence County Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1507181
    Abandoned 1975-08-25
88. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · T B S Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1507263
    Abandoned 1979-10-30
89. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Shiloh Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1507967
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
90. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Ruecon Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1508299
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
91. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Star Lite Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1508631
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
92. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Shaker Coal Company · MSHA ID 1508962
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
93. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Energy Development Corp · MSHA ID 1509380
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
94. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Dig Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510115
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
95. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Hy-Grade Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510133
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
96. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Carson Associates Inc · MSHA ID 1510175
    Abandoned 1977-08-15
97. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Cotton Equipment Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510327
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
98. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · D & J Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510329
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
99. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Biltmore Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1510506
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
100. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Coleman Contracting Corp · MSHA ID 1510920
     Abandoned 1979-10-01
101. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Tishona Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1511138
     Abandoned 1979-10-01
102. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Lawrence Mining Corp · MSHA ID 1511600
     Abandoned 1979-10-01
103. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · G & H Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1511671
     Abandoned 1979-10-01
104. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · M J C Coal & Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1511764
     Abandoned 1980-11-25
105. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · L H Hunt Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1511830
     Abandoned 1980-04-21
106. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · B & T Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511842
     Abandoned 1981-09-22
107. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Eastern Kentucky Auger Corp · MSHA ID 1512005
     Abandoned 1980-08-07
108. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Lockworth Inc · MSHA ID 1512065
     Abandoned 1987-07-24
109. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Elgin Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1512600
     Abandoned 1981-01-27
110. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Valley Development Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513560
     Abandoned 1988-09-02
111. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Hard Tack Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1513952
     Abandoned 1984-09-18
112. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Left Fork Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514579
     Abandoned 1984-07-18
113. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Sugar Tree Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514580
     Abandoned 1984-07-31
114. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Magnet Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1514604
     Abandoned 1985-01-24
115. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · B & C Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1514731
     Abandoned 1984-10-25
116. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Wildcat Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 1515282
     Abandoned 1986-02-14
117. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Liberty Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515317
     Abandoned 1986-04-14
118. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Prichard Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1515421
     Abandoned 1986-08-22
119. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Jimmy Dawn Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1515709
     Abandoned 1986-08-22
120. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Tom Ballard Co Inc · MSHA ID 1507055
     Abandoned 1989-03-31
121. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Triple V Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 1507414
     Abandoned 1976-11-22
122. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Princess Cindy Mining Company · MSHA ID 1507448
     Abandoned 1979-10-09
123. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Chisholm Mining Associates · MSHA ID 1509535
     Abandoned 1984-02-01
124. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Twin Rivers Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 1511756
     Abandoned 1982-07-21
125. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Kentucky American Resources · MSHA ID 1512046
     Abandoned 1980-02-06
126. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Vaughan Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 1512155
     Abandoned 1982-07-21
127. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Byesville Construction Company · MSHA ID 1512634
     Abandoned 1982-08-11
128. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Cody Development Inc · MSHA ID 1512813
     Abandoned 1982-10-14
129. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Contract Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1512987
     Abandoned 1983-11-08
130. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Lynn Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513107
     Abandoned 1984-10-16
131. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Burke Brothers Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1513143
     Abandoned 1982-02-09
132. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · K & J Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513509
     Abandoned 1984-09-18
133. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Diamond P Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513532
     Abandoned 1983-03-21
134. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Air Way Fuels · MSHA ID 1513713
     Abandoned 1984-09-11
135. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Eastern Hills Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513858
     Abandoned 1983-04-22
136. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · K O K Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513877
     Abandoned 1983-05-20
137. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Pecco Partnership · MSHA ID 1513904
     Abandoned 1984-11-07
138. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Energy Elkhorn Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1514110
     Abandoned 1984-04-23
139. No 1 Tipple

     Facility coal · Coal-Well Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1515493
     Abandoned 1987-07-08
140. No 1 Tipple

     Facility coal · Collins & May Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515726
     Abandoned 1988-03-24
141. No 10 Surface

     Surface coal · Energy Products Inc · MSHA ID 1510585
     Abandoned 1978-08-03
142. No 2

     Underground coal · Fallsburg Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515482
     Abandoned and Sealed 1996-02-26
143. No 2 Auger

     Surface coal · Bradford Runyon Jr · MSHA ID 1514241
     Abandoned 1985-10-02
144. No 2 Auger

     Surface coal · Kreutzer Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1514440
     Abandoned 1984-09-11
145. No 2 Auger

     Surface coal · K-Jac Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1518121
     Abandoned 1999-11-20
146. No 2 Dredge

     Facility coal · M & E Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1512249
     Abandoned 1999-03-31
147. No 2 Dredge

     Facility coal · Vinson Dredging · MSHA ID 1517400
     Abandoned 1999-04-02
148. No 2 Surface

     Surface coal · Tom Ballard Co Inc · MSHA ID 1507746
     Abandoned 1977-08-15
149. No 2 Surface

     Surface coal · Saturday Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508538
     Abandoned 1979-10-01
150. No 2 Surface

     Surface coal · Mountain Valley Energy Co · MSHA ID 1508595
     Abandoned 1979-10-01

…and 48 more mines not listed here.

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

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

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