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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Letcher County, Kentucky

Letcher County, Kentucky has 1,343 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1912–1992, including 1,081 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts). OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 306 problems in the county, 153 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 1,234 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Letcher 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)
1,343
Mine openings
1,081
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
153
MSHA mines marked abandoned
1,234
0 features carry a name0 prospect pits17 quadrangle maps, published 1912–1992 306 OSMRE problems, 153 reclaimed 348 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
    1,138 69.0%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    254 15.4%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    5 0.3%
  4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    36 2.2%
  5. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    9 0.5%
  6. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    207 12.6%
OSMRE abandoned mine land problems306 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
Abdoo Street Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Abdoo Street Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Abner Drifts P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Adams Complex P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Adams Complex P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Alan Cornett Slide P1 Dangerous Slides In Reclamation
Alonzo Polly Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Amanda Davis Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Amanda Davis Slide P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Completed
Arthur Adams Site P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Barbara Ison Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Bartesta Branch Openings P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Bartesta Branch Slide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Bartesta Branch Slide P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Beaverdam Br. Slides P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Beaverdam Br. Slides P3 Bench Reclamation Pending
Beaverdam Br. Slides P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Bellcraft Refuse P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Bellcraft Refuse P2 Underground Mine Fires Reclamation Pending
Bill Moore Br. Refuse P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Bill Moore Br. Refuse P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Bill Moore Br. Refuse P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Blackstorm Energy Refuse P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Blackstorm Energy Refuse P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Bluefield School Complex P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Bob Botsford Drainage P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Bob Botsford Drainage P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Boggs Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Boggs Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Boggs Slide P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Boggs Slide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Brandon Bentley Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Brenda Combs Slide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Brown Drainage Ditch P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Buddy Sexton Portals P1 Portals In Reclamation
Can Tubbs P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Cane Hollow P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Cane/mcpeak Br. Aml Water Supply Pr P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Cane/mcpeak Br. Aml Water Supply Pr P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Carbon Glow Refuse P1 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Carbon Glow Refuse P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Carl Lee Stamper Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Chadrick Fleming Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Chopping Branch P1 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Chopping Branch P1 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Chopping Branch P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Chris & Larry Hatton Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Chuck Cornett Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Chuck Cornett Slide P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
City Of Jenkins- Camden Road P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
City Of Whitesburg Slides P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Colson Baptist Mission Portals P1 Portals In Reclamation
Crafts Colly Complex P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Crafts Colly Complex P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Crafts Colly Complex P1 Portals In Reclamation
Crafts Colly Complex P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Crafts Colly-sandlick Water Supply P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Daniel Collins Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Danny Collins Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Danny Collins Slide P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Danny White Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Deane Area Phase I - Amendment P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Deane Area Phase I Water Supply P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Deane Area- Phase II WSP A P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Deane Interconnect WSP P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Deane Phase III Water Supply P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Deborah Blair Ramp P2 Clogged Streams In Reclamation
Deborah Blair Ramp P2 Dangerous Impoundments In Reclamation
Deborah Blair Ramp P2 Dangerous Slides In Reclamation
Defeated Creek Mines P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Defeated Creek Mines P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Defeated Creek Mines P2 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Defeated Creek Seam Fire P1 Underground Mine Fires Reclamation Completed
Denver Baker Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Elaine Polly Slides P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Elaine Polly Slides P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Elaine Polly Slides P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Elaine Polly Slides P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Pending
Eldridge Slide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Elizabeth Adams Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Elk Creek - Bull Creek Water Supply P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Emmitt Day Portals P2 Portals In Reclamation
Fleming Refuse And Seam Fire P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Fleming Refuse And Seam Fire P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Fleming Refuse And Seam Fire P2 Clogged Stream Lands In Reclamation
Fleming Refuse And Seam Fire P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Fleming Refuse And Seam Fire P2 Underground Mine Fires Reclamation Pending
Fleming Refuse And Seam Fire P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Fleming Refuse And Seam Fire P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Fleming-Neon City Park Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Franks Creek Strip P3 Bench Reclamation Pending
Franks Creek Strip P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
George Webb Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Gibson Drainage P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Gomer Cantrell Drainage P1 Dangerous Slides In Reclamation
Gordon Mines P1 Dangerous Slides In Reclamation
Gordon Mines P2 Clogged Stream Lands In Reclamation
Gordon Mines P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Gordon Mines P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Gordon Mines P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities In Reclamation
Gordon Mines P2 Portals In Reclamation
Gordon Mines P3 Equipment Facility Reclamation Pending
Gordon Mines P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Gordon Mines P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Hallie - Turkey Creek WSP P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Hallie Mines P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Harold Cantrell Slide P1 Dangerous Slides In Reclamation
Harold Cantrell Slide P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Haymond Enhancement Rule Project P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Haymond Enhancement Rule Project P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Haymond Enhancement Rule Project P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Haymond Hill Drainage P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Haymond Refuse P1 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Haymond Refuse P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Haymond Refuse P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Haymond Refuse P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Haymond Refuse P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Hazel & Ida Brock Slides P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Head Of Dry Fork Refuse P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Head Of Dry Fork Refuse P3 Bench Reclamation Pending
Head Of Dry Fork Refuse P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Head-of-sandlick Slide P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Head-of-sandlick Slide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
HWY 15 Letcher Interconnection WSP P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Jackie McCall Site P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Jackie Robinson Site P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Jake Hall Pond P1 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
James Allen Highwall P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
James Allen Highwall P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Jenkins & Fleming Neon Interconnect P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Jenkins Refuse (mine 204) Aml Enh P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Jenkins Refuse (mine 204) Aml Enh P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Jenkins WWTP Improvements P3 Other In Reclamation
Jerald Hacker Drainage P1 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Jeremiah Johnston AMD P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Jim Caudill Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Jim Caudill Slide P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Jim Murtaugh P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Joanna Napier Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Joe Burke-ii Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
John Combs & Marie Hessman Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Jonathan McElroy Site P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Karen Jackson Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Karen Jackson Landslide P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Kathleen Jones Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Kelvin Adams Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Kelvin Adams Slide P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Kincer Portal P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Kincer Slide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Kirkland-morgan P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending

…and 156 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 Abandoned1,234 on register
  1. # 1 Refuse
    Surface coal · King Brothers Coal Inc. · MSHA ID 1519713
    Abandoned
  2. # 2
    Surface coal · W & F Contract Augering Inc. · MSHA ID 1519060
    Abandoned
  3. #1
    Underground coal · Fairbanks Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510573
    Abandoned and Sealed
  4. #1
    Underground coal · Four Adams Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512713
    Abandoned and Sealed
  5. #1
    Surface coal · Cowan Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515685
    Abandoned
  6. #1
    Surface coal · K & B Coal Company · MSHA ID 1516696
    Abandoned
  7. #1
    Surface coal · Potter'S Fork Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516951
    Abandoned
  8. #1
    Underground coal · T N T Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1516976
    Abandoned
  9. #1
    Underground coal · Campbranch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516981
    Abandoned and Sealed
  10. #1
    Underground coal · H & Q Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1518544
    Abandoned
  11. #1
    Underground coal · T.R.C. Mining Corporation · MSHA ID 1518654
    Abandoned and Sealed
  12. #1
    Underground coal · Panzer Coal, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518886
    Abandoned and Sealed
  13. #1
    Surface coal · Bitco Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1519517
    Abandoned and Sealed
  14. #1
    Underground coal · Bitco Resources Inc. · MSHA ID 1519620
    Abandoned and Sealed
  15. #1 Auger
    Surface coal · Michael Lynn Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516484
    Abandoned
  16. #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Jarisa Inc · MSHA ID 1516613
    Abandoned and Sealed
  17. #1 Site
    Facility coal · Neon Recycling Inc · MSHA ID 1516170
    Abandoned
  18. #1 Site
    Surface coal · M & E Coal & Construction Company · MSHA ID 1516327
    Abandoned
  19. #1 Strip
    Surface coal · Jasper Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1516926
    Abandoned
  20. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Mic-Bar Energy Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515936
    Abandoned
  21. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Coby Inc · MSHA ID 1516383
    Abandoned
  22. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Nealy Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1517477
    Abandoned
  23. #1 Tipple
    Facility coal · Johnson Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1506353
    Abandoned
  24. #1 Tipple
    Facility coal · Letchco Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 1515576
    Abandoned
  25. #12
    Underground coal · Appleton & Ratliff Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1518094
    Abandoned and Sealed
  26. #13
    Surface coal · Carbon River Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1518729
    Abandoned
  27. #2
    Surface coal · Cowan Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516677
    Abandoned
  28. #2
    Underground coal · TRC Mining Corp · MSHA ID 1517720
    Abandoned and Sealed
  29. #2
    Surface coal · Asher Quality Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1518680
    Abandoned
  30. #2 Mine
    Underground coal · Big D Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502048
    Abandoned
  31. #2 Mine
    Underground coal · Billy Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516598
    Abandoned and Sealed
  32. #3
    Surface coal · Kannan Mining Co Inc · MSHA ID 1517785
    Abandoned
  33. #3
    Underground coal · Clark Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519309
    Abandoned and Sealed
  34. #3 Mine
    Underground coal · Betsy Kay Coal Co · MSHA ID 1503994
    Abandoned
  35. #4
    Surface coal · Apple Tree Mining Company · MSHA ID 1516854
    Abandoned
  36. #4
    Surface coal · J M Barnett & Son Inc · MSHA ID 1518256
    Abandoned
  37. #4 Mine
    Underground coal · Betsy Kay Coal Company · MSHA ID 1504002
    Abandoned
  38. #4 Strip & Auger
    Surface coal · H & D Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1507230
    Abandoned
  39. #5
    Surface coal · Kannan Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1518107
    Abandoned
  40. #5 Surface
    Surface coal · Kyva Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1516498
    Abandoned
  41. #55
    Underground coal · Leemike Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517251
    Abandoned and Sealed
  42. #6
    Surface coal · Kannan Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1518208
    Abandoned
  43. #6
    Surface coal · Midgard Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1519257
    Abandoned and Sealed
  44. #7
    Underground coal · Cheyenne Elkhorn Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 1517993
    Abandoned and Sealed
  45. #7
    Underground coal · J&R Coal Inc. · MSHA ID 1518776
    Abandoned and Sealed
  46. #7 Surface
    Surface coal · Zion Mining Company · MSHA ID 1516476
    Abandoned
  47. #7B
    Underground coal · Cheyenne Elkhorn Coal Co. · MSHA ID 1518282
    Abandoned
  48. #9
    Underground coal · Simpson Mining Company, Inc · MSHA ID 1516908
    Abandoned and Sealed
  49. 16 Salem MC
    Surface coal · Jean Coal Company LLC · MSHA ID 1519540
    Abandoned and Sealed
  50. 3 2
    Underground coal · Four Adams Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517293
    Abandoned and Sealed
  51. A-3
    Surface coal · Meade & Shepherd Coal Co., Inc. · MSHA ID 1518934
    Abandoned
  52. Ace Mine
    Underground coal · Branch Mining & Land Company · MSHA ID 1500950
    Abandoned
  53. Adam'S #3 Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Adams Diversified Corp · MSHA ID 1510441
    Abandoned
  54. Adena No 3
    Underground coal · Adena Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 1512726
    Abandoned and Sealed
  55. Advantage #1
    Underground coal · Smoky Quartz · MSHA ID 1502057
    Abandoned and Sealed
  56. Advantage No. 1 Air Shaft
    Surface coal · Smoky Quartz · MSHA ID 1519473
    Abandoned and Sealed
  57. Auger # 50
    Surface coal · Tackett & Edmonds Contracting Inc. · MSHA ID 1519664
    Abandoned
  58. Auger #23
    Surface coal · B & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1518083
    Abandoned
  59. Auger #58
    Surface coal · Mallot Fk Augering · MSHA ID 1518690
    Abandoned
  60. Auger #6
    Surface coal · Coal Augering Inc · MSHA ID 1517698
    Abandoned
  61. Auger 84
    Surface coal · Phelps Energy and Resources 2, LLC · MSHA ID 1519738
    Abandoned
  62. Auger Mine #21
    Surface coal · B & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517863
    Abandoned
  63. Auger Mine #22
    Surface coal · B & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1518052
    Abandoned
  64. Auger Mine #25
    Surface coal · B & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1518203
    Abandoned
  65. Auger Mine #26
    Surface coal · B & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1518244
    Abandoned
  66. Auger Mine No 33
    Surface coal · B & H Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 1518502
    Abandoned
  67. Auger No 1 S/N 116
    Surface coal · Bubs Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 1519095
    Abandoned
  68. Auger No. 1
    Surface coal · Stoneridge Resources Inc. · MSHA ID 1519267
    Abandoned
  69. Balure No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Magnum Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511562
    Abandoned
  70. Band Mill 2
    Underground coal · Cumberland River Coal Company · MSHA ID 1518705
    Abandoned and Sealed
  71. Bark Camp Mine
    Surface coal · Tackett & Manning Coal Company · MSHA ID 1504417
    Abandoned
  72. Bayonet #1
    Surface coal · Bayonet Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517669
    Abandoned
  73. Bayonet No 3
    Surface coal · Bayonet Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1518878
    Abandoned
  74. Bearpen Collieries Mine #2
    Surface coal · Bearpen Collieries Inc · MSHA ID 1516840
    Abandoned
  75. Bearpen Load-Out #1
    Facility coal · Bearpen Collieries Inc · MSHA ID 1516853
    Abandoned
  76. Beaver Mining No 1
    Surface coal · Beaver Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1519099
    Abandoned
  77. Beetree Refuse Pile
    Surface coal · T & J Coal Brokers Inc. · MSHA ID 1519367
    Abandoned
  78. Belcraft Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · South East Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1506351
    Abandoned
  79. Black Light Energy
    Underground coal · Black Light Energy LLC · MSHA ID 1518233
    Abandoned and Sealed
  80. Black Raven Mine #1
    Underground coal · Coastal Coal Company Llc · MSHA ID 1517408
    Abandoned and Sealed
  81. Black Thunder Mine No. 1
    Underground coal · Coastal Coal Company, LLC · MSHA ID 1508977
    Abandoned and Sealed
  82. Black Thunder Mine No. 2
    Underground coal · Coastal Coal Company, LLC · MSHA ID 1517955
    Abandoned and Sealed
  83. Blackwood
    Underground coal · Cumberland River Coal Co., Inc. · MSHA ID 1519078
    Abandoned and Sealed
  84. Blackwood No 1
    Surface coal · Blackwood Fuel Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516802
    Abandoned
  85. Blair Branch No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Lake Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514627
    Abandoned and Sealed
  86. Blair Lake Strip
    Surface coal · Perkins Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514347
    Abandoned
  87. Blue Ridge Coal Facility
    Facility coal · Cumberland River Coal LLC · MSHA ID 1519118
    Abandoned
  88. Blue Ridge No 1
    Underground coal · Cumberland River Coal Company · MSHA ID 1519228
    Abandoned and Sealed
  89. Bluegrass #1
    Surface coal · Blue Grass Augers Inc · MSHA ID 1516550
    Abandoned
  90. Bogie Tipple
    Surface coal · Premier Elkhorn Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515512
    Abandoned
  91. Bren-Way Coal Corp Mine
    Surface coal · Bren-Way Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1513627
    Abandoned
  92. Buck Creek No. 1
    Surface coal · Sapphire Coal Company · MSHA ID 1516812
    Abandoned
  93. Bull Creek Strip
    Surface coal · Ison Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515497
    Abandoned
  94. C & W Land Development
    Surface coal · C & W Land Development · MSHA ID 1519448
    Abandoned
  95. C-1
    Underground coal · Oscar Hatten Coal Co LLC · MSHA ID 1518657
    Abandoned
  96. Cane Hollow No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1502154
    Abandoned and Sealed
  97. Carhaul Inc
    Facility coal · Carhaul Inc · MSHA ID 1517435
    Abandoned
  98. Carousel #1
    Underground coal · Pine Creek Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519143
    Abandoned and Sealed
  99. Carousel #1
    Underground coal · Pine Creek Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519578
    Abandoned and Sealed
  100. Cheyenne
    Surface coal · Nally & Hamilton Enterprises, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519518
    Abandoned
  101. Cheyenne Loadout
    Facility coal · Cheyenne Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1509784
    Abandoned
  102. Clay Hollow Deep Mine
    Underground coal · Golden Oak Mining Company L P · MSHA ID 1516253
    Abandoned and Sealed
  103. Clay Hollow Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513405
    Abandoned
  104. Coal Branch Mine
    Surface coal · Nally and Hamilton Enterprises · MSHA ID 1519287
    Abandoned
  105. Coal Mac No 3
    Facility coal · Jaco Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513585
    Abandoned
  106. Colley Elkhorn No 1
    Facility coal · Jaco Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1507737
    Abandoned
  107. Colliers Creek
    Surface coal · Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1518216
    Abandoned
  108. Colliers Creek No 1
    Underground coal · C & B Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515225
    Abandoned and Sealed
  109. Commonwealth No 1 Tipple
    Facility coal · Coal Mac Sales · MSHA ID 1512484
    Abandoned
  110. Construction Site No 1
    Surface coal · Willis Sexton Construction Company · MSHA ID 1512978
    Abandoned
  111. Cook & Sons
    Surface coal · Earnest Cook & Sons Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1517714
    Abandoned
  112. Cook and Sons No. A-1
    Underground coal · Cook and Sons Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518614
    Abandoned and Sealed
  113. Coon Branch Surface Mine #1
    Surface coal · South-East Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515852
    Abandoned
  114. Cotton Coal #2 Mine
    Surface coal · Cotton Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 1518201
    Abandoned
  115. Cotton Coal Co., Inc., #1
    Surface coal · Cotton Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 1518514
    Abandoned
  116. Cromona Refuse Aml Enhancement
    Surface coal · P & L Construction. llc. · MSHA ID 1519471
    Abandoned
  117. D & J Coal Mine #1
    Surface coal · D & J Coal · MSHA ID 1515783
    Abandoned
  118. D-12 Kellioka
    Underground coal · Blackjewel L.L.C. · MSHA ID 1519715
    Abandoned
  119. Dawn No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Dawn Construction Inc · MSHA ID 1511829
    Abandoned
  120. Dawn'S Construction No 2
    Surface coal · Dawn Construction Inc · MSHA ID 1512178
    Abandoned
  121. Dawn'S Construction No 3 Surface
    Surface coal · Dawn Construction Inc · MSHA ID 1512423
    Abandoned
  122. Dawn'S Construction No 4 Surface
    Surface coal · Dawn Construction Inc · MSHA ID 1512833
    Abandoned
  123. Deadening Branch Surface
    Surface coal · Fox Mining Corp · MSHA ID 1517879
    Abandoned
  124. Deane #1
    Underground coal · Deane Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1518569
    Abandoned and Sealed
  125. Deane Loadout
    Facility coal · Jarisa Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510330
    Abandoned
  126. Deane No 1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Tackett & Manning Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1504412
    Abandoned
  127. Deep Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Sam Lynn Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515765
    Abandoned and Sealed
  128. Defeated Creek Job
    Surface coal · Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515560
    Abandoned and Sealed
  129. Defeated Creek Mine #1
    Surface coal · Enterprise Mining Co. LLC · MSHA ID 1518873
    Abandoned and Sealed
  130. Delta Supreme Proc Plant
    Facility coal · Black Oak Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1506295
    Abandoned
  131. Democrat Tipple
    Facility coal · P C & H Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515189
    Abandoned
  132. Division Shop
    Facility coal · Beth Energy Mines Inc · MSHA ID 1502047
    Abandoned
  133. Dixie No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Dixie Fuel Of Premium Inc · MSHA ID 1502621
    Abandoned
  134. Dogwood #5 Mine
    Underground coal · Old Dominion Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1519632
    Abandoned and Sealed
  135. Donna Jean No 1
    Surface coal · Donna Jean Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1514136
    Abandoned
  136. Doty Creek
    Surface coal · Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1518323
    Abandoned
  137. Dunham
    Surface coal · Landfall Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1519239
    Abandoned
  138. Dunham No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Kentucky River Mining Company · MSHA ID 1504246
    Abandoned
  139. E3-Gb
    Underground coal · Premier Elkhorn Coal Company · MSHA ID 1518259
    Abandoned and Sealed
  140. Emery No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Little Emery Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510827
    Abandoned and Sealed
  141. Emery No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Little Emery Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510828
    Abandoned
  142. Enterprise Coal Co-Ned'S Branch
    Surface coal · Meade & Shepherd Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517119
    Abandoned
  143. F & F No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · F & F Inc · MSHA ID 1514551
    Abandoned
  144. Face Up No. 1
    Surface coal · MWR LLC · MSHA ID 1519745
    Abandoned
  145. Fork Ridge
    Underground coal · C & B Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511160
    Abandoned and Sealed
  146. Friday Br. 1
    Surface coal · Whitesburg Friday Branch Mine LLC · MSHA ID 1518955
    Abandoned
  147. Friday Branch Job
    Surface coal · Joshua Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1519214
    Abandoned
  148. Frog Pond Tipple
    Facility coal · Blackey Elkhorn Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1510956
    Abandoned
  149. G & W Mining No 1
    Surface coal · G & W Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1515301
    Abandoned
  150. Gemco No 1
    Surface coal · Green Engineering & Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514376
    Abandoned

…and 1084 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
Adit 1,081
Strip Mine 234
P1 Dangerous Slides 81
P1 Portals 38
P2 Dangerous Slides 28
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption 21
P2 Clogged Stream Lands 18
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 18
P2 Portals 17
Strip Mine 10
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 10
P2 Clogged Streams 8
P2 Dangerous Impoundments 8
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 7
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 6
P3 Other 6
P3 Spoil Area 6
P2 Dangerous Highwalls 6
P3 Bench 5
P1 Clogged Streams 4
P3 Mine Opening 4
P3 Equipment Facility 3
P3 Gobs 3
P1 Subsidence 3
P2 Underground Mine Fires 2
Quarry 2
P1 Vertical Openings 2
P1 Surface Burning 2
P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 2
P1 Dangerous Highwalls 2
Mine Dump 1
Sand Pit 1
P1 Dangerous Impoundments 1
P1 Clogged Stream Lands 1
P1 Underground Mine Fires 1
Tailings - Pond 1
Tipple 1
P2 Surface Burning 1
Quarry - Rock 1
Quarry 1
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies 1
P3 Water Problems 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.