Abandoned mines in Morgan County, Kentucky

1. Mine openings

   shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
   58 36.7%
2. Mines and surface workings

   labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
   60 38.0%
3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

   construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
   9 5.7%
4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

   what mining left above ground
   5 3.2%
5. Other reclamation problems

   highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
   26 16.5%

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 · BSE Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518343
   Abandoned and Sealed 2002-05-21
2. #1

   Surface coal · Morgan Mining Inc. · MSHA ID 1518756
   Abandoned 2006-04-17
3. #2

   Underground coal · BSE Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518271
   Abandoned and Sealed 2012-09-18
4. #3

   Surface coal · Big D Enterprises · MSHA ID 1515061
   Abandoned 1986-12-15
5. Advanced Restoration Technologies -1

   Surface coal · NEV LLC · MSHA ID 1519846
   Abandoned 2024-01-24
6. Age 201 Surface

   Surface coal · Placer Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1511363
   Abandoned 1979-10-01
7. Al-Co #1

   Surface coal · Al-Co Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1514760
   Abandoned 1985-04-03
8. Associated Mining Inc

   Surface coal · Clay Construction · MSHA ID 1514147
   Abandoned 1984-04-10
9. Auger #1

   Surface coal · Kelly Branch Enterprises · MSHA ID 1517822
   Abandoned 1999-03-30
10. Auger #2

    Surface coal · Best Elkhorn Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514412
    Abandoned 1987-01-16
11. Auger 24 & 46 Surface

    Surface coal · W C A Inc · MSHA ID 1512092
    Abandoned 1981-03-25
12. Auger Mine #20

    Surface coal · B & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517804
    Abandoned 1996-08-02
13. Big Jack No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Potsey Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510595
    Abandoned 1978-07-11
14. Block Coal No 1 Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Block Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1514228
    Abandoned 1984-10-22
15. Bluegrass 006 Surface

    Surface coal · Bluegrass Mining · MSHA ID 1508200
    Abandoned 1981-08-07
16. Castle

    Facility coal · J A L Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515420
    Abandoned 1986-02-20
17. Central No 1 Prep Plant

    Facility coal · Central Kentucky Fuel Inc · MSHA ID 1512284
    Abandoned 1980-09-17
18. Cindas Creek #1

    Surface coal · Levisa Fork Mining Company · MSHA ID 1518295
    Abandoned 2004-08-18
19. Cindas Creek #2 LLC

    Underground coal · Cindas Creek #2 LLC · MSHA ID 1518961
    Abandoned and Sealed 2010-08-18
20. Cindas Creek No. 1

    Underground coal · Pond Creek Energy, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518523
    Abandoned and Sealed 2004-12-20
21. Cindies Creek No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · D & R Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512372
    Abandoned and Sealed 1980-07-30
22. Four Knobs

    Surface coal · Associated Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1514984
    Abandoned 1985-10-02
23. Greenbriar No 2 Surface

    Surface coal · Greenbriar Coal Corp Inc · MSHA ID 1509691
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
24. Hrn No 2 Surface Mine

    Surface coal · H R N Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509884
    Abandoned 1984-04-10
25. J & E Surface Mine

    Surface coal · J & E Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509904
    Abandoned 1982-07-21
26. K-Jac Surface No 2

    Surface coal · K-Jac Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1518246
    Abandoned 2000-08-16
27. Ken-Mor A Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Ken-Mor Stone Inc · MSHA ID 1508003
    Abandoned 1979-10-25
28. Lee-Paul Coal Company Inc Mine #1

    Surface coal · Lee-Paul Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517761
    Abandoned 1996-08-02
29. Lost Creek Mine

    Surface coal · Kentucky Fuel Paintsville Corporation · MSHA ID 1518918
    Abandoned 2006-05-30
30. Lucky #2

    Surface coal · Eastern Appalachian Resources, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518489
    Abandoned 2002-10-29
31. M J M Mine & Mill

    Underground metal/non-metal · Magoffin-Johnson & Morgan Stone Company · MSHA ID 1500061
    Abandoned 1985-12-10
32. Malone No 4 Surface

    Surface coal · Addington Brothers Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1507748
    Abandoned 1976-04-20
33. Mbc No 1 Surface Mine

    Surface coal · M B C Mining Contractors · MSHA ID 1509881
    Abandoned 1976-10-04
34. Mine # 1

    Surface coal · Thumper Coal LLC · MSHA ID 1519787
    Abandoned 2023-12-02
35. Mine #2

    Underground coal · L G & C Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515877
    Abandoned and Sealed 1996-02-26
36. Mine #2

    Surface coal · W & A Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 1516978
    Abandoned 1992-10-20
37. Mine 2

    Surface coal · Ridgetop Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1515492
    Abandoned 1986-01-31
38. Mine No 1

    Surface coal · Three L Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514801
    Abandoned 1986-06-01
39. Mine No 11

    Surface coal · Ken-Lick Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1509883
    Abandoned 1985-10-15
40. Mine No 11

    Underground coal · Jeffco Mining · MSHA ID 1516062
    Abandoned and Sealed 1996-02-26
41. Mine No 7

    Surface coal · Lick Falls Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515977
    Abandoned 1987-05-21
42. Mine No. 1

    Surface coal · M2K Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1519056
    Abandoned 2016-12-15
43. Morgan Co #7

    Surface coal · D & S Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 1516192
    Abandoned 1988-06-21
44. MXP #1

    Surface coal · MXP Services LLC · MSHA ID 1519746
    Abandoned 2015-02-10
45. No 1

    Underground coal · Legacy Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513221
    Abandoned and Sealed 1986-09-08
46. No 1

    Underground coal · Ratliff Mining Company · MSHA ID 1514154
    Abandoned and Sealed 1996-02-26
47. No 1

    Underground coal · G D & M Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514739
    Abandoned and Sealed 1988-01-21
48. No 1

    Underground coal · Amy-Ra Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514924
    Abandoned and Sealed 1985-01-23
49. No 1

    Underground coal · L G & C Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515132
    Abandoned and Sealed 1996-02-26
50. No 1

    Surface coal · Pack Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515898
    Abandoned 1987-06-23
51. No 1

    Underground coal · East Ky Cannel Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1516189
    Abandoned and Sealed 1996-02-26
52. No 1

    Underground coal · Gypsy Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1516234
    Abandoned and Sealed 1996-02-26
53. No 1 Auger

    Surface coal · Tygart Creek Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514319
    Abandoned 1984-04-10
54. No 1 Auger

    Surface coal · Daniels Augering · MSHA ID 1514585
    Abandoned 1986-03-12
55. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · High Knob Mining Company · MSHA ID 1513223
    Abandoned and Sealed 1982-03-31
56. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Souix Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1514163
    Abandoned and Sealed 1984-02-23
57. No 1 Mine

    Surface coal · H & S Mining · MSHA ID 1514928
    Abandoned 1985-10-02
58. No 1 Mine

    Surface coal · Lowell T Preece · MSHA ID 1515245
    Abandoned 1985-10-03
59. No 1 Mine

    Surface coal · Bobby R Stepp · MSHA ID 1515246
    Abandoned 1985-10-03
60. No 1 Mine

    Surface coal · Rocky Branch Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1515583
    Abandoned 1987-03-24
61. No 1 Prep Plant

    Facility coal · E-Town Supply Company · MSHA ID 1510389
    Abandoned 1984-09-18
62. No 1 Salyer Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Danis Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1508307
    Abandoned 1979-11-05
63. No 1 Site

    Underground coal · Energy Group Inc · MSHA ID 1512723
    Abandoned 1981-04-01
64. No 1 Strip

    Surface coal · B & F Coal Company · MSHA ID 1509659
    Abandoned 1976-11-22
65. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Morgan County Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1505354
    Abandoned 1980-04-29
66. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Bally Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1507624
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
67. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Rifle Coal Company · MSHA ID 1508022
    Abandoned 1977-01-10
68. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · J W Maze Pipe Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508085
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
69. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Ball & Cave Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1508223
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
70. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Lady Washington Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508252
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
71. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Black Jewel Coal Company · MSHA ID 1508339
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
72. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · W M Lewis & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 1509600
    Abandoned 1976-06-07
73. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Energy Products Inc · MSHA ID 1509673
    Abandoned 1977-07-11
74. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Fredrick Construction Company · MSHA ID 1509693
    Abandoned 1977-07-11
75. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · D L Braughler Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509976
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
76. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Arthur Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510091
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
77. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Carbonex Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 1510402
    Abandoned 1979-10-15
78. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Parkway Processing · MSHA ID 1510457
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
79. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · D & D Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511059
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
80. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Manatee Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1511167
    Abandoned 1978-09-11
81. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Kingsbar Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1511807
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
82. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Huntington Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511874
    Abandoned 1980-09-02
83. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · C S S Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512570
    Abandoned 1981-06-03
84. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Magnum Energy · MSHA ID 1514133
    Abandoned 1985-01-23
85. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Air Way Fuels · MSHA ID 1514239
    Abandoned 1984-06-22
86. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Can Do Stoker Inc · MSHA ID 1514450
    Abandoned 1984-07-25
87. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · P B C Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1514477
    Abandoned 1984-07-05
88. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · B & C Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1515451
    Abandoned 1986-06-30
89. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Magnet Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1515547
    Abandoned 1987-01-20
90. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Barrett Frederick · MSHA ID 1516056
    Abandoned 1987-06-08
91. No 1 Surface Auger

    Surface coal · Beaver Drilling Company · MSHA ID 1510700
    Abandoned 1977-10-04
92. No 1 Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Tyra Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 1505399
    Abandoned 1980-04-30
93. No 1 Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Highland Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1507450
    Abandoned 1980-01-02
94. No 1 Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Jim Brown Mining Company · MSHA ID 1507459
    Abandoned 1979-10-30
95. No 1 Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Nickell Construction Company · MSHA ID 1507788
    Abandoned 1979-10-29
96. No 1 Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Frederick & Kelly Inc · MSHA ID 1507939
    Abandoned 1976-09-30
97. No 1 Surface Mine

    Surface coal · De Salvo Construction Company · MSHA ID 1508065
    Abandoned 1975-08-04
98. No 1 Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Contour Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508199
    Abandoned 1975-07-14
99. No 1 Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Terra Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508203
    Abandoned 1979-11-06
100. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Industrial Coal Company · MSHA ID 1508226
     Abandoned 1976-11-22
101. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Boone Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508300
     Abandoned 1975-12-30
102. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Saturday Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508301
     Abandoned 1979-10-29
103. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Capitol Coal Land & Development Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508302
     Abandoned 1979-10-25
104. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Mantac Corp · MSHA ID 1511361
     Abandoned 1982-07-21
105. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Timmy Jim Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512766
     Abandoned 1982-07-21
106. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Whitaker Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1513384
     Abandoned 1984-04-10
107. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · J & M Associates · MSHA ID 1513828
     Abandoned 1984-04-11
108. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · C B S S Mining Company · MSHA ID 1513955
     Abandoned 1984-09-18
109. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Cardinal Construction Company · MSHA ID 1514109
     Abandoned 1984-04-30
110. No 1-M Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Ford & Runyon Coal Company · MSHA ID 1509794
     Abandoned 1984-04-30
111. No 11

     Underground coal · G & H Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1516063
     Abandoned and Sealed 1996-02-26
112. No 12

     Underground coal · G & H Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1516298
     Abandoned and Sealed 1996-02-26
113. No 12 Surface

     Surface coal · Flattop Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1510923
     Abandoned 1978-05-04
114. No 2

     Underground coal · G D & M Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515314
     Abandoned and Sealed 1996-02-26
115. No 2

     Underground coal · Lick Falls Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515440
     Abandoned and Sealed 1996-02-26
116. No 2

     Underground coal · Legacy Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515738
     Abandoned and Sealed 1996-02-26
117. No 2 Auger

     Surface coal · W C A Inc · MSHA ID 1517105
     Abandoned 1992-02-21
118. No 2 Min

     Underground coal · More Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1513015
     Abandoned and Sealed 1984-02-01
119. No 2 Mine

     Underground coal · East Ky Cannel Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1513276
     Abandoned and Sealed 1996-02-26
120. No 2 Mine

     Underground coal · Howes Mining Company · MSHA ID 1513293
     Abandoned and Sealed 1985-02-04
121. No 2 Surface

     Surface coal · Addington Brothers Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1507673
     Abandoned 1975-10-20
122. No 2 Surface

     Surface coal · Collins & May Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509407
     Abandoned 1976-12-28
123. No 2 Surface

     Surface coal · Shaker Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511653
     Abandoned 1986-06-19
124. No 2 Surface

     Surface coal · Clevenger Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 1514908
     Abandoned 1985-04-05
125. No 2 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · D & B Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508205
     Abandoned 1979-11-29
126. No 2 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Rifle Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510148
     Abandoned 1982-07-21
127. No 2 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Sand Bar Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1510968
     Abandoned 1986-12-04
128. No 2 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · J M J Simmons Jv · MSHA ID 1513313
     Abandoned 1982-07-06
129. No 2 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Mill Creek Coal & Exploration Company · MSHA ID 1513533
     Abandoned 1983-02-03
130. No 2 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Lee-Man Inc · MSHA ID 1514285
     Abandoned 1985-09-03
131. No 3 Mine

     Underground coal · Cassity Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502364
     Abandoned 1973-01-26
132. No 3 Mine

     Underground coal · Jeffco Mining · MSHA ID 1513951
     Abandoned and Sealed 1984-02-22
133. No 3 Surface

     Surface coal · Daniels Coal Company · MSHA ID 1503583
     Abandoned 1980-04-25
134. No 3 Surface

     Surface coal · T B S Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1508408
     Abandoned 1977-07-11
135. No 3 Surface

     Surface coal · Collins & May Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509885
     Abandoned 1979-10-01
136. No 4 Mine

     Underground coal · Jeffco Mining · MSHA ID 1514196
     Abandoned and Sealed 1984-07-02
137. No 4 Surface

     Surface coal · T B S Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1508228
     Abandoned 1979-10-01
138. No 5

     Underground coal · Jeffco Mining · MSHA ID 1514738
     Abandoned and Sealed 1985-02-04
139. No 5 Mine

     Underground coal · Ratliff Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510438
     Abandoned 1977-09-13
140. No 5 Surface

     Surface coal · Addington Brothers Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1507672
     Abandoned 1975-08-12
141. No 6

     Underground coal · Jeffco Mining · MSHA ID 1515300
     Abandoned and Sealed 1996-02-26
142. No 7 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Ruecon Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1511227
     Abandoned 1982-07-21
143. No 8

     Underground coal · Jeffco Mining · MSHA ID 1515681
     Abandoned and Sealed 1996-02-26
144. No 8 Surface

     Surface coal · Age Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1510172
     Abandoned 1978-01-30
145. No. 1

     Surface coal · B & C Energy, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518508
     Abandoned 2003-01-14
146. Padoka Coal Mining

     Surface coal · Padoka Coal Mining · MSHA ID 1513956
     Abandoned 1988-03-30
147. Paint Creek Mine

     Surface coal · Burning Fork Energy, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518564
     Abandoned and Sealed 2004-06-30
148. Pro Mining No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Pro Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1513198
     Abandoned 1983-03-09
149. Straight Creek Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Grayson Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 1509948
     Abandoned 1976-10-18
150. Surface Mine #16

     Surface coal · Collins & May Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1507976
     Abandoned 1988-05-19

…and 5 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.