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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Perry County, Kentucky

Perry County, Kentucky has 695 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1953–1992, including 476 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts). OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 391 problems in the county, 172 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 534 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Perry 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)
695
Mine openings
476
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
172
MSHA mines marked abandoned
534
0 features carry a name0 prospect pits15 quadrangle maps, published 1953–1992 391 OSMRE problems, 219 reclaimed 108 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
    560 51.6%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    211 19.4%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    2 0.2%
  4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    17 1.6%
  5. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    9 0.8%
  6. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    287 26.4%
OSMRE abandoned mine land problems391 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
22049WDLBAML (HCTC Water Tie-Ins WS P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
22055WDLBAML (Perry County Waterlin P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Acup Branch Slides P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Acup Branch Slides P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Acup Branch Water Supply P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Adam Hamblin Portal P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Adam Linz Clogged Stream P1 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Airport Gardens Portals P2 Portals In Reclamation
Allock Seam Fire P1 Underground Mine Fires In Reclamation
Amburgey Mountain Breaks P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
AMCCE 2019 AML Pilot Project P3 Other Reclamation Pending
Anderson Branch WSP P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Angie Back Drainage P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Anita Smith Group Aml Reclamation P P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Anita Smith Group Aml Reclamation P P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Archie Slone Slide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Archie Slone Slide P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Arko Shepherd Slide P1 Dangerous Slides In Reclamation
Arrowwood Drive Water Supply P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Big Branch Water Supply P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Bill Hall Ramp P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Bill Hall Ramp P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Bill Mcintosh Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Bolen Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Boone Ridge Road Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Brad Barker Slides P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Brad Barker Slides P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Bryan Grubb Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Bryan Grubb Landslide P3 Bench In Reclamation
Bryan Grubb Landslide P3 High Wall In Reclamation
Buckhorn Phase I WSP P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Pending
Buckhorn Water Supply P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Buckhorn WTP & 15-7 Interconnect 20 P3 Other In Reclamation
Buckhorn-Breathitt Interconnect WSP P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Buffalo Mt. Road Slides P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Bulan Mines P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Bulan Mines P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Bulan Mines P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Burton Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Charles Lee Portals P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Charles Lee Portals P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Charles Lee Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Charles Lee Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Charlie Gayheart Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Chavies Community Project P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Clemons Slide-harveyton P1 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Clemons Slide-harveyton P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Clemons Slide-harveyton P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Clemons Slide-harveyton P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Clemons Slide-harveyton P1 Dangerous Slides In Reclamation
Clemons Slide-harveyton P1 Gases: Hazardous/Explosive Reclamation Completed
Clemons Slide-harveyton P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Clemons Slide-harveyton P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Clemons Slide-harveyton P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Clemons Slide-harveyton P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Clemons Slide-harveyton P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Clemons Slide-harveyton P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Clemons Slide-harveyton P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Clemons Slide-harveyton P2 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Coal Fields Industrial Park Gas Sup P3 Other Reclamation Completed
Colburn Combs Slide P1 Dangerous Slides In Reclamation
Colwell Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Cova Combs Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Craft Lane Water Supply P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption In Reclamation
Danny Combs Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Darrell Smith Refuse Fire P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
David Campbell Iii Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
David Campbell Iii Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
David Campbell Iii Slide P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Deaton Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Debra Riley Portal P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Debra Riley Portal P1 Portals In Reclamation
Debra Riley Portal P2 Portals In Reclamation
Dennis Farler Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Dewey Mcintosh Slide P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Dewey Mcintosh Slide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Dice Mines Slide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Dice Mines Slide P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Don Combs Slide P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Don Combs Slide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Don Combs Slide P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Donna Lewis Drainage P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Doris Stacy Drainage P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Dorris Carroll Landslode P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Dorris Carroll Landslode P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Doug Baker Slide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Doug Crawford Hazardous Water Body P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Pending
Duane Mtn. Water Supply P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Earl Turner Slides P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Eartha Hall Adits P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Eartha Hall Adits P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Ed Noble Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Ed Noble Slide P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Eddie Combs Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Eddie Combs Slide P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Eddie Harkins Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Elmer Combs Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Engle & Patrick Portals P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Engle & Patrick Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Faye Neace Drainage P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Faye Neace Drainage P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Fifteen Mile Creek P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
First Creek Seam Fire P1 Underground Mine Fires Reclamation Completed
Frank Moore Jr. Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Frank Moore Jr. Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Frank Sizemore Portals P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Frank Sizemore Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Franklin Crawford Slides P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Franklin Crawford Slides P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Fredda Cornette Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Fugate Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Gary Ward Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
George Holder Sldie P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
George Holder Sldie P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Georges Branch Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Georges Branch Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Glen Combs Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Glen Cornett Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Glenna Woods Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Gracie Jones Flooding P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Gracie Jones Flooding P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Grant Combs Road Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Grant Combs Road Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Grapevine/chavies Water Supply P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Green/mullins Portals P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Green/mullins Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Greg Cornett Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Grigsby Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Grigsby Slide P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Gross Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Guy Caudill Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Hadward Napier Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Halcomb Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides In Reclamation
Happy Valley Highwall Amlrp P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Hardburly Refuse P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Hardburly Refuse P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Hardburly Refuse P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Hardburly Refuse P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Harlan Davidson Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Harry Watts Highwall P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Hazard Multi-Site Phase II WSP P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Hazard Multi-Site Phase II WSP P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Hazard Multi-Site Phase III WSP P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption In Reclamation
Hazard Multi-Site WSP P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Hazard Water Systems Improvements P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Hazard Water Trunk Line P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
HCTC Lineman Training Expansion 201 P3 Other Reclamation Pending
Helen Westerfield Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Herman Grigsby Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Hill Street Portal P1 Portals In Reclamation

…and 241 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 Abandoned534 on register
  1. #1
    Underground coal · Pine Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1501367
    Abandoned and Sealed
  2. #1
    Underground coal · Atlas Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509929
    Abandoned and Sealed
  3. #1
    Underground coal · K-C Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510320
    Abandoned and Sealed
  4. #1
    Surface coal · M & D Development · MSHA ID 1515271
    Abandoned
  5. #1
    Surface coal · White Cat Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518598
    Abandoned
  6. #1
    Underground coal · Ki-Coal, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519281
    Abandoned and Sealed
  7. #1 Job
    Surface coal · Smith Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515541
    Abandoned
  8. #1 Load Out
    Facility coal · Red Star Coal Company · MSHA ID 1504661
    Abandoned
  9. #1 Maintenance Shop
    Facility coal · Star Fire Mining Company · MSHA ID 1512176
    Abandoned
  10. #1 Mine
    Surface coal · Asher'S Quality Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1514099
    Abandoned
  11. #1 Mine
    Underground coal · W & F Mining Corp · MSHA ID 1514609
    Abandoned and Sealed
  12. #1 Mine
    Surface coal · B R B Mining · MSHA ID 1515474
    Abandoned
  13. #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Cornettsville Coal Company · MSHA ID 1517963
    Abandoned and Sealed
  14. #1 Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Pine Branch Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 1505275
    Abandoned
  15. #1 Strip & Auger
    Surface coal · Whitley Drilling Company · MSHA ID 1515672
    Abandoned
  16. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Vegas Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1508610
    Abandoned
  17. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Daisy Mining Company · MSHA ID 1510421
    Abandoned
  18. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Eva Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512857
    Abandoned
  19. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Kenmont Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512953
    Abandoned
  20. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Weston Petroleum Inc · MSHA ID 1512988
    Abandoned
  21. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Straight Fork Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513222
    Abandoned
  22. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Ball Branch Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1513812
    Abandoned
  23. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Collins Coal · MSHA ID 1514478
    Abandoned
  24. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Base Enterprises Corp · MSHA ID 1514937
    Abandoned
  25. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Engle'S Enterprize Inc · MSHA ID 1515037
    Abandoned
  26. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Barwick Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515090
    Abandoned
  27. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Bear Branch Land Development Inc · MSHA ID 1515426
    Abandoned
  28. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · C C Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515540
    Abandoned
  29. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · T & D Construction · MSHA ID 1515857
    Abandoned
  30. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Asher'S Quality Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1516656
    Abandoned
  31. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Hannco Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1517156
    Abandoned
  32. #1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Star Fire Mining Company · MSHA ID 1504288
    Abandoned
  33. #1 Tipple
    Facility coal · Carlin Corp · MSHA ID 1510559
    Abandoned
  34. #12
    coal · Ray Coal Co · MSHA ID 1508072
    Abandoned
  35. #2 Mine
    Underground coal · Falcon Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1504005
    Abandoned
  36. #2 Processing Plant
    Facility coal · Straight Fork Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510117
    Abandoned
  37. #2 Surface
    Surface coal · Base Enterprises Corp · MSHA ID 1516481
    Abandoned
  38. #2 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Lost Mountain Mining Company · MSHA ID 1505325
    Abandoned
  39. #2 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Star Fire Mining Company · MSHA ID 1511486
    Abandoned
  40. #20 Strip Job
    Surface coal · Pine Branch Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1503627
    Abandoned
  41. #25
    Underground coal · Whitaker Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1511384
    Abandoned and Sealed
  42. #3
    Surface coal · Whitaker Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1506919
    Abandoned
  43. #3
    Underground coal · S & S Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 1514949
    Abandoned and Sealed
  44. #3 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Star Fire Mining Company · MSHA ID 1511444
    Abandoned
  45. #4
    Underground coal · Lyon & Slone Inc · MSHA ID 1515863
    Abandoned and Sealed
  46. #4 Processing Plant
    Facility coal · I J Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508934
    Abandoned
  47. #4 Surface
    Surface coal · Coal Power Inc · MSHA ID 1514537
    Abandoned
  48. #4 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Star Fire Mining Company · MSHA ID 1511394
    Abandoned
  49. #43
    Underground coal · Whitaker Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1512490
    Abandoned and Sealed
  50. #44
    Underground coal · Whitaker Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1513601
    Abandoned and Sealed
  51. #45
    Underground coal · Whitaker Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1512680
    Abandoned and Sealed
  52. #48
    Underground coal · Whitaker Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1513228
    Abandoned and Sealed
  53. #5 Cornettsville
    Surface coal · Kentucky Prince Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1511909
    Abandoned
  54. #51 Surface
    Surface coal · Whitaker Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1515416
    Abandoned
  55. #7
    Underground coal · Allied Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1515200
    Abandoned and Sealed
  56. #74
    Underground coal · Blue Diamond Coal Company · MSHA ID 1518022
    Abandoned
  57. 1-A Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Stansbury & Company Inc · MSHA ID 1504216
    Abandoned
  58. 16 Salem MC
    Surface coal · Jean Coal Company LLC · MSHA ID 1519058
    Abandoned
  59. 5A
    Underground coal · Parton Bros. Contracting, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518009
    Abandoned and Sealed
  60. A M & E Coal Incorporated Mine #7
    Surface coal · A M & E Coal Incorporated · MSHA ID 1519283
    Abandoned
  61. Allied #4
    Underground coal · Allied Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1513525
    Abandoned and Sealed
  62. Angela Dawn Mine
    Underground coal · Wesmon Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511713
    Abandoned and Sealed
  63. Atlas Mining Co Inc #3
    Underground coal · Atlas Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514448
    Abandoned and Sealed
  64. Auger Mine #10
    Surface coal · B & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517182
    Abandoned
  65. Auger Mine #16
    Surface coal · B & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517532
    Abandoned
  66. B&W Resources Inc
    Surface coal · B & W Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1518374
    Abandoned
  67. Bear Branch
    Surface coal · Kay & Kay Contracting LLC · MSHA ID 1518451
    Abandoned
  68. Bear Branch Mine
    Surface coal · Locust Grove, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519542
    Abandoned
  69. Bear Branch Refuse Facility # 1
    Facility coal · Perry County Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 1518059
    Abandoned
  70. Bear Branch Surface
    Surface coal · James River Coal Service Company · MSHA ID 1519053
    Abandoned
  71. Beech Fork #1
    Surface coal · James River Coal Service · MSHA ID 1518958
    Abandoned
  72. Beech Fork #1 Surface
    Surface coal · James River Coal Service · MSHA ID 1518896
    Abandoned
  73. Beech Fork Mine
    Underground coal · Blue Diamond Coal Company · MSHA ID 1517070
    Abandoned and Sealed
  74. Beech Park Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Stansbury & Company Inc · MSHA ID 1506773
    Abandoned
  75. Ben's Branch Mine
    Surface coal · Locust Grove, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519638
    Abandoned
  76. Benco Mine No 2
    Underground coal · Benco Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1516573
    Abandoned and Sealed
  77. Benco No 1
    Underground coal · Benco Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1516008
    Abandoned and Sealed
  78. Bessie Tipple
    Facility coal · ICG Hazard, LLC · MSHA ID 1511667
    Abandoned
  79. Big Jake Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Coastal Coal Company Llc · MSHA ID 1518227
    Abandoned
  80. Blue Coal Company No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Blue Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1512884
    Abandoned and Sealed
  81. Briar Fork Job 30
    Surface coal · LCC Kentucky LLC · MSHA ID 1518091
    Abandoned
  82. Browns Fork Mine
    Surface coal · Locust Grove, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518533
    Abandoned
  83. Buck Branch Surface
    Surface coal · R & E Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510036
    Abandoned
  84. Buckeye Strip #1
    Surface coal · Blue Diamond Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1518738
    Abandoned
  85. Buckeye Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Ranger Contracting · MSHA ID 1518379
    Abandoned
  86. Buckhorn Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Frasure Creek Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1511669
    Abandoned
  87. Buffalo No 7
    Surface coal · Locust Grove Inc · MSHA ID 1518160
    Abandoned
  88. Bulan Load Out
    Facility coal · Frasure Creek Mining, LLC. · MSHA ID 1504442
    Abandoned
  89. C & D Mining Co
    Surface coal · C & D Mining · MSHA ID 1513773
    Abandoned
  90. Chavies Job #7
    Surface coal · B & W Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1518781
    Abandoned
  91. Cherries Branch # 2
    Surface coal · Kern Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1519328
    Abandoned
  92. Cherries Branch Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Kern Coal Company, Inc · MSHA ID 1518859
    Abandoned
  93. Chester Prep Plant No 3
    Facility coal · Kodak Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1504309
    Abandoned
  94. Chickasaw #1
    Underground coal · Switch Energy Corp · MSHA ID 1511596
    Abandoned and Sealed
  95. Clemons Tipple
    Facility coal · Chandler Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1505170
    Abandoned
  96. Commissary Surface Job
    Surface coal · James River Coal Service Company · MSHA ID 1518898
    Abandoned
  97. Couch Branch Mine
    Surface coal · Sam C Franklin & Son Inc · MSHA ID 1513722
    Abandoned
  98. County Line Mine
    Surface coal · Pine Branch Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1517751
    Abandoned
  99. Cumberland Elkhorn Tipple
    Facility coal · Leslie Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1514515
    Abandoned
  100. Curly Fork Surface
    Surface coal · Rich Mountain Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510532
    Abandoned
  101. Daisy #4
    Underground coal · Kenerco Corp · MSHA ID 1511340
    Abandoned and Sealed
  102. Daisy Tipple
    Facility coal · Daisy Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 1504660
    Abandoned
  103. Deep Mine #2
    Underground coal · Leemike Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516193
    Abandoned and Sealed
  104. Defiance Stoker Tipple
    Facility coal · Marigold Docks Inc · MSHA ID 1505152
    Abandoned
  105. Delphia Mine
    Underground coal · Simpson Mining Co., Inc. · MSHA ID 1516478
    Abandoned and Sealed
  106. Dusty Fork
    Surface coal · Bristol Energy Group Inc · MSHA ID 1519123
    Abandoned
  107. Dusty Fork Job
    Surface coal · C & C Coaliers · MSHA ID 1518414
    Abandoned
  108. Dwarf Mine
    Surface coal · North Fork Colleries LLC · MSHA ID 1519276
    Abandoned
  109. Dwarf No 1
    Surface coal · Balis Campbell Inc · MSHA ID 1519231
    Abandoned
  110. Earby No 1
    Underground coal · Erby Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512388
    Abandoned and Sealed
  111. Earthworks LLC
    Surface coal · Earthworks LLC · MSHA ID 1518397
    Abandoned
  112. Elm Lick Mine
    Surface coal · Locust Grove, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519047
    Abandoned
  113. Emmons Plant #1
    Facility coal · Kodak Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1504312
    Abandoned
  114. Engle Washer
    Facility coal · Kem Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1511033
    Abandoned
  115. Erby No 2
    Underground coal · Erby Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512661
    Abandoned and Sealed
  116. Erby No 4
    Underground coal · Erby Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514355
    Abandoned and Sealed
  117. First Creek Mine
    Surface coal · ICG Hazard, LLC · MSHA ID 1519236
    Abandoned
  118. FIRST CREEK/HARVEYTON AML REFUSE REMOVAL
    Surface coal · CARBON TRADING INC. · MSHA ID 1519707
    Abandoned
  119. FLINT RIDGE MINE
    Surface coal · ICG HAZARD · MSHA ID 1518849
    Abandoned
  120. FOURSEAM MINE
    Surface coal · LOCUST GROVE, INC. · MSHA ID 1519732
    Abandoned
  121. Fourseam No 1 Auger Mine
    Surface coal · Falcon Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1506331
    Abandoned
  122. Fourseam Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Falcon Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1506918
    Abandoned
  123. Fourseam Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Falcon Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509427
    Abandoned
  124. Frasure Creek 12
    Surface coal · Frasure Creek Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1519298
    Abandoned
  125. Frasure Creek Mine No 6
    Surface coal · Frasure Creek Mining, LLC. · MSHA ID 1513936
    Abandoned
  126. Freeman Fork Job
    Surface coal · Henderson Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516315
    Abandoned
  127. Frozen Surface #1
    Surface coal · Blackheart Inc · MSHA ID 1517292
    Abandoned and Sealed
  128. G & Y #7
    Underground coal · G & Y Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516428
    Abandoned and Sealed
  129. G & Y Coal Co #3
    Underground coal · G & Y Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512591
    Abandoned and Sealed
  130. G&Y #6
    Underground coal · G & Y Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515362
    Abandoned and Sealed
  131. Gays Creek Mine
    Underground coal · Southland Minerals · MSHA ID 1505186
    Abandoned
  132. Georges Branch Mine #1
    Surface coal · Marlowe Company · MSHA ID 1514972
    Abandoned
  133. Gerlinda Tipple
    Facility coal · River Processing Inc · MSHA ID 1505368
    Abandoned
  134. Ghm-Perr
    Surface coal · Green Hill Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1518456
    Abandoned
  135. Golden Oak No 5
    Underground coal · Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511019
    Abandoned and Sealed
  136. Grapevine
    Surface coal · Bbq Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1517866
    Abandoned
  137. Gregory Branch Mine
    Surface coal · Locust Grove, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519728
    Abandoned
  138. Haddock Fork Job
    Surface coal · Pine Branch Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 1513960
    Abandoned
  139. Harburly Surface Mine No26
    Surface coal · Leslie Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1517743
    Abandoned
  140. Hardburley Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Falcon Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1505166
    Abandoned
  141. Hardburley Surface
    Surface coal · Falcon Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509429
    Abandoned
  142. Hazard Job #6
    Surface coal · B & W Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1518777
    Abandoned
  143. Hazard South No 4 Mine
    Surface coal · Locust Grove Inc · MSHA ID 1517875
    Abandoned
  144. Highland Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Black Gold Sales Inc · MSHA ID 1504424
    Abandoned
  145. Hog Trough
    Surface coal · James River Coal Service Company · MSHA ID 1519206
    Abandoned
  146. Honey Branch Mine
    Surface coal · Locust Grove Inc · MSHA ID 1518315
    Abandoned
  147. Hoyt Mine
    Surface coal · Puma Energy Corp · MSHA ID 1517238
    Abandoned
  148. Hoyt Tipple
    Facility coal · Pine Branch Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1505245
    Abandoned
  149. Hubb #1
    Underground coal · Hubb Corp · MSHA ID 1502082
    Abandoned and Sealed
  150. Hubb #3
    Underground coal · Hubb Corp · MSHA ID 1517543
    Abandoned and Sealed

…and 384 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 475
Strip Mine 206
P1 Dangerous Slides 147
P1 Portals 61
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption 29
P2 Dangerous Slides 28
P2 Portals 22
P1 Dangerous Highwalls 13
P1 Surface Burning 9
P3 Other 7
P2 Clogged Stream Lands 7
P2 Dangerous Highwalls 6
P2 Underground Mine Fires 6
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 6
P1 Underground Mine Fires 5
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 5
P1 Clogged Streams 4
P2 Clogged Streams 4
P2 Dangerous Impoundments 4
P2 Surface Burning 4
Tailings - Pond 4
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 3
P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 3
Strip Mine 3
P3 Water Problems 2
Disturbed Surface 2
P3 Gobs 2
P3 Bench 2
P1 Subsidence 2
Quarry 1
Tipple 1
P2 Subsidence 1
P3 High Wall 1
P3 Spoil Area 1
P2 Vertical Openings 1
Mine Dump 1
Quarry 1
Air Shaft 1
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies 1
P1 Clogged Stream Lands 1
P1 Dangerous Impoundments 1
P3 Mine Opening 1
P1 Gases: Hazardous/Explosive 1
P3 Equipment Facility 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.