Abandoned mines in Webster County, Kentucky

1. Mine openings

   shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
   21 14.4%
2. Mines and surface workings

   labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
   58 39.7%
3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

   construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
   2 1.4%
4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

   what mining left above ground
   11 7.5%
5. Mills, tipples and facilities

   processing plants and hazardous structures
   3 2.1%
6. Other reclamation problems

   highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
   51 34.9%

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

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. Babb Strip

   Surface coal · John A Babb Land Improvement · MSHA ID 1511073
   Abandoned 1979-10-01
2. Baker Mine

   Underground coal · Ohio County Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514492
   Abandoned 2005-04-04
3. Black Desert Mine

   Surface coal · Friendship Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1517876
   Abandoned 1997-05-01
4. Brandt #1

   Facility coal · Brandt Company · MSHA ID 1517791
   Abandoned 1999-05-20
5. Canyon

   Surface coal · Canyon Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513806
   Abandoned 1985-12-12
6. Cherokee Mine No 1

   Surface coal · Cherokee Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1516107
   Abandoned 1990-04-17
7. Cheyenne No 2

   Surface coal · Peyton Mining Company · MSHA ID 1511074
   Abandoned 1983-02-01
8. Clear Creek Mine

   Surface coal · Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508045
   Abandoned 1976-08-19
9. Coal Exc Ky Inc #1 Craborchard Cree

   Surface coal · Coal Exchange Of Kentucky Inc · MSHA ID 1515291
   Abandoned 1986-03-05
10. Craborchard Creek

    Surface coal · Woody Sutton Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514939
    Abandoned 1984-12-31
11. Craborchard Creek Mine

    Surface coal · Tiger Construction & Equipment Inc · MSHA ID 1515111
    Abandoned 1985-07-19
12. Cynthia #2

    Surface coal · Cynthia Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509432
    Abandoned 1976-12-28
13. Cynthia Coal Co Inc No 5

    Surface coal · Cynthia Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512348
    Abandoned 1983-02-01
14. Cynthia Coal Company No 4 Surface

    Surface coal · Cynthia Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511246
    Abandoned 1980-10-22
15. Cynthia No 3 Strip

    Surface coal · Cynthia Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510135
    Abandoned 1978-06-19
16. Cypress Creek

    Surface coal · Costain Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1517036
    Abandoned 1993-10-01
17. Dakota #1

    Surface coal · Dakota Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1516757
    Abandoned 1990-11-15
18. Deer Creek

    Underground coal · Deer Creek Mining Company · MSHA ID 1512958
    Abandoned and Sealed 1993-01-29
19. Del-Reb Mining

    Surface coal · Berry'S Welding & Fabrication Inc · MSHA ID 1514337
    Abandoned 1985-09-03
20. Diamond 6

    Surface coal · Rickey S Winn Construction · MSHA ID 1517440
    Abandoned 1994-06-15
21. Diamond Mine

    Underground coal · Prosperity Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1516314
    Abandoned and Sealed 1992-05-04
22. Diamond Mine

    Surface coal · Diamond Mining Company · MSHA ID 1516948
    Abandoned 1993-10-06
23. Diamond Mine

    Underground coal · Diamond Mining Company · MSHA ID 1517444
    Abandoned and Sealed 1995-03-09
24. Diamond Strip

    Surface coal · Valley Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509923
    Abandoned 1978-04-06
25. Dorea Mine

    Underground coal · Sextet Mining Corp · MSHA ID 1517355
    Abandoned and Sealed 1997-04-20
26. Dotiki Mine

    Underground coal · Webster County Coal LLC · MSHA ID 1502132
    Abandoned 2020-01-21
27. Duncan No 1 Mine

    Surface coal · Cynthia Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1507977
    Abandoned 1976-08-19
28. Dyson Creek Mine

    Underground coal · Ohio County Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513920
    Abandoned and Sealed 2006-04-04
29. Green Grove Mine

    Surface coal · Far-Del Coal Co Inc & Intercontinental Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1508090
    Abandoned 1978-03-21
30. Green Grove No 1 Strip

    Surface coal · Green Grove Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510504
    Abandoned 1980-10-22
31. Green Grove No 2

    Surface coal · Green Grove Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511714
    Abandoned 1983-02-01
32. Green River Terminal

    Facility coal · Green River Terminal Inc · MSHA ID 1515035
    Abandoned 1985-11-22
33. Harrison No 3 Strip

    Surface coal · Harrison Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510143
    Abandoned 1979-12-27
34. Harrison No 4

    Surface coal · Harrison Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511929
    Abandoned 1983-03-10
35. Hwy 120 Strip

    Surface coal · Dulles Construction Industrial Park Inc · MSHA ID 1508424
    Abandoned 1976-08-19
36. Independent Processing

    Facility coal · Independent Processing Company · MSHA ID 1511647
    Abandoned 1983-02-09
37. J E T Enterprises Of Kentucky

    Surface coal · J E T Enterprise · MSHA ID 1508389
    Abandoned 1976-04-05
38. Jade Strip

    Surface coal · Jiward Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508683
    Abandoned 1980-06-24
39. Leeper Lane Strip Mine

    Surface coal · James Bennett · MSHA ID 1508323
    Abandoned 1975-07-22
40. Little Prairie #2

    Surface coal · Bennett & Hardwick Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508966
    Abandoned 1976-08-19
41. Little Prairie Strip

    Surface coal · B & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509821
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
42. M & N #5

    Surface coal · Duncan - Duncan & Duncan · MSHA ID 1516702
    Abandoned 1990-12-01
43. M R Townsend Mine

    Surface coal · Bobby Price · MSHA ID 1515510
    Abandoned 1986-01-23
44. Mine #1

    Underground coal · Sebree Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1519264
    Abandoned 2018-03-23
45. Mine 1

    Surface coal · M & N Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1511330
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
46. Mine No 1

    Surface coal · D & T Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1507445
    Abandoned 1980-10-22
47. Mine No 1

    Surface coal · Franklin Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509306
    Abandoned 1986-04-23
48. Mine No 2

    Surface coal · Jim Whitaker & Son Inc · MSHA ID 1512060
    Abandoned 1979-09-01
49. Mine No 2

    Surface coal · Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514766
    Abandoned 1988-08-03
50. Mobile Auger #3 Unit 57

    Surface coal · Valley Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519572
    Abandoned 2014-09-26
51. Mti - Job #2

    Surface coal · Addington Inc · MSHA ID 1517257
    Abandoned 1992-12-29
52. No 1 Mine

    Surface coal · J C Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510344
    Abandoned 1980-10-22
53. No 1 Mine

    Surface coal · No 1 Contractor Inc · MSHA ID 1517794
    Abandoned 2002-10-15
54. No 1 Strip

    Surface coal · Hopewell Coal Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1504097
    Abandoned 1973-08-21
55. No 2 Mine

    Surface coal · C & O Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509344
    Abandoned 1978-04-20
56. No 2 Strip

    Surface coal · Providence B & T Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510975
    Abandoned 1980-10-22
57. Onton #1

    Surface coal · Tdc Inc · MSHA ID 1516416
    Abandoned 1992-01-16
58. Onton #9

    Underground coal · Sebree Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1518547
    Abandoned and Sealed 2026-04-09
59. Onton Dock Inc

    Facility coal · Nkg Marine Service Inc · MSHA ID 1514689
    Abandoned 1992-02-04
60. P & C Coal Mine

    Surface coal · Jim Whitaker & Son Inc · MSHA ID 1508020
    Abandoned 1975-12-29
61. Paradise Strip

    Surface coal · Paradise Mining Company · MSHA ID 1510632
    Abandoned 1980-10-22
62. Peyton Mining Company Mine #3

    Surface coal · Peyton Mining Company · MSHA ID 1512418
    Abandoned 1981-09-04
63. Plant No 3

    Facility coal · West Kentucky Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 1511339
    Abandoned 1980-10-16
64. Pleasant Valley No 1 Mine

    Surface coal · Perry Brown Jr · MSHA ID 1507066
    Abandoned 1977-05-09
65. Providence Diamond J

    Surface coal · Weslo Inc · MSHA ID 1517218
    Abandoned 1993-06-23
66. Providence Mine

    Surface coal · Circle B Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512024
    Abandoned 1982-09-29
67. Pyro Mine No 11

    Underground coal · Pyro Mining Company · MSHA ID 1510339
    Abandoned and Sealed 1991-11-15
68. Pyro Prep Plant

    Facility coal · American Engineering & Construction · MSHA ID 1511704
    Abandoned 2006-09-15
69. Rough Creek

    Surface coal · T K Jessup Inc · MSHA ID 1512529
    Abandoned 1980-09-01
70. Rough Creek Surface No 2

    Surface coal · Donaldson Creek Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513381
    Abandoned 1984-04-30
71. Rough Creek Underground

    Underground coal · New Market Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514073
    Abandoned and Sealed 1985-04-26
72. Shamrock Mine

    Underground coal · Black Diamond Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1517727
    Abandoned and Sealed 2000-08-24
73. Shannon Strip

    Surface coal · Shannon Mining Company · MSHA ID 1510837
    Abandoned 1978-04-06
74. Slover Creek No 11

    Surface coal · Slover Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 1517047
    Abandoned 1991-02-26
75. Smith Coal No 3

    Surface coal · Jim Smith Contracting Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511247
    Abandoned 1982-02-05
76. Smith Underground No 1

    Underground coal · Lodestar Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1516020
    Abandoned and Sealed 2000-09-21
77. Stoney Point Mine No 1

    Surface coal · Charles Crabtree Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516623
    Abandoned 1990-03-08
78. Tapp Mine No 2

    Surface coal · Robkei'S Coal Reserves Inc · MSHA ID 1510976
    Abandoned 1980-10-22
79. Tapp No 1 Strip

    Surface coal · Tapp Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508463
    Abandoned 1980-10-22
80. Vision #9

    Facility coal · Vision Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 1517044
    Abandoned 2017-11-09
81. Weskol No 6

    Surface coal · Weskol Inc · MSHA ID 1506652
    Abandoned 1976-12-14
82. West Hopkins Strip

    Surface coal · Sextet Mining Corp · MSHA ID 1516843
    Abandoned 1990-04-27
83. Wheatcroft Mine

    Underground coal · Pyro Mining Company · MSHA ID 1510815
    Abandoned and Sealed 1989-08-07
84. Wheatcroft Strip

    Surface coal · Enoch Coal Company · MSHA ID 1508369
    Abandoned 1978-05-23
85. Winn No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Winn Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511109
    Abandoned 1979-10-02
86. Wolf Creek Mining Co Inc Bellville

    Surface coal · Wolf Creek Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1515165
    Abandoned 1988-03-14
87. Wolf Creek Mining Company No 1

    Surface coal · Wolf Creek Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1510535
    Abandoned 1983-02-28
88. Wynn/Diamond Mine

    Surface coal · Winn Energy LLC · MSHA ID 1519599
    Abandoned 2015-05-27

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.