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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Athens County, Ohio

Athens County, Ohio has 213 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1960–1995, including 21 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts). OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 261 problems in the county, 103 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 32 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Athens 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)
213
Mine openings
21
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
103
MSHA mines marked abandoned
32
0 features carry a name0 prospect pits13 quadrangle maps, published 1960–1995 261 OSMRE problems, 158 reclaimed 0 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
    113 23.8%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    165 34.8%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    16 3.4%
  4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    19 4.0%
  5. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    29 6.1%
  6. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    132 27.8%
OSMRE abandoned mine land problems261 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
Athens Co. Road 75 P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Athens Co. Road 75 P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Athens Cr 1a Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Beckler P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Beckler P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Beckler P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Bessemer North P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Bessemer North P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Bessemer North P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Bessemer North P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Big Bailey Run P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Big Bailey Run P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Big Run Road P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Blackburn Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Bookman P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Broadwell P1 Portals In Reclamation
Broadwell P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Buchtel Athens P1 Portals In Reclamation
Buchtel Athens P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Buchtel Athens P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Buchtel Athens P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Buchtel Gob Fire P1 Underground Mine Fires Reclamation Completed
Burchfield Shaft P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Burr Oak-Athens County P3 Other In Reclamation
Canaanville P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Canaanville P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Canaanville P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Canaanville P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Canaanville P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Canaanville P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Carbondale P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Carbondale P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Carbondale P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Carbondale P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Carbondale P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Carbondale P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Carbondale P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Carbondale P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Carbondale P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Carbondale P3 High Wall Reclamation Completed
Carr Bailey Run P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Carr Bailey Run P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Carr Bailey Run P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Carr Bailey Run P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Carr Bailey Run P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Church Street Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Connett East P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Connett East P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Connett East P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Dale Smith Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Diana Dobbs Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Doanville P1 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Doanville P1 Portals In Reclamation
Doanville P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Doanville P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Doanville P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Doanville P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Doanville P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Doanville P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Doanville P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Doanville P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Doanville P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Doanville P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Doanville P3 Slump Reclamation Pending
Doanville Northeast P1 Portals In Reclamation
Doanville Northeast P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Doanville Northeast P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Doanville Northeast P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Doanville Northeast P3 Other Reclamation Pending
Dobbs Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
East Chauncey P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
East Chauncey P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Everett Holmes Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Federal Valley P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Federal Valley P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Federal Valley P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Fort Street P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
G Sullivan Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Glen Ebon P1 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Glen Ebon P1 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Completed
Glen Ebon P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Glen Ebon P1 Subsidence In Reclamation
Glen Ebon P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Glen Ebon P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Glen Ebon P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Glen Ebon P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Glen Ebon P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Glen Ebon P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Glen Ebon P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Glen Ebon P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Glen Ebon P3 Pits Reclamation Pending
Glen Ebon P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Glouster P3 Other In Reclamation
Glouster Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Glouster Subsidence P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Glouster Subsidence P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Glouster Subsidence P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Goose Run P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Goose Run P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Goose Run P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Goose Run P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Goose Run Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Greens Run P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Greens Run P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Grosvenor Street Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Happy Hollow P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Happy Hollow P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Happy Hollow P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Happy Hollow P2 Portals In Reclamation
Happy Hollow P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Happy Hollow Amd P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Hewett Fork Athens P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Hewett Fork Athens P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Hewett Fork Athens P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Hewett Fork Athens P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Hewett Fork Athens P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Hewett Fork-carbondale Ii P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Hewett Fork-carbondale Ii P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Hewett Fork-carbondale Ii P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Hewett Fork-carbondale Ii P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Hocking College Subsidence 4 P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Hocking No 5 Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Huddy Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Johnson Coal Refuse Fire P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Johnson Run Road P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Johnson Run Road P3 Other In Reclamation
Kilvert P3 Gobs In Reclamation
Kilvert P3 Industrial/Residential Waste In Reclamation
Kilvert P3 Other Reclamation Pending
Kimberly P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Kimberly P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Kimberly P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Kimberly P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Kimberly P3 Equipment Facility Reclamation Pending
Kimberly P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Kimmey Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
King Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Kirkendell Seepage P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Korns P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Korns P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Korns P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Korns P3 Other Reclamation Pending
Korns P3 Other Reclamation Completed
Luhrig P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Marietta Run P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Marietta Run P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Marietta Run Ramp P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Millfield North P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Millfield Shaft P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Minkers Run P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending

…and 111 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 Abandoned32 on register
  1. Albany Pit
    Surface coal · Eberts Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3303967
    Abandoned
  2. Athens Hocking Clay Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kilbarger Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3304432
    Abandoned
  3. Athens Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Athens Building Material · MSHA ID 3301397
    Abandoned
  4. Bailey Run Mine
    Underground coal · Bailey Coal Company · MSHA ID 3300651
    Abandoned
  5. Basic Energy Mine
    Underground coal · Basic Energy Inc · MSHA ID 3303670
    Abandoned
  6. BLACK TOP CONTRACTING
    Surface metal/non-metal · Black Top Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 3304272
    Abandoned
  7. BT Materials Inc.
    Surface metal/non-metal · BT Materials Inc. · MSHA ID 3304464
    Abandoned
  8. Buckingham Mine
    Facility coal · CCU Coal and Construction LLC · MSHA ID 3304389
    Abandoned
  9. Carbondale Tipple
    Facility coal · Valley Coal Corp · MSHA ID 3303596
    Abandoned
  10. Cochran Transportation Services, Inc.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cochran Transportation Service Inc · MSHA ID 3304269
    Abandoned
  11. Diamond No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Diamond Stone Quarries Inc · MSHA ID 3300059
    Abandoned
  12. DIAMOND STONE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Waterloo Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3300058
    Abandoned
  13. Ginsburg Mine (B & C Coal Co )
    Surface coal · B & C Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3303995
    Abandoned
  14. Glen Ebon Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 3301933
    Abandoned
  15. Glouster Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Buckingham Coal Company · MSHA ID 3304450
    Abandoned
  16. Hewett Fork
    Surface coal · Avis Coal Company · MSHA ID 3303947
    Abandoned
  17. J R C Strip
    Surface coal · Lyle Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3303505
    Abandoned
  18. Johnson Run
    Underground coal · Drydock Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3304296
    Abandoned
  19. Kimberly Tipple
    Facility coal · Angel Corp · MSHA ID 3303610
    Abandoned
  20. Marietta Run Strip
    Surface coal · Dominion Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3301897
    Abandoned
  21. Mason Hill Mine
    Surface coal · Lee & Lawson Inc · MSHA ID 3303926
    Abandoned
  22. Miami Springs
    Surface coal · Miami Springs Properties Inc · MSHA ID 3303663
    Abandoned
  23. Minkers Run
    Surface coal · Wharton Supply Company · MSHA ID 3303299
    Abandoned
  24. Nelsonville Pit
    Surface coal · Daft Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3303996
    Abandoned
  25. Nelsonville Pit And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · J A Wallace Company · MSHA ID 3303249
    Abandoned
  26. Plant A-2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Blazer Materials Corp · MSHA ID 3301469
    Abandoned
  27. Putnam
    Surface metal/non-metal · Elko Aggregate, LLC · MSHA ID 3304749
    Abandoned
  28. Sharpsburg Strip
    Surface coal · Hem Coal Company · MSHA ID 3303354
    Abandoned
  29. Sharpsburg Strip
    Surface coal · Jennette Drilling Company · MSHA ID 3303491
    Abandoned
  30. Smoke Rise
    Surface coal · Nutter Brothers Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3304118
    Abandoned
  31. Srarpsburg Strip
    Surface coal · American Mining Co · MSHA ID 3303492
    Abandoned
  32. Stewart Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · The Olen Corporation · MSHA ID 3304182
    Abandoned

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
Strip Mine 162
P1 Subsidence 31
P1 Vertical Openings 25
P1 Portals 24
P2 Portals 22
P2 Vertical Openings 21
Adit 20
P1 Dangerous Slides 13
P2 Clogged Stream Lands 12
P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 12
P3 Other 11
P2 Subsidence 11
P2 Dangerous Highwalls 10
Tipple 9
P2 Dangerous Slides 9
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 8
Gravel Pit 8
P3 Gobs 8
P3 Water Problems 7
P2 Clogged Streams 6
P3 Spoil Area 5
Quarry 4
P1 Dangerous Highwalls 3
Disturbed Surface 3
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 2
P3 High Wall 2
Tailings - Undifferentiated 2
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption 2
Quarry 2
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 2
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies 2
P1 Clogged Streams 2
P1 Dangerous Impoundments 1
P3 Industrial/Residential Waste 1
P3 Equipment Facility 1
P3 Slump 1
P2 Dangerous Impoundments 1
Borrow Pit 1
P1 Surface Burning 1
P2 Surface Burning 1
Gravel Pit 1
Mine Shaft 1
P1 Clogged Stream Lands 1
P3 Pits 1
P1 Hazardous Water Bodies 1
P1 Underground Mine Fires 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.