Abandoned mines in Perry County, Ohio

1. Mine openings

   shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
   76 11.4%
2. Mines and surface workings

   labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
   335 50.1%
3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

   construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
   18 2.7%
4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

   what mining left above ground
   35 5.2%
5. Mills, tipples and facilities

   processing plants and hazardous structures
   20 3.0%
6. Other reclamation problems

   highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
   185 27.7%

…and 144 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.

1. Beckco No 3 Strip

   Surface coal · Becko Construction Co · MSHA ID 3303335
   Abandoned 1977-06-21
2. Bristol Ug

   Underground coal · E & F Coal Company · MSHA ID 3300870
   Abandoned 1971-06-28
3. Buckingham

   Surface coal · Buckingham Mining & Reclamation · MSHA ID 3304025
   Abandoned 2007-03-16
4. Buckingham Mine

   Facility coal · CCU Coal and Construction LLC · MSHA ID 3304526
   Abandoned 2022-05-04
5. Buckingham Mine

   Surface coal · CCU Coal and Construction LLC · MSHA ID 3304520
   Abandoned 2025-03-20
6. Carson Mine

   Surface coal · Carson Productions Inc · MSHA ID 3303006
   Abandoned 1984-03-15
7. Carson Mine

   Surface coal · Carson Productions Inc · MSHA ID 3303965
   Abandoned 1986-07-23
8. CCU Perry Strip

   Surface coal · CCU Coal and Construction LLC · MSHA ID 3304336
   Abandoned 2020-01-20
9. Chilcote Strip

   Surface coal · Chilcote Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3300869
   Abandoned 1983-04-08
10. Clay Bank Strip

    Surface coal · Ohio Amco Inc · MSHA ID 3301284
    Abandoned 1973-08-27
11. Columbus Clay Plant

    Facility metal/non-metal · Columbus Clay Manufacturing Company · MSHA ID 3302470
    Abandoned 1979-11-05
12. Congo

    Surface coal · Avis Coal Company · MSHA ID 3304239
    Abandoned 2012-01-05
13. Congo Strip

    Surface coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 3301263
    Abandoned 1974-11-25
14. Cook No 3 Strip

    Surface coal · Cook Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3303693
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
15. Corning #1

    Surface coal · Eagle Stone Inc · MSHA ID 3303734
    Abandoned 1983-05-16
16. Corning No 1 Strip

    Surface coal · Fee Brothers Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3303718
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
17. Corning Strip

    Surface coal · Grim & Withem Coal Company · MSHA ID 3303651
    Abandoned 1982-01-15
18. Dennis Strip Mine

    Surface coal · Dennis Clay Company · MSHA ID 3303976
    Abandoned 1986-03-18
19. Essex Hollow (Strip)

    Surface coal · Avis Coal Company · MSHA ID 3303969
    Abandoned 1984-04-18
20. Funk Strip Mine

    Surface coal · Ed Funk Coal Company · MSHA ID 3302132
    Abandoned 1972-11-06
21. Gibbons

    Surface coal · Gibbons Construction Company · MSHA ID 3303885
    Abandoned 1983-01-18
22. Glass Rock Operation

    Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Silica LLC · MSHA ID 3301354
    Abandoned 2013-01-02
23. H & I No 1

    Facility coal · H & I Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3303880
    Abandoned 1983-04-08
24. Hocking Valley #2

    Surface coal · Hocking Valley Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3304199
    Abandoned 1992-06-05
25. Jobs Hollow

    Surface coal · Daft Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3304067
    Abandoned 1989-09-29
26. Junction City Shole Pit And Plant

    Surface metal/non-metal · Junction City Clay Company · MSHA ID 3302677
    Abandoned 1985-07-11
27. Keiner Loading Dock

    Facility coal · Kiener Contractors · MSHA ID 3303777
    Abandoned 1983-01-18
28. Kendell Pit

    Surface coal · Muskingum Valley Augering Corp · MSHA ID 3301291
    Abandoned 1972-06-01
29. King #1

    Surface coal · M & S Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 3303870
    Abandoned 1982-09-03
30. King #1

    Surface coal · Charles Roberts Excavating · MSHA ID 3303890
    Abandoned 1982-08-27
31. King #1 Tipple

    Facility coal · Eastern Fuel Services Inc · MSHA ID 3303891
    Abandoned 1983-03-22
32. Kishler Trucking & Mining Incorporated

    Surface metal/non-metal · Kishler Trucking & Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3300496
    Abandoned 1986-03-10
33. Lominco Strip 002

    Surface coal · Lominco Inc · MSHA ID 3303495
    Abandoned 1981-11-19
34. Lox Strip

    Surface coal · Lox Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3303807
    Abandoned 1985-09-01
35. Ludowici-Celadon Donnelly Pit & Mil

    Surface metal/non-metal · Ludowici-Celadon Company · MSHA ID 3300498
    Abandoned 1981-09-29
36. MAXVILLE QUARRIES, INC.

    Surface metal/non-metal · Maxville Quarries Inc · MSHA ID 3300106
    Abandoned 2003-03-20
37. Merckle Strip

    Surface coal · Merckle Mining Company · MSHA ID 3301264
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
38. Merco Strip #4

    Surface coal · Merco Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3303867
    Abandoned 1986-02-04
39. Moore Strip

    Surface coal · Sand Ridge Coal · MSHA ID 3304028
    Abandoned 1989-01-17
40. Morris No 1 Strip

    Surface coal · Morris Gravel Company · MSHA ID 3303364
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
41. New Lexington #2 Strip

    Surface coal · Brown Mining Corp · MSHA ID 3301262
    Abandoned 1973-08-27
42. No 1 Strip

    Surface coal · Jc Coal Company · MSHA ID 3301282
    Abandoned 1999-09-22
43. No 1 Strip

    Surface coal · David Boyle Inc · MSHA ID 3303928
    Abandoned 1986-01-09
44. Norma (Strip)

    Surface coal · Knowltons Industries · MSHA ID 3303951
    Abandoned 1985-08-12
45. Nutter Bros No 1 Tipple

    Facility coal · Nutter Brothers Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3300875
    Abandoned 1995-05-01
46. Nutter Brothers Coal Company

    Surface metal/non-metal · Nutter Brothers Coal Company · MSHA ID 3304303
    Abandoned 1995-08-14
47. Perry Strip

    Surface coal · Hornco Mining Company · MSHA ID 3303739
    Abandoned 1980-02-29
48. Pine Run Mine

    Surface coal · Falls Creek Energy Company Inc · MSHA ID 3304347
    Abandoned 2007-02-01
49. Prep Plant 1

    Facility coal · Proco Inc · MSHA ID 3303764
    Abandoned 1980-09-04
50. Radcliff Pits

    Surface coal · Harley E Calvin & Company · MSHA ID 3301305
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
51. Redfield No 2 Strip

    Surface coal · Mid-Ohio Mining Company · MSHA ID 3303470
    Abandoned 1980-05-07
52. Redfield Strip #1

    Surface coal · Surface Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3303381
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
53. Rehoboth

    Surface coal · Ryland & Ryland Inc · MSHA ID 3303660
    Abandoned 1981-01-22
54. Rehoboth

    Facility coal · Transpacific Technology (Ohio) Inc · MSHA ID 3304056
    Abandoned 1988-02-09
55. Rush Creek Clay Co Pit & Mill

    Surface metal/non-metal · Rush Creek Clay Company · MSHA ID 3300561
    Abandoned 1980-11-21
56. Saltillo (Strip)

    Surface coal · Saltillo Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3303972
    Abandoned 1985-02-08
57. Saltillo Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · TOM LLC · MSHA ID 3304300
    Abandoned 2014-11-10
58. Sands #1

    Surface coal · Valley Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 3304077
    Abandoned 2012-02-09
59. Seamco Strip #1

    Surface coal · Seamco Inc · MSHA ID 3304031
    Abandoned 1986-09-30
60. Shawnee Mine

    Surface coal · Shawnee Coal Company · MSHA ID 3303529
    Abandoned 1989-02-17
61. Sidwell No 2 Auger

    Surface coal · Sidwell Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 3300877
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
62. Somerset Lime & Stone Incorporated

    Surface metal/non-metal · Somerset Lime & Stone Inc · MSHA ID 3300646
    Abandoned 1986-09-04
63. Somerset-Strip

    Surface coal · Zanesville Coal Company · MSHA ID 3302909
    Abandoned 1974-11-25
64. Star Strip

    Surface coal · Star Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 3300992
    Abandoned 1989-10-31
65. Sterling Strip

    Surface coal · Sterling Coal Company · MSHA ID 3301280
    Abandoned 1975-06-03
66. Sunnyhill #9 North

    Underground coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 3301069
    Abandoned and Sealed 1987-10-27
67. Sunnyhill #9 South

    Underground coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 3301068
    Abandoned and Sealed 1991-07-10
68. Sunnyhill 4

    Underground coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 3301193
    Abandoned and Sealed 1982-07-14
69. Sunnyhill 5

    Underground coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 3303727
    Abandoned and Sealed 1982-08-10
70. Sunnyhill Auger

    Surface coal · Ohio Amco Inc · MSHA ID 3301307
    Abandoned 1972-06-16
71. Sunnyhill No 3

    Underground coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 3300991
    Abandoned 1971-06-29
72. Sunnyhill Prep Shop

    Facility coal · Fcr/Tri-State Reclamation · MSHA ID 3302045
    Abandoned 1999-09-22
73. Sunnyhill Underground No 7 Mine

    Underground coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 3301067
    Abandoned 1980-09-26
74. Tri State

    Surface coal · Tri State Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 3304008
    Abandoned 1988-07-30
75. Weslo Mine #1

    Surface coal · Weslo Inc · MSHA ID 3304302
    Abandoned 2007-02-01
76. Wills Creek #1 (Strip)

    Surface coal · Wills Creek Energy Company · MSHA ID 3303895
    Abandoned 1984-10-18
77. Yarger Strip Mine

    Surface coal · Sandra Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3301931
    Abandoned 1972-03-28

Status and date are as reported to MSHA by the operator. Each mine's own page carries its accident, citation and inspection record.

• Tuscarawas County 627
• Columbiana County 442
• Jefferson County 440
• Stark County 418
• Belmont County 406
• Jackson County 379
• Muskingum County 361
• Hocking County 336
• Gallia County 335
• Coshocton County 288
• Noble County 283
• Vinton County 259

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.