Mining Incidents
Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Somerset County, Pennsylvania has 868 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1913–1994, including 59 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts); 25 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 303 problems in the county, 155 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 310 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Somerset 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)
868
Mine openings
59
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
155
MSHA mines marked abandoned
310
25 features carry a name0 prospect pits36 quadrangle maps, published 1913–1994 303 OSMRE problems, 148 reclaimed 36 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
    109 9.3%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    739 63.1%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    28 2.4%
  4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    85 7.3%
  5. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    37 3.2%
  6. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    173 14.8%
Named features on the maps25 named · from the USGS compilation
Name on map Feature
Allegheny Mines Open Pit Mine
Allegheny Mines Strip Mine area
Baldwin Mine Mine
Bare Rock Quarry Quarry - Rock
Bare Rock Quarry Quarry - Rock
Beachley Mine Open Pit Mine
Mary Ann Mine Open Pit Mine
McGregor Mines Mine
Salco Mines Mine
Salco Mines Mine
Shaw Mines Open Pit Mine
Shaw Mines Open Pit Mine
Shaw Mines Open Pit Mine
Shipley Bros Mine Open Pit Mine
Shipley Bros Mine Strip Mine area
Vogel Mine Mine
Vogel Mine Strip Mine area
Wilson Creek Mines Open Pit Mine
Wilson Creek Mines Open Pit Mine
Wilson Creek Mines Open Pit Mine
Wilson Creek Mines Open Pit Mine
Wilson Creek Mines Open Pit Mine
Wilson Creek Mines Open Pit Mine
Wilson Creek Mines Open Pit Mine
Wilson Creek Mines Strip Mine area

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.

OSMRE abandoned mine land problems303 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
1996 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
1996 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
1996 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
1996 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
1996 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
1996 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
1996 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
1996 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
1996 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
1997 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
1997 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
1997 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
1997 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
1997 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
1997 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial Reclamation Completed
1997 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
1997 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
1997 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Babcock Creek/upper Red Eyes P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Beachly South P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Beachly South P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Beachly South P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Berlin Brothersvalley Sc P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Berlin Brothersvalley Sc P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Bigby Creek P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Bigby Creek P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Bigby Creek P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Blackfield P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Blackfield P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Blackfield P3 Slump Reclamation Pending
Blackfield P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Boswell North P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Boswell North P1 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Boswell North P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Boswell North P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Completed
Boswell North P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Boswell North P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Boswell North P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Boswell North P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Boswell North P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Boswell North P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Boswell North P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Boynton P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Boynton P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Brotherton North P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Brotherton West P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Brotherton West P2 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Pending
Cairnbrook P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Cairnbrook P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Cairnbrook Southwest P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Central City P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Central City P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Central City South #2 P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Central City South #2 P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Central City South #2 P3 Bench Reclamation Pending
Central City South #2 P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Central City South #2 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Central City South #2 P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Coal Junction P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Coal Junction P3 Equipment Facility Reclamation Completed
Coal Junction P3 Gobs Reclamation Completed
Coal Junction P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Completed
Coal Junction P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Coal Run N.w. (metro Discharge) P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Coal Run N.w. (metro Discharge) P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Coal Run N.w. (metro Discharge) P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Coal Run Northwest P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Coal Run Northwest P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Coal Run Northwest P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Coxes Creek P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Coxes Creek P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Coxes Creek P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Coxes Creek P3 Gobs Reclamation Completed
Coxes Creek P3 High Wall Reclamation Completed
Coxes Creek P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Completed
Coxes Creek P3 Slump Reclamation Completed
Coxes Creek P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Cranberry Run P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Cranberry Run P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Pending
Cranberry Run P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Fall Run Road P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Ferrelton P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Ferrelton P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Ferrelton P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Ferrelton P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Forbes High School P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Forbes High School P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Forbes High School P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Foustwell P3 Gobs In Reclamation
Gahagen P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Gahagen P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Gahagen P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Glessner P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Pending
Goodtown P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Goodtown P3 Other Reclamation Pending
Goodtown South P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Hiilsboro P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Hiilsboro P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Hoffman Zion Church P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Hoffman Zion Church P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Completed
Hoffman Zion Church P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Hollsopple North P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Hollsopple North P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Hollsopple South P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Hollsopple South P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Hollsopple South P3 Other Reclamation Pending
Jerome P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Jerome P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Jerome P3 Gobs In Reclamation
Kimberly Run East P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Kimberly Run East P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Kimberly Run East P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Klines Mill East P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Koontztown P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Koontztown P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Koontztown P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Koontztown P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Koontztown P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Koontztown P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Koontztown P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Lambertsville North P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Lambertsville Northeast P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Lambertsville Northeast P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Lambertsville Northeast P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Land Street Northwest P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Land Street Northwest P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Land Street Northwest P3 Equipment Facility In Reclamation
Land Street Northwest P3 Slump Reclamation Pending
Landstreet South P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Landstreet South P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Landstreet South P2 Dangerous Slides In Reclamation
Landstreet South P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Landstreet South P3 Pits Reclamation Pending
Landstreet South P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Laurel Falls North P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Laurel Run P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Laurel Run P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Listie South P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Listie South P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Listie South P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Listie South P2 Industrial/Residential Waste In Reclamation
Listie South P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Listie South P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Listie South P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Listie South P3 Mine Opening In Reclamation
Listie South P3 Pits Reclamation Completed
Listie South P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Listie South P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Maple Ridge P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Maple Ridge P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending

…and 153 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 Abandoned310 on register
  1. #1 Plant
    Facility coal · Fetterolf Mining Sales Company · MSHA ID 3606777
    Abandoned
  2. #1 Strip
    Surface coal · Penn Pocahontas Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601504
    Abandoned
  3. #11 Cleaning Plant
    Facility coal · Reitz Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606056
    Abandoned
  4. #24 - Camp Hamilton
    Underground coal · Reitz Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606488
    Abandoned and Sealed
  5. #4 Cleaning Plant
    Facility coal · Reitz Coal Company · MSHA ID 3604015
    Abandoned
  6. #8
    Underground coal · Quality Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601515
    Abandoned
  7. 107T Scalper AB 2544
    Surface metal/non-metal · Neiswonger Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3610304
    Abandoned
  8. 1249-1-2
    Surface coal · Bittner Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605484
    Abandoned
  9. 3140
    Surface coal · Black Hawk Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3609203
    Abandoned
  10. 3163
    Surface coal · E.E. & S. Auger Mining Inc. · MSHA ID 3609189
    Abandoned
  11. 7400 Job No 1 & 7400 Job No 2
    Surface coal · Pbs Coals Inc · MSHA ID 3601500
    Abandoned
  12. Acosta Mine
    Surface coal · Falls Creek Energy Company Inc · MSHA ID 3607341
    Abandoned
  13. Acosta Mine III
    Surface coal · Godin Bros Inc · MSHA ID 3608117
    Abandoned
  14. Addison #1
    Surface coal · Bituminous Coals Inc · MSHA ID 3606540
    Abandoned
  15. AG1
    Surface coal · Marquise Mining Corp · MSHA ID 3609575
    Abandoned
  16. Agustus
    Surface coal · RoxCoal Inc · MSHA ID 3608636
    Abandoned
  17. Ardel No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Ardel Natural Resources (Pa) Inc · MSHA ID 3605693
    Abandoned
  18. Arrow No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · K & G Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605118
    Abandoned
  19. Auger 4
    Surface coal · Second Shift Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 4609040
    Abandoned
  20. Auger No 5
    Surface coal · Second Shift Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 4609019
    Abandoned
  21. B-Mine Strip
    Surface coal · Star Coal Company · MSHA ID 3604183
    Abandoned
  22. Badger Coal Co Inc
    Surface coal · Badger Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3604185
    Abandoned
  23. Badger No 2 Strip
    Surface coal · Badger Coal Company · MSHA ID 3604262
    Abandoned
  24. Balough Mining Company Surface
    Surface coal · Balough Mining Company · MSHA ID 3606446
    Abandoned
  25. Barbara #1
    Underground coal · Rox Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3607045
    Abandoned and Sealed
  26. Barbara #2 Mine
    Surface coal · RoxCoal, Inc · MSHA ID 3608508
    Abandoned
  27. Bauermaster Strip
    Surface coal · Bauermaster Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3607585
    Abandoned
  28. Beachy Strip
    Surface coal · Beachy & Beachy Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601438
    Abandoned
  29. Beeghly No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · B B L Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 3605062
    Abandoned
  30. Bell Strip
    Surface coal · Blough Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3604624
    Abandoned
  31. Berkey Strip
    Surface coal · L & L Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3607294
    Abandoned
  32. Berwind Mine
    Surface coal · Shaffer Brothers Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3607429
    Abandoned
  33. Bird #2
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 3600943
    Abandoned
  34. Black Mt Mine
    Underground coal · Black Mountain Mining Company · MSHA ID 3606613
    Abandoned and Sealed
  35. Black Strip
    Surface coal · Black Resources Inc · MSHA ID 3608896
    Abandoned
  36. Blackfield Mine
    Surface coal · Stream Line Inc · MSHA ID 3608121
    Abandoned
  37. Bloom No 1 Ug
    Underground coal · Ralph Bloom Jr Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601507
    Abandoned
  38. Bloom No 2
    Underground coal · Ralph Bloom Jr Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601508
    Abandoned
  39. Blue Lick Mine-Strip
    Surface coal · Penn Pocahontas Coal Company · MSHA ID 3602768
    Abandoned
  40. Bognar And Company Inc Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Bognar & Company Inc · MSHA ID 3605298
    Abandoned
  41. Boone Run & Clear Run
    Surface coal · Nsm Coals Inc · MSHA ID 3607152
    Abandoned
  42. Boswell Pile
    Surface coal · Marquise Mining Corp · MSHA ID 3608037
    Abandoned
  43. Boswell Pile
    Facility coal · J R Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 3608363
    Abandoned
  44. Boswell Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company · MSHA ID 3606684
    Abandoned
  45. Boswell Refuse Pile
    Facility coal · J R Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 3607958
    Abandoned
  46. Brawal Strip
    Surface coal · Brawal Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3605394
    Abandoned
  47. Brenneman - Shoemaker
    Surface coal · Blaze Coal & Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3605836
    Abandoned
  48. Brubaker Mine
    Surface coal · LCT Energy, LP · MSHA ID 3609939
    Abandoned
  49. Brugh
    Surface coal · L K Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3608582
    Abandoned
  50. Buckridge Mining
    Surface coal · Buckridge Mining · MSHA ID 3607586
    Abandoned
  51. Burns Mine
    Surface coal · Ligonier Construction Co. · MSHA ID 3609131
    Abandoned
  52. C Brant Mining Co Clay Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · C Brant Mining Company · MSHA ID 3600603
    Abandoned
  53. Cairnbrook #9
    Underground coal · Cairnbrook Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3601458
    Abandoned
  54. Caleb Mine
    Surface coal · Hardhat Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3607125
    Abandoned
  55. Cambria 18
    Underground coal · Everett Snyder Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601466
    Abandoned
  56. Cambria No 2 Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Pbs Coals Inc · MSHA ID 3604869
    Abandoned
  57. Casper Pit
    Surface coal · C & P Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3602679
    Abandoned
  58. Casselman Coal Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Casselman Coal Sales Company · MSHA ID 3605825
    Abandoned
  59. Cassler Strip
    Surface coal · William Schmidt Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606013
    Abandoned
  60. Central City Synfuel
    Facility coal · Central City Synfuel · MSHA ID 3608747
    Abandoned
  61. Clay Strip
    Surface coal · Svonavec Inc · MSHA ID 3601523
    Abandoned
  62. Clear Run #1
    Surface coal · Nsm Coals Inc · MSHA ID 3607159
    Abandoned
  63. Coal Inc
    Facility coal · Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3608141
    Abandoned
  64. Coal Innovations # 1
    Facility coal · Coal Innovations LLC · MSHA ID 3609406
    Abandoned
  65. College Mine
    Surface coal · Commercial Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 3608513
    Abandoned
  66. Conrad #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Conrad Mining Company · MSHA ID 3601506
    Abandoned
  67. Country Club #7
    Underground coal · Country Club Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3601459
    Abandoned
  68. Country Club No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · Country Club Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3601455
    Abandoned
  69. Craighead Mine
    Surface coal · Heritage Coal & Natural Resources LLC · MSHA ID 3610272
    Abandoned
  70. D-17 Mine
    Underground coal · Kennedy & Law · MSHA ID 3601484
    Abandoned
  71. Dalton Run #2 Ug
    Underground coal · Dalton Run Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601457
    Abandoned
  72. Diamond T B Mine
    Underground coal · Rox Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3608223
    Abandoned and Sealed
  73. Diamond T C Mine
    Underground coal · Rox Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3608214
    Abandoned and Sealed
  74. Doe Valley Tipple
    Facility coal · Doe Valley Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606329
    Abandoned
  75. Dupstadt
    Surface coal · Heritage Coal & Natural Resources LLC · MSHA ID 3609810
    Abandoned
  76. East Windber #4 Ug
    Underground coal · J R Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 3601464
    Abandoned
  77. Eichorn Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Keystone Lime Company Inc · MSHA ID 3608902
    Abandoned
  78. ELK Resources Auger Crew 1
    Surface coal · ELK Resources Inc · MSHA ID 3610185
    Abandoned
  79. Elsie Mine
    Surface coal · Godin Coal Production · MSHA ID 3608116
    Abandoned
  80. Enos Strip
    Surface coal · Linda Carol Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3608275
    Abandoned
  81. Eureka #35 Lower
    Underground coal · Eureka Coal Company · MSHA ID 3602400
    Abandoned and Sealed
  82. Falls Creek Auger Crew - 3
    Surface coal · Falls Creek Energy Co., Inc. · MSHA ID 3609225
    Abandoned
  83. Ferko Strip
    Surface coal · Mountaineering Mining Corporation · MSHA ID 3610307
    Abandoned
  84. Fetterolf #1
    Surface coal · Fetterolf Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3606469
    Abandoned
  85. Finzel Coal
    Surface coal · Finzel Coal · MSHA ID 3606527
    Abandoned
  86. Flat Field Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · M & S Quarries · MSHA ID 3607014
    Abandoned
  87. Fogle
    Surface coal · Soberdash Coal Company · MSHA ID 3604392
    Abandoned
  88. Fogle Strip
    Surface coal · Fogle Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3607307
    Abandoned
  89. Fort Hill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mt Savage Refractories Company Inc · MSHA ID 3600620
    Abandoned
  90. Fritz Mine
    Surface coal · Fritz Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3608564
    Abandoned
  91. Fundis
    Surface coal · Tom Cat Coal · MSHA ID 3609047
    Abandoned
  92. G & G Strip
    Surface coal · Hilltop Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3607283
    Abandoned
  93. GALLEY QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Keystone Lime Company Inc · MSHA ID 3604244
    Abandoned
  94. Garrett Deep Mine
    Surface coal · Wilson Creek Energy LLC · MSHA ID 3609896
    Abandoned
  95. Garrett Strip
    Surface coal · Burnham Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605724
    Abandoned
  96. Genesis No. 17
    Underground coal · Genesis Inc · MSHA ID 3608980
    Abandoned and Sealed
  97. Geronimo
    Facility coal · RoxCoal Inc · MSHA ID 3608645
    Abandoned
  98. Glessner Mine
    Surface coal · Walker Excavating · MSHA ID 3606946
    Abandoned
  99. Glessner Mines
    Surface coal · Glessner Mines · MSHA ID 3604497
    Abandoned
  100. Glessner No 10 Strip
    Surface coal · R H Glessner Mines · MSHA ID 3602710
    Abandoned
  101. Gnagey Strip #1
    Surface coal · Triple G Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3607154
    Abandoned
  102. Godin Mine
    Surface coal · Godin Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 3604705
    Abandoned
  103. Godin Strip
    Surface coal · Godin Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 3609620
    Abandoned
  104. Godin Strips
    Surface coal · Godin Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 3609821
    Abandoned
  105. Gray Refuse Pile
    Facility coal · Bentley Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606105
    Abandoned
  106. Grela Mine
    Underground coal · Grela Coal Company · MSHA ID 3602399
    Abandoned
  107. Grove #1 Mine
    Surface coal · Lion Mining Company · MSHA ID 3602398
    Abandoned and Sealed
  108. Grove #3 Mine
    Underground coal · G M & W Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3605362
    Abandoned
  109. Grove #4 Mine
    Underground coal · G M & W Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3605410
    Abandoned
  110. Hamer Mine
    Surface coal · Beechdale Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3608200
    Abandoned
  111. Hauger-Beachley Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Penn Pocahontas Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601503
    Abandoned
  112. Hay Ii
    Surface coal · Delta Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3606677
    Abandoned
  113. Hearn Strip Mine
    Surface coal · W E Scurfield · MSHA ID 3603332
    Abandoned
  114. Heshbon Strip
    Surface coal · Heshbon Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3602726
    Abandoned
  115. Hoffman No 1
    Surface coal · Hoffman Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3606438
    Abandoned
  116. Horning Deep Mine
    Surface coal · RoxCoal, Inc. · MSHA ID 3609666
    Abandoned and Sealed
  117. Hritz (Trent No 1) Mine
    Underground coal · Red Dog Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3601471
    Abandoned and Sealed
  118. Huskin Mine
    Surface coal · Northern Son Inc · MSHA ID 3609054
    Abandoned
  119. Huskin Run Siding
    Facility coal · Berwind Coal Sales Company · MSHA ID 3607727
    Abandoned
  120. Intercarbon Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Intercarbon Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606232
    Abandoned
  121. J & P Mining Company Incorporated
    Surface coal · J & P Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 3605442
    Abandoned
  122. J Lloyd Mcclintock Mine
    Surface coal · Mc Clintock Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3605562
    Abandoned
  123. Jenners
    Underground coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606504
    Abandoned
  124. Jenners Coal #1
    Surface coal · Big J Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3608475
    Abandoned
  125. Jenners Inc
    Surface coal · Jenners Inc · MSHA ID 3607674
    Abandoned and Sealed
  126. Jenners Plant
    Facility coal · Genesis Inc · MSHA ID 3602685
    Abandoned
  127. Jennerstown
    Underground coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606505
    Abandoned
  128. Jennifer Mine
    Surface coal · Lion Mining Company · MSHA ID 3608100
    Abandoned
  129. Job #1
    Surface coal · Robert F Hay Mining · MSHA ID 3606496
    Abandoned
  130. Job #1
    Surface coal · Barbuschak Excavating · MSHA ID 3608386
    Abandoned and Sealed
  131. Job #2 Strip
    Surface coal · East Ridge Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3604260
    Abandoned
  132. Job 47
    Surface coal · Pbs Coals Inc · MSHA ID 3608020
    Abandoned
  133. Job 60
    Surface coal · Pbs Coals Inc · MSHA ID 3608194
    Abandoned
  134. Job No 20 Bloom Strip
    Surface coal · M F Fetterolf Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3602731
    Abandoned
  135. Job No 4 Moser Strip
    Surface coal · M F Fetterolf Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3602702
    Abandoned
  136. Job No 6-Rockingham Strip
    Surface coal · M F Fetterolf Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3602701
    Abandoned
  137. John Desort Mine
    Underground coal · Ogletown Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601477
    Abandoned
  138. Kaltenbaugh Job
    Surface coal · Elk Lick Energy, Inc. · MSHA ID 3609180
    Abandoned
  139. Kennell Clay Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fieg Bros Coal Co. · MSHA ID 3609800
    Abandoned
  140. Kennell Strip - Job #5
    Surface coal · Commonwealth Coals Inc · MSHA ID 3606119
    Abandoned
  141. Kern
    Surface coal · Amerikohl Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3607974
    Abandoned
  142. Keyser Deep Mine
    Surface coal · Wilson Creek Energy, LLC · MSHA ID 3610262
    Abandoned
  143. Khristy No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Mountain Top Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3606281
    Abandoned and Sealed
  144. Kimberly Run
    Facility coal · RoxCoal, Inc. · MSHA ID 3609549
    Abandoned
  145. Kimmelton Pit & Miller Pit
    Surface coal · Croner Inc · MSHA ID 3603300
    Abandoned
  146. King No 10 & 12
    Surface coal · King Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606392
    Abandoned
  147. King No 12 Strip
    Underground coal · King Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606793
    Abandoned
  148. King No 4
    Surface coal · H Owens Mining Company · MSHA ID 3606931
    Abandoned
  149. Knapp Strip
    Surface coal · Brant Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3602675
    Abandoned
  150. L & K #22
    Underground coal · Luce & Kowaleski · MSHA ID 3601487
    Abandoned

…and 160 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
Strip Mine 550
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 136
Adit 59
P3 Water Problems 47
P2 Dangerous Highwalls 30
Disturbed Surface 30
P3 Gobs 22
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 19
P3 Spoil Area 18
Tipple 17
P2 Vertical Openings 16
P2 Portals 16
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 15
Open Pit Mine 14
Mine Dump 11
P1 Vertical Openings 11
Mine Dump 11
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies 9
P3 High Wall 9
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption 8
P3 Mine Opening 8
Quarry 8
Gravel Pit 7
P1 Portals 7
P2 Subsidence 6
P2 Clogged Streams 6
P1 Dangerous Highwalls 6
P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 5
P3 Pits 5
Mine 5
P3 Other 5
P2 Clogged Stream Lands 5
P3 Slump 4
P1 Subsidence 4
Strip Mine 4
P3 Equipment Facility 4
P2 Dangerous Slides 4
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 4
Gravel Pit 4
P1 Surface Burning 4
Tailings - Pond 3
P2 Dangerous Impoundments 2
P2 Industrial/Residential Waste 2
P1 Dangerous Impoundments 2
Quarry - Rock 2
Quarry 2
P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial 1
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 1
P2 Flooding 1
Sand Pit 1
P3 Bench 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.