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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Barbour County, West Virginia

Barbour County, West Virginia has 334 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1904–1977, including 124 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts). OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 390 problems in the county, 225 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 165 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Barbour 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)
334
Mine openings
124
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
225
MSHA mines marked abandoned
165
0 features carry a name0 prospect pits11 quadrangle maps, published 1904–1977 390 OSMRE problems, 165 reclaimed 33 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
    168 23.2%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    201 27.8%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    2 0.3%
  4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    49 6.8%
  5. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    26 3.6%
  6. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    277 38.3%
  7. Other
    symbols outside the classes above
    1 0.1%
OSMRE abandoned mine land problems390 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
A.m Ward Hw Ii P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
A.m Ward Hw Ii P3 Pits Reclamation Pending
A.m. Ward Highwall & Tipple P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
A.m. Ward Highwall & Tipple P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Adaland Highwall, Portal & Refuse P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Adaland Highwall, Portal & Refuse P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Adaland Highwall, Portal & Refuse P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Adaland Highwall, Portal & Refuse P3 Equipment Facility Reclamation Pending
Adaland Highwall, Portal & Refuse P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Adaland Highwall, Portal & Refuse P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Adaland Refuse & Tipple P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Adaland Refuse & Tipple P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Adaland Refuse & Tipple P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Adaland Refuse & Tipple P3 High Wall Reclamation Completed
AM Thomas Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Anglins Run #1 P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Anglins Run #1 P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Anglins Run #1 P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Arden (Mitchell) Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Arden (Zickefoose) Drainage P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Arden Road Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Astor Portal & Refuse P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Astor Portal & Refuse P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Astor Portal & Refuse P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Baker Run Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Barbour County Commission P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Barbour County Commission P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Barbour County Commission P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Barbour Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Barker Portals and Strip P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Barker Portals and Strip P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Barker Portals and Strip P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Barker Portals and Strip P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Barker Portals and Strip P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Baughman Road Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Bear Mountain Highwall & Refuse P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Beaver Creek Water System P1 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Belington Portals And Drainage P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Belington Refuse P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Belington Refuse P3 Gobs Reclamation Completed
Berryburg (snodgrass) Subsidence I, P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Berryburg Tunnel Drainage P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial Reclamation Pending
Bessie Carpenter Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Bessie Carpenter Highwall P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Beverly Road (harris) Drainage P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Beverly Road (harris) Drainage P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Bill Payne Highwall #1 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Bill Payne Highwall #2 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Bills Creek Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Birds Run Highwall P3 High Wall In Reclamation
Black Diamond Vo P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Black Diamond Vo P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Boulder Portal P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Boulder Portal P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Brownton (Cunningham) Landslide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Brownton (mccord) Landslide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Brownton Clogged Stream P1 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Brownton Clogged Stream P3 Gobs Reclamation Completed
Brownton Highwall & Portal P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Brownton Highwall & Portal P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Brownton Highwall & Portal P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Brownton Landslide P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Brownton Landslide P2 Dangerous Slides In Reclamation
Brownton Refuse #2 P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Brownton Refuse #2 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Brownton Refuse #2 P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Brownton Refuse #2 P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Brownton Refuse #2 P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Pending
Brownton Refuse #2 P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Brownton Refuse #2 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Brownton School Refuse P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Brownton School Refuse P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Brushy Fork Spaw Lick Arnolds Run W P1 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Buckhannon River Refuse P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Buckhannon River Refuse P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Camp Hope Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Camp Hope Highwall P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Camp Hope Highwall P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Camp Mohonegan Surface Mines P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial Reclamation Completed
Camp Run Highwall P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Camp Run Mine Drainage P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Camp Run Mine Drainage P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Camp Run Mine Drainage P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Camp Run Mine Drainage P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial Reclamation Pending
Century (Cunningham) Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Chestnut Ridge PSD P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Crane's Fork Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Crane's Fork Highwall & Refuse P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Crane's Fork Highwall & Refuse P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Crouse Run Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Dartmoor Mine Drainage P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Dartmoor Mine Drainage P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Dartmoor Self Storage Subsidence P1 Subsidence In Reclamation
David Strait Highwall P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Dayton Park Mine Drainage Phase I & P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Dayton Park Mine Drainage Phase I & P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Dick Drain Highwall P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Dick Drain Highwall P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Dick Drain Highwall P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Dobbins Landslide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Dogtown Portals P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Dogtown Portals P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial Reclamation Pending
Donna Halsey Portal P2 Portals In Reclamation
Donna Halsey Portal P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Pending
Dorsey Gower P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Dorsey Gower P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Dorsey Gower P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Edna Bennett Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Elk City (Tobrey) WA & VO P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Elk City (Tobrey) WA & VO P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Elk City Highwall P3 Equipment Facility Reclamation Pending
Elk City Highwall P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Elk City Highwall P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Elk City Highwall #2 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Elk City-century Volga Waterline P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Elk Creek (goldizen) Landslide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Elk Creek Ls & Clogged Stream P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Elk Creek Ls & Clogged Stream P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Elk Creek Ls & Clogged Stream P3 Slump Reclamation Pending
Flag Run (charlton) Collpsd. Portal P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Flemington (garlow) Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Ford's Run (Mitchell) Subsidence I, P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Ford's Run #1 P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Ford's Run #1 P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Ford's Run #1 P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Fords Run (moran) Clogged Stream P1 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Fords Run Drainage P1 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Fords Run Drainage P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Fords Run Drainage P3 Gobs Reclamation Completed
Fords Run Drainage P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Fords Run Refuse Pile P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Fords Run Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Fords Run Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Fords Run Refuse Pile P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Fords Run Refuse Pile P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial Reclamation Pending
Fridley Highwall & Refuse P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Fridley Highwall #1 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Fridley Highwall #2 P3 High Wall In Reclamation
Gage (mitchell) V.o. P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Gage Coke Ovens & Refuse P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Gage Coke Ovens & Refuse P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Gage Coke Ovens & Refuse P3 Equipment Facility Reclamation Completed
Gage Coke Ovens & Refuse P3 Gobs Reclamation Completed
Gage Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Galloway Burning Refuse Pile P1 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Galloway Burning Refuse Pile P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Galloway Burning Refuse Pile P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Galloway Burning Refuse Pile P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Galloway Burning Refuse Pile P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Galloway Burning Refuse Pile P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed

…and 240 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 Abandoned165 on register
  1. #1 Mine
    Underground coal · H W & C Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4601845
    Abandoned and Sealed
  2. #1 Mine
    Surface coal · P W K Development Inc · MSHA ID 4605985
    Abandoned
  3. #1 Mine
    Facility coal · Empire Fuel Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606029
    Abandoned
  4. #1 Mine Surface
    Surface coal · Mc Coy Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 4602339
    Abandoned
  5. #1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Alan Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4608164
    Abandoned
  6. #5 Mine
    Surface coal · Black Gold Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606549
    Abandoned
  7. 102 Loadout
    Facility coal · Gold Resources LLC · MSHA ID 4609324
    Abandoned
  8. Arnold Strip
    Surface coal · Mineral Coal Company Inc Of W Va · MSHA ID 4603313
    Abandoned
  9. Arnolds Run
    Surface coal · J & B Coal Company · MSHA ID 4608748
    Abandoned
  10. Ashcraft Coal Mine #2
    Underground coal · Ashcraft Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605880
    Abandoned
  11. Ashcraft Coal Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Ashcraft Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605904
    Abandoned and Sealed
  12. Ashcraft No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Ashcraft Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604268
    Abandoned
  13. Audra #1
    Underground coal · Bentley Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605991
    Abandoned and Sealed
  14. Audry Mine
    Surface coal · Audry Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4606037
    Abandoned
  15. Audry No 1 Mine
    Surface coal · Audry Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4606012
    Abandoned
  16. Badger No 10 Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Badger Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602428
    Abandoned
  17. Badger No 13 Mine
    Underground coal · Badger Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601253
    Abandoned
  18. Badger No 14 Mine
    Underground coal · Dante Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601254
    Abandoned and Sealed
  19. Badger No 15 Mine
    Underground coal · Dante Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601995
    Abandoned and Sealed
  20. Balar No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Balar Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606025
    Abandoned
  21. BAM 9
    Surface coal · Bundy Auger Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4609284
    Abandoned
  22. Barbour Co #1
    Surface coal · National Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607175
    Abandoned
  23. Barbour County #1 Mine
    Surface coal · Mangus Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4607655
    Abandoned
  24. Barbour County Job
    Surface coal · Maidsville Coal Mining Partnership · MSHA ID 4605588
    Abandoned
  25. Barbour County Surface
    Surface coal · Grafton Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605766
    Abandoned
  26. Barbour Mine
    Surface coal · Barbour Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602326
    Abandoned
  27. Bcs Loadout
    Surface coal · Beckley Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 4605900
    Abandoned
  28. Beaver Creek
    Surface coal · Nesco Inc · MSHA ID 4608538
    Abandoned
  29. Belington Mining Company
    Surface coal · Belington Mining Company · MSHA ID 4606600
    Abandoned
  30. Bell Mining Tipple
    Surface coal · Bell Mining Company · MSHA ID 4602463
    Abandoned
  31. Berryburg Mine
    Underground coal · Konya Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4608533
    Abandoned and Sealed
  32. Berryburg No 1 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · King Knob Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602839
    Abandoned
  33. Berryburgh Mine
    Underground coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605916
    Abandoned
  34. Betty Ray Mine
    Underground coal · Betty Ray Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603208
    Abandoned
  35. Boulder Mine
    Underground coal · Elkay Mining Company · MSHA ID 4604294
    Abandoned and Sealed
  36. Brownton Strip
    Surface coal · Garbart Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603878
    Abandoned
  37. Bruce Mine
    Surface coal · Badger Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603752
    Abandoned
  38. Buck Run Pit #6
    Surface coal · Cross Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603514
    Abandoned
  39. Buckhannon Foreign Sales #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Buckhannon Foreign Sales Inc · MSHA ID 4606516
    Abandoned and Sealed
  40. Cardinal Mine-Strip
    Surface coal · Scott Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604074
    Abandoned
  41. Central Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Badger Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604048
    Abandoned
  42. Century #1
    Surface coal · United Coals, Inc. · MSHA ID 4608965
    Abandoned
  43. Century 101
    Facility coal · Energy Marketing Co Inc · MSHA ID 4608138
    Abandoned
  44. Century Deep Mine
    Underground coal · Roblee Coal Company · MSHA ID 4609145
    Abandoned and Sealed
  45. Charity Fork
    Underground coal · Global Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4608420
    Abandoned
  46. Chieftain #1
    Surface coal · Chieftain Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 4604134
    Abandoned
  47. Circle H Farms
    Surface coal · Circle H Farms · MSHA ID 4607002
    Abandoned and Sealed
  48. Colby Coal Co Inc
    Surface coal · Colby Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608093
    Abandoned
  49. Consolidated No 1
    Underground coal · Consolidated Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4606274
    Abandoned and Sealed
  50. Corder No 2 Strip
    Surface coal · Star Construction Company · MSHA ID 4605158
    Abandoned
  51. Corder Strip
    Surface coal · Lang Brothers · MSHA ID 4605655
    Abandoned
  52. Cove Deep
    Underground coal · Shiloh Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608052
    Abandoned and Sealed
  53. Cove Site
    Surface coal · Nesco Inc · MSHA ID 4607661
    Abandoned
  54. Elkmar No 1
    Facility coal · Elkmar Mining & Supply · MSHA ID 4607611
    Abandoned
  55. Fairmont Energy Mine #2
    Underground coal · Bishoff Brothers Inc. · MSHA ID 4608928
    Abandoned and Sealed
  56. Frye-Ko No 1
    Facility coal · Frye-Ko Tipple Inc · MSHA ID 4603278
    Abandoned
  57. Gage Tipple
    Facility coal · Maple Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605802
    Abandoned
  58. Gage Tipple
    Facility coal · Lambert Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606444
    Abandoned
  59. Glory B Mine
    Underground coal · Glory Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604462
    Abandoned
  60. Gnatty Creek
    Surface coal · Bridgeport Mining Company · MSHA ID 4606186
    Abandoned
  61. Golden Eagle-Barbour #1
    Surface coal · Quail Hollow Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607100
    Abandoned
  62. H W & C #2 Mine
    Underground coal · H W & C Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606141
    Abandoned and Sealed
  63. Hathaway Mine
    Surface coal · W A Ryder Contracting Company Inc9 · MSHA ID 4605438
    Abandoned
  64. Hensley Mine No 1
    Underground coal · S E Y Company · MSHA ID 4605699
    Abandoned
  65. Hw & C #4 Mine
    Underground coal · H W & C Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606241
    Abandoned and Sealed
  66. Hw&C Mine No 3
    Underground coal · H W & C Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606929
    Abandoned and Sealed
  67. Indian Fork
    Surface coal · 92 Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4606595
    Abandoned
  68. Indian Tipple
    Facility coal · Bethlehem Mines Corp · MSHA ID 4603235
    Abandoned
  69. Isaac's Run Mine #1 Deep
    Underground coal · United Coals, Inc. · MSHA ID 4609233
    Abandoned
  70. Isaacs Run HWM
    Surface coal · ICG ADDCAR Systems LLC · MSHA ID 0504775
    Abandoned
  71. Jerry Stalnakr Coal Co Inc
    Surface coal · Jerry Stalnaker Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608349
    Abandoned
  72. Jersey No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Lewis Coal & Coke Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605263
    Abandoned
  73. Johnstown No 1
    Surface coal · Bridgeport Mining Company · MSHA ID 4608112
    Abandoned and Sealed
  74. Junior Mine
    Surface coal · Mountaineer Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 4604486
    Abandoned
  75. Keeley No 7 Surface
    Surface coal · Keeley Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 4604085
    Abandoned
  76. Keister Coal Company #1
    Surface coal · Keister Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605683
    Abandoned
  77. Kitty No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Blondy Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608280
    Abandoned and Sealed
  78. Kodiak No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Kodiak Mining Company · MSHA ID 4604163
    Abandoned
  79. M & S Auger
    Surface coal · M & S Auger Mining Company · MSHA ID 4605518
    Abandoned
  80. Mabie Tipple
    Surface coal · La Rosa Fuel Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602671
    Abandoned
  81. Majestic Strip
    Surface coal · Garbart Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603868
    Abandoned
  82. Majesty Coal Co
    Facility coal · Majesty Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603978
    Abandoned
  83. Marion Docks Inc
    Surface coal · Marion Docks Inc · MSHA ID 4609385
    Abandoned
  84. Mine #37 King Knob
    Surface coal · King Knob Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602684
    Abandoned
  85. Mine 105-A
    Underground coal · Twoinone Coal Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 4602177
    Abandoned and Sealed
  86. Mine 108-I Pitt
    Underground coal · Roblee Coal Company · MSHA ID 4609116
    Abandoned and Sealed
  87. Mine No 10
    Underground coal · H W & C Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608501
    Abandoned and Sealed
  88. Mine No 105-A
    Underground coal · Rauer Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4606505
    Abandoned and Sealed
  89. Mine No 108I
    Underground coal · Roblee Coal Company · MSHA ID 4608074
    Abandoned and Sealed
  90. Mine No 2
    Underground coal · Perry Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601826
    Abandoned
  91. Navajo No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Navajo Fuel · MSHA ID 4604447
    Abandoned
  92. No 1
    Surface coal · Higgins Auger Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604354
    Abandoned
  93. No 1 Mine
    Surface coal · C & B Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604745
    Abandoned
  94. No 1 Mine
    Surface coal · M & M Limestone Inc · MSHA ID 4604746
    Abandoned
  95. No 1 Mine
    Surface coal · Treyco Inc · MSHA ID 4605758
    Abandoned
  96. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Barbour Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602325
    Abandoned
  97. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Queen Brothers Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602429
    Abandoned
  98. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Carbona Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4602555
    Abandoned
  99. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Brownton Fuel Company · MSHA ID 4603119
    Abandoned
  100. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Keeley Construction Company · MSHA ID 4603213
    Abandoned
  101. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Bruce Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4604047
    Abandoned
  102. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · C J Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4604262
    Abandoned
  103. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Loyal Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605076
    Abandoned
  104. No 1 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Scott Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602582
    Abandoned
  105. No 1 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Tait Mining Company · MSHA ID 4602720
    Abandoned
  106. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Sugar Creek Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604147
    Abandoned
  107. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Capitol Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605667
    Abandoned
  108. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Armel Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605910
    Abandoned
  109. No 1 Tipple
    Facility coal · Wesgin Mining Company · MSHA ID 4603237
    Abandoned
  110. No 10-A
    Underground coal · Miami Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601264
    Abandoned
  111. No 101 Tipple
    Facility coal · Petitto Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 4603234
    Abandoned
  112. No 108
    Underground coal · Global Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4603887
    Abandoned and Sealed
  113. No 11
    Underground coal · Dexcar Queen Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4601258
    Abandoned
  114. No 12-Mine
    Underground coal · Dexcar Queen Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603768
    Abandoned
  115. No 2
    Underground coal · Fairtex Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604164
    Abandoned
  116. No 2 Mine
    Surface coal · King Knob Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602366
    Abandoned
  117. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Mohawk Fuel Inc · MSHA ID 4603296
    Abandoned
  118. No 2a
    Underground coal · Ford Run Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601620
    Abandoned
  119. No 3
    Underground coal · Johnson Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601890
    Abandoned
  120. No 3 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · King Knob Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602337
    Abandoned
  121. No 3 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Barbour Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602882
    Abandoned
  122. No 3 Ug
    Underground coal · Blain Leach Coal Company · MSHA ID 4600167
    Abandoned
  123. No 4 Strip
    Surface coal · Barbour Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602883
    Abandoned
  124. No 4 Strip
    Surface coal · Tri-Century Corp · MSHA ID 4606420
    Abandoned
  125. No 5 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Queen Brothers Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602694
    Abandoned
  126. No 7 Mine
    Underground coal · Kent Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4601846
    Abandoned
  127. Number 1 Surface
    Surface coal · M & N Contracting Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605011
    Abandoned
  128. Patriot Mining Company Inc
    Facility coal · Patriot Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608391
    Abandoned
  129. Peel Tree #1
    Underground coal · Central West Virginia Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4601897
    Abandoned
  130. Peel Tree #3
    Underground coal · Central West Virginia Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4603239
    Abandoned
  131. Peeltree No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Central West Virginia Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4601992
    Abandoned
  132. Pepper Job
    Surface coal · Shiloh Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608946
    Abandoned
  133. Pepper Mine
    Surface coal · Shiloh Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 4602328
    Abandoned and Sealed
  134. Pepper No 3 Tipple
    Facility coal · C & W Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606739
    Abandoned
  135. Pepper No 4 Tipple
    Surface coal · C & W Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603215
    Abandoned
  136. Philippi Mine
    Underground coal · Stanley Industries, Inc. · MSHA ID 4607260
    Abandoned
  137. Philippi Mining Co
    Surface coal · Philippi Mining Company · MSHA ID 4607645
    Abandoned
  138. Pit No 1
    Surface coal · Cross Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606238
    Abandoned
  139. Princess Patty #2
    Surface coal · Princess Patty Mining Company · MSHA ID 4605875
    Abandoned
  140. Queen #14 Mine
    Underground coal · Dexcar Queen Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606010
    Abandoned and Sealed
  141. Queen No 10 Ug
    Underground coal · Dexcar Queen Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4601259
    Abandoned
  142. Queen No 13
    Underground coal · Dexcar Queen Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604367
    Abandoned and Sealed
  143. Redstone No 4
    Underground coal · C & W Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4601883
    Abandoned and Sealed
  144. Redstone No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · C & W Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605080
    Abandoned and Sealed
  145. Renee 3
    Underground coal · Tait Mining Company · MSHA ID 4601765
    Abandoned
  146. Richmond & Cline Surface
    Surface coal · Harman Construction Inc · MSHA ID 4605520
    Abandoned
  147. Roberta No 2
    Facility coal · Scott Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606355
    Abandoned
  148. Rocky Road Company #1 Strip
    Surface coal · Nada Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604832
    Abandoned
  149. Ruby 4
    Underground coal · Ohio Mining Co · MSHA ID 4601925
    Abandoned
  150. Ruby No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · Ohio Mining Co · MSHA ID 4603257
    Abandoned and Sealed

…and 15 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 195
Adit 123
P2 Dangerous Highwalls 64
P3 High Wall 49
P2 Dangerous Impoundments 36
P2 Portals 32
P3 Gobs 21
P1 Subsidence 19
P3 Water Problems 19
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 18
P2 Clogged Streams 16
P2 Dangerous Slides 15
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 15
P3 Spoil Area 8
P3 Equipment Facility 7
P1 Clogged Streams 7
P1 Portals 6
P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial 6
Tipple 5
P2 Vertical Openings 5
P3 Mine Opening 5
P1 Dangerous Slides 5
P3 Haul Road 4
P2 Subsidence 4
P3 Slump 4
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 3
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies 3
P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 3
Disturbed Surface 3
P2 Industrial/Residential Waste 3
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption 2
Mine Dump 2
Quarry 2
P1 Polluted Water: Human Consumption 2
P1 Surface Burning 2
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 2
P1 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial 1
P1 Dangerous Highwalls 1
Problem type not recorded 1
Strip Mine 1
P3 Industrial/Residential Waste 1
Mine Shaft 1
P3 Pits 1
P1 Vertical Openings 1
P1 Dangerous Impoundments 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.