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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Nicholas County, West Virginia

Nicholas County, West Virginia has 455 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1908–1997, including 56 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts). OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 116 problems in the county, 83 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 492 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Nicholas 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)
455
Mine openings
56
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
83
MSHA mines marked abandoned
492
0 features carry a name0 prospect pits24 quadrangle maps, published 1908–1997 116 OSMRE problems, 33 reclaimed 158 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
    78 13.7%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    370 64.8%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    4 0.7%
  4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    29 5.1%
  5. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    20 3.5%
  6. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    70 12.3%
OSMRE abandoned mine land problems116 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
Bearpen Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Beaver Creek Complex P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Beaver Creek Complex P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities In Reclamation
Bentree (ferrell) Portal P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Bentree Highwall #1 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Bentree Highwall #1 P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Big Hollow Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Birch River Waterline Extension P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
BRUSHY MEADOW CREEK Highwall "B" P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
BRUSHY MEADOW CREEK Highwall "B" P3 Industrial/Residential Waste In Reclamation
Brushy Meadow Creek Highwall "C" P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Brushy Meadow Creek Highwall"a" P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Brushy Meadow Creek Highwall"a" P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Cambria (nicholas Co.) Portals P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Cambria (nicholas Co.) Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Car Highwall "A" P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Car Highwall "A" P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Cherry River Mine P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Cherry River Mine P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Cherry River Mine P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Cherry River Mine P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Cherry River Mine P3 Other Reclamation Pending
Chestnut Lick Run Impoundments P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Clear Creek Highwall "b" P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Coal Hollow Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Craigsville PSD-Tioga Waterline Ext P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption In Reclamation
Curtin Structures P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Curtin Structures P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Curtin Structures P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Dille Widen Waterline Extension P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Drennen (deal) Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Fenwick (church) P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Green Valley Hgh "c" P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Green Valley Hgh "c" P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Green Valley Hghw A P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Green Valley Hghw A P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Green Valley Hghw A P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Holcomb (Lambert) Burning Refuse P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Holcomb (Wilson) Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Holcomb Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Hominy Falls Highwall "b" P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Hominy Falls Highwalls P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
James Bennett H.w. P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Jetsville Complex P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Jetsville Complex P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities In Reclamation
Jetsville Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Leivasy (Dorsey) Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Leivasy (miller) Vo P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Leivasy (mullins) Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Leivasy (mullins) Refuse Pile P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial Reclamation Pending
Levisay (amick) Blowout P1 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Lockwood Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Lockwood Highwall P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Lockwood Highwall "b P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Lyonsville Highwall P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Lyonsville Highwall "A" P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Mccorkle (clark) Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Mcmillion Creek, Hookersville, Spru P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Mt. Urim Baptist P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Muddelty "water" Drainage P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Muddlety Creek Hgh"a P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Muddlety Creek Highwall "B" P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Muddlety Creek Refuse P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Muddlety Creek Refuse P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Nettie-Leivasy PSD (Carl-Green Vall P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Panther Creek (spade) Airshaft P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Panther Creek (spade) Airshaft P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Panther Creek (spade) Airshaft P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Panther Creek (spade) Airshaft P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Quinwood (white) Draining Portals P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Richwood "chapman" Burning Refuse P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Richwood (hall) Draining Portals P1 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Right Fork Highwall P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Roaring Creek Highwall P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Roaring Creek Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Robert E. Kincaid P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Rt. 20 Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
RT. 39/PETERS CREEK WL Ext. (BELVA P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption In Reclamation
Saxman Coke Ovens P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Saxman Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Saxman Refuse Pile P2 Portals In Reclamation
Shant Branch Portals P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Shant Branch Portals P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Shant Branch Portals P2 Portals In Reclamation
Snow Hill Waterline Extension P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Sugar Camp Highwall "A" P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Sugarcamp Run Burning Refuse P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Sugarcamp Run Burning Refuse P2 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Sugarcamp Run Burning Refuse Emerge P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Sugarcamp Run Highwall "B" P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Summersville (Brown) Dangerous Impo P1 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Summersville (Liddle) Portal P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Summersville Drainage P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Taylor Creek North Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Tioga (Bell) Portal P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Tioga Strip Highwalls P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Tioga Strip Highwalls P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Tioga Strip Highwalls P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Tioga Strip Highwalls P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Tioga Strip Highwalls P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Pending
Tioga Strip Highwalls P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Tioga Strip Highwalls P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Turkey Creek Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Twenty Mile (cottrell) Drng Portals P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Upper Laurel Run Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Vaughan Slide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Werth (Starcher) Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Werth Highwalls & Spoil P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Werth Highwalls & Spoil P3 Other In Reclamation
Werth Highwalls & Spoil P3 Other Reclamation Completed
Werth Highwalls & Spoil P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Whitebuck Knob Complex P2 Dangerous Impoundments In Reclamation
Whitebuck Knob Complex P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities In Reclamation
Whitebuck Knob Complex P2 Portals In Reclamation
Whitewater Branch Drainage P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Wilderness PSD County Rt. 9 WL Ext. P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed

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 Abandoned492 on register
  1. #1 Loading Facility (2)
    Facility coal · J Moar Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4606976
    Abandoned
  2. #1 Mine
    Underground coal · D & D Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602089
    Abandoned
  3. #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Vickie Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4606949
    Abandoned and Sealed
  4. #1 Strip
    Surface coal · Fenco Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607274
    Abandoned
  5. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Gauley Eagle Holdings Inc · MSHA ID 4602724
    Abandoned
  6. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Prosperity Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4606912
    Abandoned
  7. #1 Surface & Auger
    Surface coal · Burning Rock Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4607434
    Abandoned
  8. #1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · G & W Equipment Leasing Inc · MSHA ID 4606460
    Abandoned
  9. #1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Cottle Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606652
    Abandoned
  10. #1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Bo Mac Ltd · MSHA ID 4607228
    Abandoned
  11. #2 Auger
    Surface coal · Burning Rock Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4607787
    Abandoned
  12. #2 Dorsey
    Underground coal · Hill Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4606384
    Abandoned and Sealed
  13. #2 Mine
    Underground coal · Clell Key Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606999
    Abandoned and Sealed
  14. #2 Surface
    Surface coal · Excel Development Inc · MSHA ID 4604528
    Abandoned
  15. #2 Surface
    Surface coal · Technology Production Inc · MSHA ID 4605415
    Abandoned
  16. #2 Surface
    Surface coal · Triple A Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4606617
    Abandoned
  17. #3 Ug
    Underground coal · Rifson Coal Company · MSHA ID 4600964
    Abandoned
  18. #7 Mine
    Underground coal · Jo Car Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4607093
    Abandoned and Sealed
  19. #7 Ug
    Underground coal · L G Amick Coal Company · MSHA ID 4600961
    Abandoned
  20. #8 Mine
    Underground coal · C R Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4607158
    Abandoned and Sealed
  21. #9 Ug
    Underground coal · George Coal Company · MSHA ID 4600944
    Abandoned
  22. 5 Block Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Terry Eagle Coal Company Llc · MSHA ID 4608170
    Abandoned and Sealed
  23. 5 Block Surface Mine No 1
    Surface coal · A & E Const Inc · MSHA ID 4609139
    Abandoned
  24. 8 Brothers Reclamation
    Surface coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604671
    Abandoned
  25. A & B Thomas Mine #1
    Underground coal · Brock Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4606713
    Abandoned and Sealed
  26. A M Y Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Costain Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4607922
    Abandoned
  27. Ace Surface Mine No 5
    Surface coal · Ace Equipment Rentals Company · MSHA ID 4605032
    Abandoned
  28. Ace Surface No 4
    Surface coal · Ace Equipment Rentals Company · MSHA ID 4605050
    Abandoned
  29. Alco #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Alco Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607388
    Abandoned and Sealed
  30. American Coal No 1 (1)
    Underground coal · American Coal Resource Inc · MSHA ID 4601735
    Abandoned and Sealed
  31. Auger #1
    Surface coal · White Water Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607258
    Abandoned and Sealed
  32. Auger #1
    Surface coal · Hickory Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4607608
    Abandoned
  33. Bald Eagle No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Terry Eagle Coal Company Llc · MSHA ID 4604139
    Abandoned and Sealed
  34. BAM 4 Auger
    Surface coal · Bundy Auger Mining, Inc · MSHA ID 4608608
    Abandoned and Sealed
  35. Bear Run
    Surface coal · Mc Cullough Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608435
    Abandoned
  36. Bear Run Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Delta Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4602302
    Abandoned
  37. Bearpen Surface Mine
    Surface coal · ICG Eastern LLC · MSHA ID 4609220
    Abandoned
  38. Beaver Mine
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604097
    Abandoned and Sealed
  39. Beech Glen Loadout
    Facility coal · Peerless Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 4606927
    Abandoned
  40. Beech Glen Mine No 2
    Underground coal · Relgis Inc · MSHA ID 4606963
    Abandoned and Sealed
  41. Beech Run Surface
    Surface coal · Fayette Land & Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4604999
    Abandoned
  42. Bells Creek Mine #1
    Underground coal · Terry Eagle Coal Company Llc · MSHA ID 4607639
    Abandoned and Sealed
  43. Bells Creek Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Terry Eagle Coal Company Llc · MSHA ID 4607900
    Abandoned
  44. Belmont #1
    Surface coal · Belmont Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 4606580
    Abandoned
  45. Big Bull Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Becks Run Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605356
    Abandoned and Sealed
  46. Big-Un No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Rock Run Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604342
    Abandoned and Sealed
  47. Billie Ridge Surface
    Surface coal · Webster County Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605146
    Abandoned
  48. Birch Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Adkins Brothers Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4606774
    Abandoned and Sealed
  49. Birch Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Grafton Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607097
    Abandoned
  50. Black Diamond Mine #17 Surface
    Surface coal · Black Diamond Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606148
    Abandoned
  51. Black Pearl Underground Mine
    Underground coal · Atlantic Leaseco, LLC · MSHA ID 4609289
    Abandoned and Sealed
  52. Blackberry Coalburg
    Underground coal · Alex Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4609262
    Abandoned
  53. Brushy Meadow Creek
    Underground coal · L & K Miller Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607496
    Abandoned and Sealed
  54. Buck Garden Strip
    Surface coal · G & L Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607106
    Abandoned
  55. Bucks Garden Auger
    Surface coal · C C Conley & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 4603428
    Abandoned
  56. Bucks Garden Strip
    Surface coal · C C Conley & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 4603275
    Abandoned
  57. C C Conley & Sons Auger
    Surface coal · Stear Auger Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607925
    Abandoned and Sealed
  58. C-2 Mine
    Underground coal · Pehem Industries Inc · MSHA ID 4608556
    Abandoned and Sealed
  59. Calvin Auger
    Surface coal · Stear Auger Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607882
    Abandoned
  60. Calvin Auger
    Surface coal · Bundy Auger Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608711
    Abandoned
  61. Cari Eagle #3
    Underground coal · Divita Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607713
    Abandoned and Sealed
  62. Cari Eagle No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Terry Eagle Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605865
    Abandoned and Sealed
  63. Cari Eagle No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Terry Eagle Coal Company Llc · MSHA ID 4606583
    Abandoned and Sealed
  64. Cari Eagle No 2-A
    Underground coal · Terry Eagle Coal Company Llc · MSHA ID 4607712
    Abandoned and Sealed
  65. Cherry No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604572
    Abandoned
  66. Cherry River #2
    Surface coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602497
    Abandoned
  67. Chestnut Mine
    Underground coal · Gauley Eagle Holdings Inc · MSHA ID 4606955
    Abandoned and Sealed
  68. Chestnut Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Webster County Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604532
    Abandoned
  69. Christopher No 1
    Underground coal · Terry Eagle Coal Company Llc · MSHA ID 4603356
    Abandoned and Sealed
  70. Clear Fork Underground Mine
    Underground coal · ERP Environmental Fund, Inc. · MSHA ID 4601459
    Abandoned
  71. Coal Yard
    Facility coal · Peerless Eagle Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607250
    Abandoned
  72. Coalburg No A-5 Mine
    Underground coal · Leah Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608450
    Abandoned
  73. Cottle Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Pocahontas Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4608178
    Abandoned
  74. Cross Lane Strip Mine
    Surface coal · C C Conley & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 4602235
    Abandoned
  75. Cross Lanes Eagle Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Terry Eagle Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606695
    Abandoned and Sealed
  76. Deep Mine No 2
    Underground coal · Triple A Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4606700
    Abandoned and Sealed
  77. Derosier Tipple
    Facility coal · J & H Corp · MSHA ID 4605876
    Abandoned
  78. Diamond J Mining
    Underground coal · Diamond J Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4605727
    Abandoned and Sealed
  79. Dille #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Hemco Coal Management Corp · MSHA ID 4605736
    Abandoned
  80. Dinah #1 (Surface)
    Surface coal · Use Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4605464
    Abandoned
  81. Dingess Run Strip
    Surface coal · Inter-Mountain Resources Corp · MSHA ID 4608033
    Abandoned and Sealed
  82. Donegan #1 Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602183
    Abandoned
  83. Donegan #10 Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602184
    Abandoned
  84. Donegan 10-B Mine
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603952
    Abandoned and Sealed
  85. Donegan 10/A
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602071
    Abandoned and Sealed
  86. Donegan No 10
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601466
    Abandoned
  87. Douglas Eagle Mine No 3
    Underground coal · Warren Eagle Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603858
    Abandoned
  88. Douglas Eagle No 2
    Underground coal · Iron City Eagle Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601639
    Abandoned
  89. Drennen No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Drennen Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4606707
    Abandoned
  90. Drennen Tipple
    Facility coal · Drennan Tipple Corp · MSHA ID 4605957
    Abandoned
  91. E & J No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Dell Mining Company · MSHA ID 4605581
    Abandoned
  92. Eagle #1 Tipple
    Facility coal · Catherine Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4606541
    Abandoned
  93. Eagle Fuel No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Black Diamond Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605390
    Abandoned
  94. Eagle Mine
    Underground coal · Mountaineer Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 4605208
    Abandoned and Sealed
  95. Ellen Sue Coals
    Surface coal · Ellen Sue Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4606586
    Abandoned
  96. Eller Auger
    Surface coal · Stear Auger Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608314
    Abandoned
  97. Eller No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Eller Inc · MSHA ID 4606670
    Abandoned
  98. Eller No 2 Surface (1)
    Surface coal · Eller Inc · MSHA ID 4605864
    Abandoned
  99. Enoch Branch No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Peerless Eagle Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607909
    Abandoned
  100. Enon Auger
    Surface coal · Stear Auger Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607616
    Abandoned and Sealed
  101. Enon Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Triple A Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4607548
    Abandoned
  102. Ferguson 1-A
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607801
    Abandoned and Sealed
  103. Ferguson No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Ray Todd Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603392
    Abandoned and Sealed
  104. Five Block Deep Mine No 2
    Underground coal · Terry Eagle Coal Company Llc · MSHA ID 4608350
    Abandoned and Sealed
  105. Flanagan Surface
    Surface coal · T & P Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606385
    Abandoned
  106. Flanagan Surface #3
    Surface coal · Level Land Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607127
    Abandoned
  107. Flying Eagle Mine
    Underground coal · Alex Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4608576
    Abandoned
  108. Freedom
    Underground coal · Peerless Eagle Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607699
    Abandoned and Sealed
  109. Freeport Mine No 1b
    Underground coal · Tygart Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607498
    Abandoned and Sealed
  110. Gilboa Auger
    Surface coal · Stear Auger Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608243
    Abandoned
  111. Gp Blue Knob Surface
    Surface coal · Coastal Coal-West Virginia Llc · MSHA ID 4606947
    Abandoned
  112. Grassy Creek No 1
    Underground coal · White Buck Coal Company · MSHA ID 4608365
    Abandoned and Sealed
  113. Grassy Creek No 2
    Underground coal · White Buck Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601474
    Abandoned and Sealed
  114. Greendale #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Greendale Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4606674
    Abandoned
  115. H & A No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · H & A Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605525
    Abandoned
  116. Hamrick Run Coal Co #2
    Underground coal · Hamrick Run Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607221
    Abandoned and Sealed
  117. Harrison Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Terry Eagle Coal Company Llc · MSHA ID 4607898
    Abandoned
  118. Holcomb Mine
    Underground coal · Lady H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4601931
    Abandoned and Sealed
  119. Hominey Creek Surface
    Surface coal · Webster County Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604970
    Abandoned
  120. Hominy Creek Mine
    Underground coal · White Buck Coal Company · MSHA ID 4609266
    Abandoned and Sealed
  121. Hope #1
    Underground coal · Ann-Grey Industries Ltd · MSHA ID 4607121
    Abandoned and Sealed
  122. Hutchinson Branch Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Terry Eagle Coal Company Llc · MSHA ID 4607899
    Abandoned and Sealed
  123. Ike Fork 5 Block Deep Mine
    Underground coal · Straight Arrow Ventures, LLC · MSHA ID 4609420
    Abandoned
  124. Invesco Mine #52
    Surface coal · Invesco International Corp Of Alabama · MSHA ID 4606243
    Abandoned
  125. J And R No 1 Ug
    Underground coal · 43 Mining Co · MSHA ID 4601458
    Abandoned
  126. Jbm Peerless Tipple (2)
    Facility coal · Upper Laurel Company · MSHA ID 4603286
    Abandoned
  127. Jerrys Fork Mine
    Underground coal · Hobet Mining & Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603979
    Abandoned
  128. Jessica Mine
    Underground coal · Ga-Ran Corp · MSHA ID 4605681
    Abandoned
  129. Jink'S Auger No 2
    Surface coal · Stear Auger Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607993
    Abandoned
  130. Justice
    Underground coal · Peerless Eagle Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603851
    Abandoned and Sealed
  131. K & B Auger
    Surface coal · Stear Auger Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607816
    Abandoned and Sealed
  132. K & B No 5
    Surface coal · K & B Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607286
    Abandoned
  133. K & B No 6
    Surface coal · K & B Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607004
    Abandoned
  134. K & P
    Surface coal · Vandalia Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4607906
    Abandoned
  135. K S T Mine No 2 Surface
    Surface coal · Kst Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605929
    Abandoned
  136. Kerstan No 1
    Underground coal · Kerstan Corp · MSHA ID 4605357
    Abandoned and Sealed
  137. King Coal No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Atlantic Leaseco LLC · MSHA ID 4609184
    Abandoned and Sealed
  138. King Coal Surface Mine No 1
    Surface coal · Atlantic Leaseco LLC · MSHA ID 4607942
    Abandoned and Sealed
  139. L & R #1 Mine (Surface)
    Surface coal · L & R Equipment Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607180
    Abandoned
  140. Lady Monica
    Underground coal · Winsor Pitman Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606569
    Abandoned and Sealed
  141. Laurel No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604546
    Abandoned
  142. Laurel No 1 Mine
    Surface coal · Resources Limited LLC · MSHA ID 4609025
    Abandoned
  143. Laurel No 2 Mine
    Surface coal · Resources Limited LLC · MSHA ID 4609250
    Abandoned
  144. Laurel No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604548
    Abandoned
  145. Laurel No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604549
    Abandoned
  146. Lawrence T Beckerle
    Surface coal · Lawrence T Beckerle · MSHA ID 4606770
    Abandoned
  147. Left Fork No. 1 Deep Mine
    Underground coal · ICG Eastern LLC · MSHA ID 4609373
    Abandoned and Sealed
  148. Liberty
    Underground coal · Peerless Eagle Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601616
    Abandoned and Sealed
  149. Lilly Branch Auger Mine
    Surface coal · Bundy Auger Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608770
    Abandoned
  150. Lilly Branch Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Chicopee Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608723
    Abandoned

…and 342 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 320
Adit 55
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 39
P2 Dangerous Highwalls 31
P2 Portals 15
Tipple 12
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 9
P2 Dangerous Impoundments 9
Disturbed Surface 9
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 8
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption 8
Tailings - Pond 7
P1 Surface Burning 5
P1 Portals 5
P3 Gobs 5
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 4
P3 Other 3
P1 Dangerous Impoundments 3
Mine Dump 3
P1 Vertical Openings 2
P1 Dangerous Slides 2
P3 Spoil Area 2
Mine Dump 2
Open Pit Mine 2
P1 Subsidence 1
P2 Clogged Streams 1
P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial 1
P3 High Wall 1
P2 Surface Burning 1
Tailings - Undifferentiated 1
Mine Shaft 1
P3 Industrial/Residential Waste 1
P2 Dangerous Slides 1
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies 1
P2 Clogged Stream Lands 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.