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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Raleigh County, West Virginia

Raleigh County, West Virginia has 812 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1911–1996, including 237 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts); 4 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 381 problems in the county, 172 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 396 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Raleigh 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)
812
Mine openings
237
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
172
MSHA mines marked abandoned
396
4 features carry a name0 prospect pits29 quadrangle maps, published 1911–1996 381 OSMRE problems, 209 reclaimed 153 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
    326 27.3%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    471 39.5%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    17 1.4%
  4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    127 10.6%
  5. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    64 5.4%
  6. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    187 15.7%
  7. Other
    symbols outside the classes above
    1 0.1%
Named features on the maps4 named · from the USGS compilation
Name on map Feature
Exhibition Mine Adit
Exhibition Mine Adit
Former Mine Strip Mine area
Former Mine 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 problems381 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
Abney (buckley) Vertical Openings P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Abney Refuse Piles P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Abney Refuse Piles P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Affinity Mine Dump P2 Clogged Stream Lands In Reclamation
Alderson Branch Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Alderson Branch Refuse Pile P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Alderson Branch Refuse Pile P2 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Completed
Alderson Branch Refuse Pile P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Ameagle Complex P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Ameagle Complex P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Ameagle Complex P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Ameagle Refuse Piles P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Ameagle Refuse Piles P3 Other Reclamation Completed
Ameagle Refuse Piles P3 Other Reclamation Pending
Amigo "reed" Clogged Stream P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Amigo (blanchard) Burning Refuse P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Amigo Abandoned Stru P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Amigo Abandoned Stru P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Amigo Abandoned Stru P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Amigo Portals P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Amigo Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Amigo Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Amigo Refuse Pile P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Amigo Refuse Pile P2 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Bailey Branch Complex P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities In Reclamation
Bailey Branch Complex P3 Gobs In Reclamation
Beaver (Hornsby) Subsidence P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Beaver (Hornsby) Subsidence P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Beaver (lucas) Slide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Beckley "layne" Portal P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Beckley "layne" Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Beckley "tilley" Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Beckley (bridi) Vo P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Beckley (Busy Bee) Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Beckley (greever) Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Beckley (Halsey) Subsidence P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Beckley (Lewis) Subsidence P1 Subsidence In Reclamation
Beckley (st. John) Subsidence P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Beckley (Sweatman) Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Beckley Moose Lodge Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Beckley Soccer Complex P1 Portals In Reclamation
Beckley Soccer Complex P1 Subsidence In Reclamation
Beckley Soccer Complex P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Beckley Soccer Fields Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Beckley Ymca Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Bennett Open Portal P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Berry Branch Drainage P1 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Big Stick Mine Dump P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Big Stick Mine Dump P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Big Stick Mine Dump P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Big Stick Mine Dump P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Birchton Refuse Pile P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Bowyer Creek Highwal P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Buffy Structures P3 Equipment Facility Reclamation Pending
Crab Orchard " Mullins" Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Crab Orchard " Mullins" Subsidence P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Crab Orchard "graham" V.o. & Subs. P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Crab Orchard "graham" V.o. & Subs. P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Crab Orchard (acklin) Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Crab Orchard (Cernuto) Subsidence E P1 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Crab Orchard (Chada) Subsidence-E P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Crab Orchard (farrell) Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Crab Orchard (milam) Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Crab Orchard (mullins) Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Crab Orchard (Myers) Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Crab Orchard (price) Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Crab Orchard (Ratliff) Subsidence P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Crab Orchard (rye) Sub V, Vi, Vii P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Crab Orchard (rye) Subs. Iv P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Crab Orchard (rye) Subsidence Ii P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Crab Orchard (scarfino) Burning Ref P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Crab Orchard (sparks) V.o. P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Cranberry Creek Refuse P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Cranberry Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Cranberry Refuse Pile P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Cranberry Refuse Pile P2 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Completed
Cranberry Refuse Pile P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Daniels (copley) Portal P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Devil's Fork (reed) Burning Refuse P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Dorothy (dillon) Drainage P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Dorothy (gibson) Mine Subsidence P2 Subsidence In Reclamation
Drews Creek (wilfong P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Drews Creek A Highwall P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Drews Creek A Highwall P2 Dangerous Impoundments In Reclamation
Drews Creek A Highwall P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Drews Creek A Highwall P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Drews Creek Dangerous Impoundment P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Drews Creek/Peachtree Creek Waterli P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Dunloup Creek (Hicks) Vertical Open P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Dunloup Creek Comple P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Dunloup Creek Comple P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Dunloup Creek Comple P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
East Gulf Refuse Pile P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
East Gulf Refuse Pile P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
East Gulf Refuse Pile P3 Other In Reclamation
Eccles P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Eccles "daniels" Subsidence P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Eccles (hicks) Vertical Opening P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Eccles (hicks) Vertical Opening P3 Other In Reclamation
Eccles (mcginnis) Subsidence 2 P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Eccles Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Ellis Creek Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Ellis Creek Impound P3 Equipment Facility Reclamation Pending
Eunice (lykens) Burning Refuse P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Eunice (sprouse) Open Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Eunice Complex P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Eunice Complex P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Eunice Complex P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Eunice Complex P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Farley Branch Coal Refuse Area A P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Farley Branch Coal Refuse Area B P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Farley Branch Coal Refuse Area C P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Fireco Refuse Piles P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Fireco Refuse Piles P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Fireco Refuse Piles P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Fireco Refuse Piles P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Fireco Refuse Piles P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Fulton (petry) Portals P2 Portals In Reclamation
Glen Morgan "lilly" Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Glen Morgan (lilly) P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Glen White (goodall) Burning Refuse P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Glen White (hypes) Vo P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Glen White Air Shaft P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Glen White Trap Hill WL Ext 326 P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Glen White Trap Hill WL Ext 345 P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Glen White/Trap Hill PSD Parsons WL P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Hazy Creek P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Hazy Creek (sprouse) Portal P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Hazy Creek (sprouse) Portal P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Hazy Creek \ P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Hazy Creek #3 Dump P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Hazy Creek #3 Dump P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Helen "b" Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Helen "b" Refuse Pile P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Helen "b" Refuse Pile P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Helen "cadle" Open Portal P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Helen (lewis) Refuse P2 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Helen (lewis) Refuse P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Completed
Helen (summe) Drainage P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Helen Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Helen Portals P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Helen Portals P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Helen Portals P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Helen Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Helen Refuse Pile P1 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Helen Vertical Shaft P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Helen Vertical Shaft P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Helen Vertical Shaft P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Hope School Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Horsepen Ridge Refuse Pil P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed

…and 231 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 Abandoned396 on register
  1. #1
    Underground coal · Clover Leaf Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606118
    Abandoned and Sealed
  2. #1 Coal Pile
    Surface coal · T & T Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606312
    Abandoned
  3. #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Chafe Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606136
    Abandoned and Sealed
  4. #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Noble Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606677
    Abandoned and Sealed
  5. #1 Refuse Pile
    Surface coal · Mc Alpin Processing Inc · MSHA ID 4606635
    Abandoned
  6. #1 Strip
    Surface coal · Jan Coal & Coke Inc · MSHA ID 4607606
    Abandoned
  7. #1 Strip
    Surface coal · Bear Branch Fuels · MSHA ID 4607656
    Abandoned
  8. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Pavex Inc · MSHA ID 4606260
    Abandoned
  9. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Ppg & A Inc · MSHA ID 4606360
    Abandoned
  10. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Pal Corp · MSHA ID 4606485
    Abandoned
  11. #1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Clear Fork Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602236
    Abandoned
  12. #1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · G & L Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606636
    Abandoned
  13. #11 Mine
    Underground coal · Clear Fork Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605625
    Abandoned and Sealed
  14. #14 Mine
    Underground coal · Clear Fork Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605626
    Abandoned and Sealed
  15. #2 Mine
    Underground coal · E & A Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605846
    Abandoned and Sealed
  16. #2 Mine
    Underground coal · Tri-J Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607577
    Abandoned and Sealed
  17. #2 Surface
    Surface coal · Pavex Inc · MSHA ID 4606534
    Abandoned
  18. #3 Mine
    Underground coal · Clear Fork Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601986
    Abandoned and Sealed
  19. #3 Mine
    Underground coal · E & A Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606779
    Abandoned and Sealed
  20. #3 Mine (Surface)
    Surface coal · Coal Cave Inc · MSHA ID 4606348
    Abandoned
  21. #3 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Bo Mac Ltd · MSHA ID 4607627
    Abandoned
  22. #6 Mine
    Underground coal · Clear Fork Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605624
    Abandoned and Sealed
  23. #6 Ug
    Underground coal · Classic Fire Creek Company Inc · MSHA ID 4601618
    Abandoned
  24. #9 Mine
    Underground coal · Clear Fork Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604370
    Abandoned and Sealed
  25. A-Mine
    Underground coal · Dale & Tina Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4601962
    Abandoned and Sealed
  26. Aa Mine
    Underground coal · Liberty Bell Fuel Inc · MSHA ID 4605279
    Abandoned and Sealed
  27. Abney #1
    Surface coal · Berry Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4606288
    Abandoned
  28. Alma No 1
    Underground coal · Red River Valley Coal Company · MSHA ID 4608087
    Abandoned and Sealed
  29. Ameagle Cleaning Plant
    Facility coal · Eagle Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4604638
    Abandoned
  30. Amigo Loading Dock
    Facility coal · Amigo Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602518
    Abandoned
  31. Amigo No 1
    Underground coal · Amigo Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601951
    Abandoned
  32. Auger No 1
    Surface coal · To-Lar Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4606734
    Abandoned
  33. Auger No 2
    Surface coal · Old Mill Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4602180
    Abandoned
  34. Austin Black Plant
    Facility coal · Venblack Inc · MSHA ID 4603319
    Abandoned
  35. B & L Excavating Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · B & L Excavating Company · MSHA ID 4604761
    Abandoned
  36. Bald Knob Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Caldwell Trailblazer LLC · MSHA ID 4609365
    Abandoned
  37. Baybeck Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Wolf Run Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4608364
    Abandoned
  38. Baylor Mine
    Underground coal · Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605592
    Abandoned and Sealed
  39. Beckley Magnetite Incorporated
    Facility metal/non-metal · Beckley Magnetite Inc · MSHA ID 4606297
    Abandoned
  40. Beckley Mine
    Underground coal · New Beckley Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4603092
    Abandoned and Sealed
  41. Beckley Mine
    Underground coal · Maben Coal LLC · MSHA ID 4608829
    Abandoned and Sealed
  42. Beckley Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Valley Forge Coal & Service Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604947
    Abandoned and Sealed
  43. Beckley No. 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Pocahontas Coal Company LLC · MSHA ID 4609229
    Abandoned and Sealed
  44. Beckley Seam Mine
    Underground coal · Marfork Coal Company Inc. · MSHA ID 4609355
    Abandoned and Sealed
  45. Beech Run Quarry
    Surface coal · Beech Run Corp · MSHA ID 4608766
    Abandoned
  46. Beetree Powellton
    Underground coal · Marfork Coal Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4609549
    Abandoned
  47. Beetree Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Marfork Coal Company · MSHA ID 4609176
    Abandoned
  48. Birch Fork
    Underground coal · Marfork Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608493
    Abandoned and Sealed
  49. Birchfork No 2 Gas Mine
    Underground coal · Marfork Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608552
    Abandoned
  50. Black Water Auger #1
    Surface coal · Black Water, Inc. · MSHA ID 4609530
    Abandoned
  51. Bolt Loading Dock
    Facility coal · Ranger Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 4602178
    Abandoned
  52. Bolt Mtn Mine
    Underground coal · Bolt Mt Energy · MSHA ID 4606350
    Abandoned and Sealed
  53. Bonnie Beth
    Underground coal · Coal King Corp · MSHA ID 4605359
    Abandoned and Sealed
  54. Bowyer Creek Rec Project Site No2
    Surface coal · RAR CONST., CO., INC · MSHA ID 4608851
    Abandoned
  55. Bradley Branch Cedar Grove
    Underground coal · Marfork Coal Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 4609090
    Abandoned and Sealed
  56. Brock No 2
    Underground coal · Brock Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608508
    Abandoned and Sealed
  57. Brock No 3
    Underground coal · Brock Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608088
    Abandoned and Sealed
  58. Brushy 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Marfork Coal Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4609472
    Abandoned
  59. Brushy Chilton A Mine
    Underground coal · Marfork Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608997
    Abandoned
  60. Brushy Eagle
    Underground coal · Marfork Coal Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4608315
    Abandoned and Sealed
  61. Brushy Fork Cedar Grove Sur Mine
    Surface coal · Progress Coal · MSHA ID 4608788
    Abandoned
  62. C C Auger
    Surface coal · Mountain Edge Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608830
    Abandoned
  63. Carper Quarry & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carper Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 4607483
    Abandoned
  64. Cedar Grove Mine
    Underground coal · Independence Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608603
    Abandoned
  65. Central Shops & Warehse
    Facility coal · Westmoreland Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603320
    Abandoned
  66. Clear Creek No 1
    Underground coal · Concord Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4605526
    Abandoned and Sealed
  67. Collins Fork Slurry Impoundment
    Surface coal · Republic Energy LLC · MSHA ID 4603181
    Abandoned
  68. Cool Ridge Mine No 2
    Surface coal · Newport Trading Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607692
    Abandoned
  69. Coon Eagle
    Underground coal · Marfork Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608434
    Abandoned
  70. Cove Creek
    Underground coal · Southern Coal & Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 4605260
    Abandoned and Sealed
  71. Cranberry Ug
    Underground coal · New River Company · MSHA ID 4601501
    Abandoned
  72. Deerfield Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Whitesville A & S Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602311
    Abandoned
  73. Devils Fork Refuse Pile #1 Surface
    Facility coal · U S Minerals & Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4606628
    Abandoned
  74. Douglas #1
    Surface coal · H E L Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4607538
    Abandoned
  75. Dww Surface Mine No 2
    Surface coal · D W Winkelman Company · MSHA ID 4603513
    Abandoned
  76. E C #2
    Underground coal · E C Coal Sales Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606660
    Abandoned and Sealed
  77. E C #3
    Underground coal · E C Coal Sales Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606661
    Abandoned and Sealed
  78. Eagle #1
    Underground coal · Rhino Eastern LLC · MSHA ID 4608758
    Abandoned and Sealed
  79. Eagle Land No. 1 Sur. Mine
    Surface coal · Independence Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608574
    Abandoned
  80. Eagle Mine No 2a
    Underground coal · Sugar Camp Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608140
    Abandoned and Sealed
  81. Eagle Mine No 2b
    Underground coal · Sugar Camp Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608141
    Abandoned and Sealed
  82. Eagle Mine No 3
    Underground coal · Sugar Camp Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608142
    Abandoned and Sealed
  83. East Gulf No 3
    Underground coal · Slab Fork Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601513
    Abandoned and Sealed
  84. East Gulf No 4 Belt Tunnel
    Underground coal · Rhino Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4604723
    Abandoned and Sealed
  85. East Gulf Plant & Refuse
    Facility coal · Mid-Atlantic Resources Corp · MSHA ID 4603263
    Abandoned
  86. Eccles No 5
    Underground coal · Westmoreland Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601516
    Abandoned and Sealed
  87. Eccles No 6
    Underground coal · Westmoreland Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601514
    Abandoned and Sealed
  88. Eccles Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Westmoreland Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603134
    Abandoned
  89. Edna No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Par Mining Company · MSHA ID 4605497
    Abandoned
  90. Egeria #22 (Surface)
    Surface coal · Lillybrook Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606997
    Abandoned
  91. Elk No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Elk Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604445
    Abandoned
  92. Ellis Creek Strip
    Surface coal · Armco Inc · MSHA ID 4605689
    Abandoned
  93. Ellis Upper Cedar Grove
    Underground coal · Marfork Coal Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4609587
    Abandoned
  94. F Mine
    Underground coal · Liberty Bell Fuel Inc · MSHA ID 4602165
    Abandoned and Sealed
  95. Fire Creek
    Underground coal · Slab Fork Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606386
    Abandoned and Sealed
  96. Flossie Mine
    Surface coal · Bluejay Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4606673
    Abandoned
  97. Freezeland Strip Mine
    Surface coal · White Ridge Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 4602298
    Abandoned
  98. Freezeland Surface
    Surface coal · White Ridge Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 4604303
    Abandoned
  99. Garden Ground Surface
    Surface coal · Fayette Land & Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4605332
    Abandoned
  100. Gaye No 2
    Underground coal · Rose Lumber Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606537
    Abandoned and Sealed
  101. Gray Realty No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Gray Realty · MSHA ID 4606614
    Abandoned
  102. Green Mountain No 4
    Underground coal · Green Mountain Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4608038
    Abandoned and Sealed
  103. Green Valley No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Green Valley Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4604788
    Abandoned and Sealed
  104. H
    Underground coal · Ranger Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 4603446
    Abandoned and Sealed
  105. Hazy Creek 2 Gas Mine
    Underground coal · Marfork Coal Company LLC · MSHA ID 4609199
    Abandoned
  106. Hazy Creek Lower Cedar Grove Mine
    Underground coal · Independence Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608732
    Abandoned
  107. Hazy Creek Mine
    Underground coal · Performance Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607802
    Abandoned and Sealed
  108. Hazy Creek No 2 Gas
    Underground coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607340
    Abandoned and Sealed
  109. Helen Refuse Piles
    Facility coal · Westmoreland Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604492
    Abandoned
  110. Helencat No 13 Surface
    Surface coal · Helencat Inc · MSHA ID 4602169
    Abandoned
  111. Hernshaw No 4
    Underground coal · Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · MSHA ID 4601950
    Abandoned
  112. Hope No 3
    Underground coal · Hope Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4601761
    Abandoned
  113. Horse Creek Eagle
    Underground coal · Marfork Coal Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4609091
    Abandoned
  114. Hunter Mine
    Underground coal · Kenley Mining Company · MSHA ID 4601505
    Abandoned and Sealed
  115. Hunter Mine
    Underground coal · Banner Coal & Land Company · MSHA ID 4606747
    Abandoned and Sealed
  116. Hunter Plant
    Facility coal · Smith & Stover Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606258
    Abandoned
  117. J Mine
    Underground coal · Ranger Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 4603954
    Abandoned
  118. J&N Processing Plant No 1
    Facility coal · J & N Porcessing Company Llc · MSHA ID 4604847
    Abandoned
  119. Joes Ridge Mine No 2
    Underground coal · C & M Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 4605559
    Abandoned and Sealed
  120. Joes Ridge No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · C & M Fuel Inc · MSHA ID 4604640
    Abandoned
  121. Josephine No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Pocahontas Coal Company LLC · MSHA ID 4607191
    Abandoned
  122. Josephine No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Pocahontas Coal Company LLC · MSHA ID 4608266
    Abandoned
  123. Josephine No. 2-Mead Portal Mine
    Underground coal · Pocahontas Coal Company LLC · MSHA ID 4609203
    Abandoned
  124. K Mine
    Underground coal · Mountaineer Commercial Development Corp · MSHA ID 4603981
    Abandoned and Sealed
  125. Keystone No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Eastern Associated Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4601498
    Abandoned and Sealed
  126. Keystone No 4 Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Eastern Associated Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4602870
    Abandoned
  127. Keystone No 4-A Mine
    Underground coal · Eastern Associated Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4601811
    Abandoned and Sealed
  128. Keystone No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · Affinity Mining Company · MSHA ID 4602067
    Abandoned and Sealed
  129. Keystone No 5 Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Affinity Mining Company · MSHA ID 4605677
    Abandoned
  130. Killarney Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605623
    Abandoned
  131. L Mine
    Underground coal · Ranger Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 4603938
    Abandoned
  132. L S Q No 1
    Underground coal · Coal King Corp · MSHA ID 4605204
    Abandoned and Sealed
  133. Laco Surface
    Surface coal · Pavex Inc · MSHA ID 4604838
    Abandoned
  134. Laurel Creek No. 1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Tams Management Inc. · MSHA ID 4609368
    Abandoned
  135. Laurel Eagle
    Underground coal · Elk Run Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608383
    Abandoned and Sealed
  136. Laurel Eagle
    Underground coal · Elk Run Coal Company · MSHA ID 4609595
    Abandoned
  137. Laurel Powellton
    Underground coal · Elk Run Coal Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4608599
    Abandoned
  138. Lester-Auger #1
    Surface coal · Hickory Resources Partnership · MSHA ID 4607724
    Abandoned
  139. Lillybrook Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Clayton Mining Co., LLC · MSHA ID 4608765
    Abandoned
  140. Limited No 1-A Mine
    Underground coal · Eagle Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4603873
    Abandoned
  141. Lisas Mine
    Underground coal · Mills Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605212
    Abandoned
  142. Low Gap #2
    Underground coal · Marfork Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608442
    Abandoned and Sealed
  143. Low Gap No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Atlas Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4606024
    Abandoned and Sealed
  144. Low Gap Powellton #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Marfork Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608441
    Abandoned
  145. Lower Eagle #3 Mine
    Underground coal · Liberty Bell Fuel Inc · MSHA ID 4606787
    Abandoned and Sealed
  146. Lower Hernshaw Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Sugar Camp Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608144
    Abandoned and Sealed
  147. Maben #8 Mine
    Underground coal · Maben Energy Corp · MSHA ID 4606562
    Abandoned and Sealed
  148. Mac Alpin Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Westmoreland Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603264
    Abandoned
  149. Macalpin No 3
    Underground coal · Westmoreland Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601517
    Abandoned and Sealed
  150. Mack No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Whitesville A & S Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605211
    Abandoned

…and 246 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 404
Adit 217
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 57
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 56
P1 Subsidence 49
P2 Portals 45
Mine Dump 41
Tipple 34
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 30
P2 Dangerous Impoundments 26
P2 Dangerous Highwalls 20
P1 Vertical Openings 20
Air Shaft 16
P2 Subsidence 14
P1 Portals 13
P1 Surface Burning 12
P2 Dangerous Slides 11
Mine Dump 11
P2 Vertical Openings 11
Disturbed Surface 11
P3 Gobs 10
P2 Surface Burning 7
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption 7
P3 Other 7
P1 Dangerous Impoundments 7
Quarry 7
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 6
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 5
P3 Mine Opening 4
P2 Clogged Streams 4
Mine Shaft 4
Quarry 4
P3 Equipment Facility 3
P2 Industrial/Residential Waste 2
P2 Clogged Stream Lands 2
P1 Clogged Streams 2
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies 2
Problem type not recorded 1
P1 Dangerous Slides 1
P3 Industrial/Residential Waste 1
P1 Underground Mine Fires 1
P1 Dangerous Highwalls 1
P3 Spoil Area 1
Gravel Pit 1
P2 Flooding 1
P1 Clogged Stream Lands 1
P2 Underground Mine Fires 1
P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial 1
Tailings - Pond 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.