Mining Incidents
Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Randolph County, West Virginia

Randolph County, West Virginia has 252 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1913–1995, including 28 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts); 1 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 280 problems in the county, 182 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 178 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Randolph 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)
252
Mine openings
28
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
182
MSHA mines marked abandoned
178
1 features carry a name0 prospect pits19 quadrangle maps, published 1913–1995 280 OSMRE problems, 98 reclaimed 62 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
    49 9.2%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    207 38.9%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    13 2.4%
  4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    34 6.4%
  5. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    17 3.2%
  6. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    212 39.8%
Named features on the maps1 named · from the USGS compilation
Name on map Feature
Enviro Energy Mine No 2 Open Pit Mine

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 problems280 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
Alpena Gap Recreation Area Hw. P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Alpena Gap Recreation Area Hw. P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Baldwin Deep Mine P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Baldwin Deep Mine P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Baldwin Deep Mine P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial Reclamation Pending
Baldwin Deep Mine P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Bear Haven Recreation Area Hw. P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Bear Haven Recreation Area Hw. P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Beaver Creek Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Beaver Creek Highwall P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Beaver Creek Highwall P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Beaver Creek Highwall #1 P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Beaver Creek Highwall #1 P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Beaver Creek Highwall #1 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Beaver Creek Highwall #2 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Beaver Creek Highwall #2 P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Beaver Creek Highwall #2 P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial Reclamation Pending
Beaver Creek Refuse & Coke Ovens P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Beaver Creek Refuse & Coke Ovens P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Beech Lick Run #1 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Beech Lick Run #2 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Beech Mtn. #1 P3 High Wall In Reclamation
Beech Mtn. #2 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Beech Run Highwall P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Beech Run Refuse Area P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Beech Run Refuse Area P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities In Reclamation
Bemis Refuse P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Big Knob Highwall P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Big Knob Highwall P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Big Knob Highwall P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Big Knob Highwall P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Big Knob Highwall P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Big Knob Highwall P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Big Laurel Run/Pumpkintown Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Big Laurel Run/Pumpkintown Highwall P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Big Laurel Run/Pumpkintown Highwall P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Big Run 1 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Blue Rock Knob Strip P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Blue Rock Knob Strip #2 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Blue Rock Knob Strip #2 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Blue Rock Strip P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Cassity Fk. Water Supply P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Cassity Fk. Water Supply P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Cassity Fork Strip P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Cassity Fork Strip P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Cassity Fork Strip P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Cassity Fork Strip P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Cassity Tipple P1 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Cassity Tipple P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Cassity Tipple P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Cassity Tipple P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Cheat Bridge # 2 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Cheat Bridge #1 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Coal Run Highwall P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Coalton Highwall #1 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Coalton Highwall #2 & #3 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Coalton Highwall #2 & #3 P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Coalton Highwall #2 & #3 P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Coalton Highwall #3 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Coalton Mine Drainage P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Coalton Mine Drainage P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Coalton Mine Drainage P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Coalton Mine Drainage P3 Other Reclamation Completed
Coalton Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Coalton Portals P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Coalton School Portal P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Coalton School Portal P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial Reclamation Completed
Cromer Top (Prison Mine) Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
East Lookout Tower P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Flatbush Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Flatbush Highwall P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Completed
Flatbush Highwall P3 Gobs Reclamation Completed
Flatbush Highwall P3 High Wall Reclamation Completed
Flatbush Highwall P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Fort Milroy # 2 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Fort Milroy #1 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Fort Milroy #1 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Gauley Mt. Highwall P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Gauley Mt. Highwall P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Pending
Grassy Run AMD P1 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Grassy Run AMD P1 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Grassy Run Highwall #1 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Grassy Run Highwall #2 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Grassy Run Highwall #3 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Grassy Run Highwall #4 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Grassy Run Highwall #5 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Grassy Run Highwall #6 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Harding (broschart) Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Harding #7 P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Harding Drainage P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Harding Drainage P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Harding Drainage P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Harding Drainage P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Harding Drainage P2 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Harding Drainage P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Harding Highwall #1 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Harding Highwall #1 P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Harding Highwall #1 P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Harding Highwall #1 P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Harding Highwall #1 P2 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Pending
Harding Highwall #1 P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Harding Highwall #1 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Harding Highwall #4 P3 High Wall In Reclamation
Harding Highwall #5 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Harding Highwall #6 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Harding Highwall #7 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Harding Highwall #7 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Harding Highwall And Refuse P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Harding Highwall And Refuse P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Pending
Harding Highwall And Refuse P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Harding Highwall And Refuse P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Harding Refuse #3 P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Harding Refuse #3 P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Harrison Church Highwall #1 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Harrison Church Highwall #1 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Harrison Church Highwall #2 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Hewett Fk./coalbank Fk. Hw P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Hickorylick & Thayer Run Hw P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Hickorylick & Thayer Run Hw P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Hicks Ridge #1 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Hicks Ridge #2 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Hicks Ridge #2 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Hicks Ridge #3 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Hopkins Deep Mine P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Hopkins Deep Mine P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial Reclamation Pending
Hopkins Deep Mine P3 Equipment Facility Reclamation Pending
Hopkins Deep Mine P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Hull Camp Run P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Huttonsville Prison Mine P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Huttonsville Prison Mine P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Huttonsville Prison Mine P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Huttonsville Prison Mine P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Pending
Huttonsville Prison Mine P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Jimtown Strip P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Kingsville Waterline Extension P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Kittle Flats Phase I & II P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial Reclamation Completed
Kittle Flats Phase I & II P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Kittle Flats Phase I & II P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Laurel Branch Strip P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Laurel Run Highwall #1 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Laurel Run Highwall #2 P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Laurel Run Highwall #3 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Laurel Run Highwall #4 P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Leatherwood Creek Highwall P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Leatherwood Creek Highwall P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Lewis Highwall P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Long Run Portal P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Long Run Portals P2 Portals In Reclamation
Mabie (Jones) Subsidence I & II P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Mabie Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed

…and 130 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 Abandoned178 on register
  1. #11-Mine
    Underground coal · Roaring Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603772
    Abandoned
  2. #15
    Underground coal · Cheat Mountain Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602138
    Abandoned
  3. 2-A Mine
    Underground coal · Gamble Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4605975
    Abandoned
  4. 2-B
    Underground coal · A C & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4601820
    Abandoned
  5. Avanti #2 Surface
    Surface coal · Avanti Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604107
    Abandoned
  6. Beech Mountain Deep Mine No. 1
    Underground coal · Carter Roag Coal Company · MSHA ID 4609333
    Abandoned
  7. Beech Mountain Mine
    Underground coal · Knox Operating, LLC · MSHA ID 4609546
    Abandoned
  8. Beech Run Deep Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Bohica Inc · MSHA ID 4607533
    Abandoned and Sealed
  9. Big Foot Coal Inc 4-B Mine
    Underground coal · Big Foot Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4605395
    Abandoned and Sealed
  10. Black Gem #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Black Gem Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605042
    Abandoned
  11. Black Gem No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Black Gem Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605183
    Abandoned and Sealed
  12. Black Gem No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Black Gem Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605184
    Abandoned
  13. Black Run No 1
    Surface coal · Rehoboth Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605378
    Abandoned
  14. Blue Rock
    Surface coal · Ralph Kniceley Construction · MSHA ID 4607263
    Abandoned
  15. Boden Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Boden Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4605932
    Abandoned
  16. Bowden Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southern West Virginina Asphalt Inc · MSHA ID 4604327
    Abandoned
  17. Brady Surface
    Surface coal · Boomerang Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4609190
    Abandoned
  18. Cardinal Strip
    Surface coal · Scott Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605579
    Abandoned
  19. Century Limestone
    Underground metal/non-metal · Century Limestone Inc · MSHA ID 4600009
    Abandoned
  20. CENTURY LIMESTONE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Century Limestone Inc · MSHA ID 4603170
    Abandoned
  21. Coal Bank Fork No 8
    Underground coal · Phoenix Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4606523
    Abandoned and Sealed
  22. Coal Bank No 8a
    Underground coal · Jagrti Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606798
    Abandoned and Sealed
  23. Coalbank Fork No 12 Mine
    Underground coal · Fern Cove Inc · MSHA ID 4607062
    Abandoned and Sealed
  24. Coalbank Fork No 9
    Underground coal · Hilltop Service Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606049
    Abandoned and Sealed
  25. Coalbank Fork No 9a
    Underground coal · Jagrti Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606602
    Abandoned and Sealed
  26. Durbin #1
    Facility coal · Battle Ridge Companies · MSHA ID 4606858
    Abandoned
  27. Enviro #1
    Underground coal · Enviro Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4606262
    Abandoned and Sealed
  28. Enviro #2
    Underground coal · Shaker Run Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606344
    Abandoned and Sealed
  29. Enviro #3
    Underground coal · Mower Limited Partnership · MSHA ID 4606362
    Abandoned and Sealed
  30. Enviro No 5
    Underground coal · Shaker Run Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606866
    Abandoned and Sealed
  31. Flatbush
    Surface coal · LCC West Virginia LLC · MSHA ID 4607204
    Abandoned
  32. Flatbush Deep Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Bentley Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607590
    Abandoned and Sealed
  33. Flint Run No 11 Mine
    Underground coal · Jagrti Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606928
    Abandoned and Sealed
  34. Golden Ridge
    Surface coal · Premium Sewell Inc · MSHA ID 4602481
    Abandoned and Sealed
  35. Golden Ridge No 5
    Surface coal · Hawthorne Industries Inc · MSHA ID 4606002
    Abandoned
  36. Gregoire #5
    Underground coal · Trojan Fuels Corp · MSHA ID 4606261
    Abandoned and Sealed
  37. Hartridge Prep Plant
    Surface coal · Marson Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607718
    Abandoned
  38. Hartridge Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Carter Roag Coal Company · MSHA ID 4609573
    Abandoned
  39. Hewett Fork #5
    Underground coal · Hilea Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605658
    Abandoned and Sealed
  40. Hewett Fork No 1a
    Underground coal · Sewell Mining Associates · MSHA ID 4604536
    Abandoned and Sealed
  41. Hewett Fork No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Hewett Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605002
    Abandoned
  42. Hewitt Fork #3
    Underground coal · Jagrti Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605037
    Abandoned and Sealed
  43. Hewitt Fork No 1
    Underground coal · Toy Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607924
    Abandoned and Sealed
  44. Hewitt Fork Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Phoenix Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4608217
    Abandoned and Sealed
  45. Hickory Lick No 4a Mine
    Underground coal · S S Joe Burford Inc · MSHA ID 4605394
    Abandoned
  46. Hickorylick A Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Phoenix Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4607760
    Abandoned
  47. Hickorylick No 10-A Deep Mine
    Underground coal · Elkhead Sewell Inc · MSHA ID 4608357
    Abandoned and Sealed
  48. Hickorylick No 10-C Mine
    Underground coal · Coal Technology Inc · MSHA ID 4608082
    Abandoned and Sealed
  49. Hickorylick No 4c
    Underground coal · Wolverine Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607075
    Abandoned and Sealed
  50. Hickorylick Run No 10 Mine
    Underground coal · Jagrti Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606601
    Abandoned and Sealed
  51. Housh #2 Mine
    Underground coal · Dever & Dever Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 4605408
    Abandoned
  52. International Coal Company Tipple 1
    Facility coal · International Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606299
    Abandoned
  53. Jimtown Prep Plant & Refuse Disposal Fac
    Facility coal · Carter Roag Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607591
    Abandoned
  54. Kelly Mountain Mine
    Surface coal · Sycamore Industries Inc · MSHA ID 4604273
    Abandoned
  55. Kimberly Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Kimberly Coal Mines Inc · MSHA ID 4605483
    Abandoned and Sealed
  56. Kittanning
    Surface coal · Bowers Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604270
    Abandoned
  57. Left Fork Deep Mine No 7
    Underground coal · Carter Roag Coal Company · MSHA ID 4608651
    Abandoned
  58. Light Run Deep Mine No. 6
    Underground coal · Carter Roag Coal Company · MSHA ID 4608022
    Abandoned and Sealed
  59. Linan No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Linan Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601889
    Abandoned
  60. Linen #3
    Underground coal · Enviro Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4606372
    Abandoned and Sealed
  61. Little John No 1
    Underground coal · Savers Mountain Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606044
    Abandoned
  62. Long Run Deep Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Bentley Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607609
    Abandoned and Sealed
  63. M L M No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · M L M Corp · MSHA ID 4605594
    Abandoned
  64. Marion #9 Mine
    Underground coal · Marson Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603288
    Abandoned
  65. Marion Mine No 10a
    Underground coal · Marson Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605003
    Abandoned
  66. Marion Mine No 12
    Underground coal · Marson Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604610
    Abandoned
  67. Marion Mine No 8
    Underground coal · Marson Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4601106
    Abandoned
  68. Marion No 10 Mine
    Underground coal · Marson Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603943
    Abandoned
  69. Marion No 11 Mine
    Underground coal · Marson Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604296
    Abandoned
  70. Marion No 5-A
    Underground coal · Marson Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607140
    Abandoned and Sealed
  71. Marion No 7-A Mine
    Underground coal · Marson Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605165
    Abandoned and Sealed
  72. Markley No L Mine
    Underground coal · Markley Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4606903
    Abandoned and Sealed
  73. Marla Ann Tipple
    Facility coal · Marla Ann Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4604957
    Abandoned
  74. Max 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Randolph Mineral Exploration Company · MSHA ID 4605719
    Abandoned
  75. Mine #1
    Surface coal · J R Mining Company · MSHA ID 4605419
    Abandoned
  76. Mine #14
    Underground coal · Cheat Mountain Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602182
    Abandoned
  77. Mine #3
    Underground coal · Hart Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606453
    Abandoned and Sealed
  78. Mine 1-A
    Underground coal · Carter Roag Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606715
    Abandoned and Sealed
  79. Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Carter-Roag Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604461
    Abandoned and Sealed
  80. Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Peak Coal Corp Inc · MSHA ID 4605514
    Abandoned
  81. Mine No 1
    Underground coal · P E I Inc · MSHA ID 4606381
    Abandoned and Sealed
  82. Mine No 13
    Underground coal · Demotto Peerless Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604664
    Abandoned
  83. Mine No 2
    Underground coal · C W Bentley Inc · MSHA ID 4606157
    Abandoned and Sealed
  84. Mine No 2 Ug
    Underground coal · No 2 Mower Lumber Company · MSHA ID 4603497
    Abandoned
  85. Mine No 21
    Underground coal · Demotto Peerless Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605242
    Abandoned
  86. Mine No 3
    Underground coal · Carter Coal Industires Inc · MSHA ID 4604823
    Abandoned
  87. Mine No 3
    Underground coal · Boden Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605762
    Abandoned
  88. Mine No 4
    Underground coal · Carter-Roag Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604949
    Abandoned and Sealed
  89. Mine No 4
    Underground coal · Gamble Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4605218
    Abandoned and Sealed
  90. Mine No 4
    Underground coal · Hart Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606515
    Abandoned and Sealed
  91. Mine No 5
    Underground coal · Carter Roag Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605809
    Abandoned and Sealed
  92. Mogasco #1
    Surface coal · Utility Boring · MSHA ID 4606255
    Abandoned
  93. Morgan Camp Mine
    Underground coal · Carter Roag Coal Company · MSHA ID 4608656
    Abandoned
  94. National 1
    Surface coal · National Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605845
    Abandoned
  95. Newera No 2
    Underground coal · Blue Lake Land Company · MSHA ID 4607046
    Abandoned and Sealed
  96. No 1
    Underground coal · Obe Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604472
    Abandoned and Sealed
  97. No 1
    Underground coal · Buck Run Inc · MSHA ID 4606354
    Abandoned and Sealed
  98. No 1 Mabie
    Surface coal · Robert H Helmick Inc · MSHA ID 4606367
    Abandoned
  99. No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Gum Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602361
    Abandoned
  100. No 1 Mine
    Surface coal · Wythe Mining Company · MSHA ID 4603460
    Abandoned
  101. No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Gamble Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4603718
    Abandoned
  102. No 1 Mine
    Surface coal · Mountain Top Fuel Company · MSHA ID 4604049
    Abandoned
  103. No 1 Mine
    Facility coal · Menecks Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 4604661
    Abandoned
  104. No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Boden Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605264
    Abandoned
  105. No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Mett Inc · MSHA ID 4605782
    Abandoned and Sealed
  106. No 1 Mine
    Surface coal · Robert H Helmick Inc · MSHA ID 4606154
    Abandoned
  107. No 1 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · H & H Trucking Co Inc · MSHA ID 4602483
    Abandoned
  108. No 1 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Orlando Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4603097
    Abandoned
  109. No 1 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Pickens Mining Company · MSHA ID 4604240
    Abandoned
  110. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Broas Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4605894
    Abandoned
  111. No 1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Bowers Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603314
    Abandoned
  112. No 1 Tipple
    Surface coal · Northern Star Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4604557
    Abandoned
  113. No 1 Tipple
    Facility coal · Bruce Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4605950
    Abandoned
  114. No 10
    Underground coal · Demotto Peerless Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604241
    Abandoned
  115. No 10 Tipple
    Facility coal · Kittanning Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602872
    Abandoned
  116. No 102 Strip
    Surface coal · Wegman Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602058
    Abandoned
  117. No 11 Mine
    Underground coal · Demotto Peerless Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604242
    Abandoned
  118. No 12 Mine
    Underground coal · Demotto Peerless Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604348
    Abandoned
  119. No 18 Mine
    Underground coal · Demotto Peerless Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4601107
    Abandoned
  120. No 2
    Underground coal · Mogasco Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4604522
    Abandoned and Sealed
  121. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · H C Gregoire Inc · MSHA ID 4604157
    Abandoned
  122. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Gregoire Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4604936
    Abandoned
  123. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Boden Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605351
    Abandoned
  124. No 2 Strip
    Surface coal · Orlando Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4603233
    Abandoned
  125. No 2 Tipple
    Facility coal · Regal Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4602819
    Abandoned
  126. No 22 Mine
    Underground coal · Demotto Peerless Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605477
    Abandoned and Sealed
  127. No 23 Mine
    Underground coal · Demotto Peerless Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605676
    Abandoned and Sealed
  128. No 24 Mine
    Underground coal · Demotto Peerless Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606116
    Abandoned and Sealed
  129. No 25
    Underground coal · Demotto Peerless Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605577
    Abandoned and Sealed
  130. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Mountaineer Energy Co Inc · MSHA ID 4604201
    Abandoned
  131. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Gamble Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4604950
    Abandoned
  132. No 4 Auger
    Surface coal · Higgins Auger Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603101
    Abandoned
  133. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · A C & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4601518
    Abandoned
  134. No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · Trojan Fuels Corp · MSHA ID 4605206
    Abandoned and Sealed
  135. No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · Gamble Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4605517
    Abandoned and Sealed
  136. No 6 Ug
    Underground coal · Roaring Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601523
    Abandoned
  137. No 7 Mine
    Underground coal · Roaring Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601941
    Abandoned
  138. No 7 Ug
    Underground coal · Marson Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4601113
    Abandoned
  139. No 8 Mine
    Underground coal · Roaring Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601940
    Abandoned
  140. No 8 Ug
    Underground coal · Kittanning Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601111
    Abandoned
  141. No 8 Ug
    Underground coal · Kittanning Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601521
    Abandoned
  142. No 9 Mine
    Underground coal · Demotto Peerless Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604092
    Abandoned
  143. Norton Rail Loadout
    Facility coal · Carter Roag Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607592
    Abandoned
  144. Norton Ug
    Underground coal · Demotto Peerless Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4601520
    Abandoned
  145. Pickens #2 Tipple
    Surface coal · Avanti Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606176
    Abandoned
  146. Pickens No 2 Tipple
    Facility coal · Princess Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4604660
    Abandoned
  147. Pms No 1
    Underground coal · Production Management Services Inc · MSHA ID 4605505
    Abandoned and Sealed
  148. Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Newera Resources Corp · MSHA ID 4604918
    Abandoned
  149. Princess Beth 04 Surface
    Surface coal · Princess Beth Inc · MSHA ID 4602840
    Abandoned
  150. Princess Beth No 4
    Surface coal · Princess Beth Inc · MSHA ID 4603390
    Abandoned

…and 28 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 185
P3 High Wall 72
P2 Dangerous Highwalls 43
Adit 28
P2 Dangerous Impoundments 19
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 17
P3 Water Problems 17
P2 Portals 15
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 13
P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial 12
P3 Gobs 12
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 10
P1 Subsidence 9
P3 Spoil Area 8
Quarry 7
Quarry 6
P2 Clogged Streams 5
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption 5
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies 4
Disturbed Surface 4
P2 Subsidence 4
P3 Mine Opening 4
P1 Clogged Streams 3
P1 Portals 3
P2 Vertical Openings 3
Mine Dump 2
P1 Polluted Water: Human Consumption 2
P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 2
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 2
Tipple 2
P3 Equipment Facility 2
P3 Other 1
P1 Dangerous Impoundments 1
Open Pit Mine 1
P3 Slump 1
P1 Dangerous Slides 1
P2 Dangerous Slides 1
P3 Industrial/Residential Waste 1
P3 Bench 1
P1 Dangerous Highwalls 1
P1 Surface Burning 1
P2 Surface Burning 1
P2 Industrial/Residential Waste 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.