How many abandoned mines are in Webster County, West Virginia?

Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Webster County, West Virginia

Webster County, West Virginia has 271 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1913–1997, including 84 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts). OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 90 problems in the county, 79 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 230 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Webster 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): 271
Mine openings: 84
OSMRE problems unreclaimed: 79
MSHA mines marked abandoned: 230

0 features carry a name0 prospect pits12 quadrangle maps, published 1913–1997 90 OSMRE problems, 11 reclaimed 67 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed

What the features are

Mine openings

shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings

96 26.6%
Mines and surface workings

labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings

172 47.6%
Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction

5 1.4%
Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

what mining left above ground

18 5.0%
Mills, tipples and facilities

processing plants and hazardous structures

11 3.0%
Other reclamation problems

highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory

59 16.3%

OSMRE abandoned mine land problems90 on inventory

Problem area	Problem	Program	Status
Arden E. Coger	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Arden E. Coger	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Arden E. Coger	P3 Pits	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Back Fork "a"	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Other	In Reclamation
Back Fork Highwall	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Baughman Highwall	P3 Gobs	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Baughman Highwall	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Baughman Highwall	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Bernardstown Strip	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bernardstown Strip	P3 Gobs	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Big Ridge Highwall	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Big Run II	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Big Run Slide and Drainage	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	In Reclamation
Big Run Slide and Drainage	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	In Reclamation
Big Run Slide and Drainage	P2 Dangerous Slides	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	In Reclamation
Birch River Deep Mine	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bolair (cogar) V.o. & Subsidence	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bolair (cogar) V.o. & Subsidence	P2 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bolair (Gilkerson) Burning Refuse	P1 Surface Burning	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Bolair (Mace) Burning Refuse	P1 Gases: Hazardous/Explosive	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Bolair (Mace) Burning Refuse	P1 Surface Burning	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Bolair (Weese) Portal	P1 Portals	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Bolair CR 42	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cowen PSD - Erbacon WL Ext.	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Dennison Run Waterline Ext. (Cowen	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Dents Run Highwall	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Dents Run Highwall	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Dents Run Highwall	P3 Water Problems	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Dyers Run Highwall	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Elk River Tipple & Refuse	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Elk River Tipple & Refuse	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Enoch Run Deep Mine	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Enoch Run Deep Mine	P3 Bench	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Enoch Run Deep Mine	P3 Haul Road	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Enoch Run Deep Mine	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Enoch Run Deep Mine	P3 Mine Opening	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Gauley River Road (bolair) Waterlin	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Golden Shore Tipple	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Other	In Reclamation
Grassy Creek Strip	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Guardian (Narrows Run) Portals	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Hacker Valley (Carpenter) Subsidenc	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Hacker Valley (Carpenter) Subsidenc	P3 Mine Opening	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Hacker Valley (Carpenter) Subsidenc	P3 Mine Opening	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Hacker Valley Deep Mine	P3 Mine Opening	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Hacker Valley Deep Mine	P3 Water Problems	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Jacks Run Strip	P3 Gobs	Remining	In Reclamation
Jennings Wright	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	In Reclamation
Jerryville Tipple	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Remining	In Reclamation
Jerryville Tipple	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Jerryville Tipple	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Joe Run Highwall	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Kingfisher Creek Highwall	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Laurel Creek Deep Mines	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Laurel Creek Deep Mines	P3 Bench	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Laurel Creek Deep Mines	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Laurel Creek Highwall	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Left Fork Holley Deep Mine	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Left Fork Holley Deep Mine	P3 Gobs	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Long Run Deep Mine #1	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Long Run Deep Mine #1	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Long Run Deep Mine #1	P3 Water Problems	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Long Run Deep Mine 2	P3 Mine Opening	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Long Run Deep Mine 2	P3 Water Problems	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Long Run Deep Mine 3	P3 Mine Opening	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Long Run Deep Mine 3	P3 Water Problems	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
McAvoy Run Waterline Extension	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Mill Run	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Mill Run	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Mill Run	P3 Water Problems	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Mill Run Highwalls	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Miller Mt. Water Main Ext.	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Miller Ridge Tipple	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Other	In Reclamation
North Cove Run Mine	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
North Cove Run Mine	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
North Cove Run Mine	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
North Cove Run Mine	P3 Gobs	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
North Cove Run Mine	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Straight Creek Mountain Highwall	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Sugar Creek Refuse	P3 Gobs	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Turkey Run Highwall	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Upper Gauley River Refuse	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Upper Gauley River Refuse	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Upper Gauley River Refuse	P2 Surface Burning	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Wanetta Refuse	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Wanetta Refuse	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Wanetta Refuse	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Webster Springs Burning Refuse	P1 Surface Burning	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
West Big Run	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Wolfpen & Mill Run	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Wolfpen & Mill Run	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending

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 Abandoned230 on register

#1 Surface Mine
Surface coal · Good News Inc · MSHA ID 4606613

Abandoned 1985-06-07
#1 Tipple
Facility coal · Strawberry Energy Corp · MSHA ID 4605746

Abandoned 1984-02-02
#103
Underground coal · Williams River Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602146

Abandoned 1979-10-02
#3 Surface Mine
Surface coal · Tammie Lynn Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606687

Abandoned 1993-06-25
#4 Surface
Surface coal · Rupert Feed & Supply Inc · MSHA ID 4607446

Abandoned 1988-09-13
10A Mine
Underground coal · Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · MSHA ID 4608852

Abandoned 2006-10-31
10B Mine
Underground coal · Brooks Run Mining Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4608853

Abandoned and Sealed 2004-10-27
Amos Run
Surface coal · Juliana Mining Company LLC · MSHA ID 4607566

Abandoned 2010-05-17
Antietam Surface Mine
Surface coal · Brooks Run Mining Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4609449

Abandoned 2020-11-04
Area 26 Surface Mine
Surface coal · Battle Ridge Companies · MSHA ID 4607202

Abandoned 1993-10-08
Auger Mine #3
Surface coal · Elk River Resources · MSHA ID 4607440

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-01-25
Baker Ridge Surface Mine
Surface coal · Braxton Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4607651

Abandoned 1990-03-16
Baughman Run No 2
Underground coal · Dakota Creek Corp · MSHA ID 4608373

Abandoned 2010-01-20
Beaver Run Mine
Underground coal · Fork Lick Coal Processors Inc · MSHA ID 4606277

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-09-19
Beaver Run No 2 Mine
Underground coal · Fork Lick Coal Processors Inc · MSHA ID 4605471

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-07-11
Bedford Tipple
Facility coal · Bedford Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603255

Abandoned 1984-07-30
Bemis Ron
Surface coal · Hamdyn Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606068

Abandoned 1984-02-02
Bergoo #2
Surface coal · Webster Coal'S Inc · MSHA ID 4607420

Abandoned 1989-05-23
Bergoo Creek Strip
Surface coal · Paul'S Construction Inc · MSHA ID 4607505

Abandoned and Sealed 1989-02-09
Bergoo Mine
Surface coal · Richard A Stutler Inc · MSHA ID 4606124

Abandoned 1982-09-23
Bergoo Preparation Plant
Facility coal · Phoenix Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4602402

Abandoned 1990-03-07
Big Run Deep Mine
Underground coal · Relgis Inc · MSHA ID 4608090

Abandoned and Sealed 1992-12-16
Birch River Mine
Surface coal · ICG Eastern LLC · MSHA ID 4607945

Abandoned 2022-01-14
Birch River Plant
Facility coal · Brooks Run Mining Co., LLC · MSHA ID 4608390

Abandoned 2021-01-08
Birch Sur Mine (Skyles Creek Area)
Surface coal · Grafton Coal Company · MSHA ID 4608076

Abandoned 2019-08-26
Birch Surface Mine
Surface coal · Grafton Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607790

Abandoned 1992-10-14
Blazed Fork Surface Mine
Surface coal · Elk River Sewell Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607392

Abandoned 1988-07-22
Briarwood #1
Underground coal · Elk River Sewell Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607400

Abandoned 1988-09-26
Brooks Creek Strip #1
Surface coal · Greg Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607955

Abandoned 1992-01-21
Bruffy No 4 Mine
Underground coal · Cadet Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4601937

Abandoned 1972-03-13
Camp Creek Deep Mine
Underground coal · Bjm Coal Company · MSHA ID 4608288

Abandoned and Sealed 1999-10-26
Consolidated No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602732

Abandoned 1980-07-10
Cove Mountain Deep Mine
Underground coal · Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · MSHA ID 4609133

Abandoned and Sealed 2015-03-26
Cove Mountain LK
Underground coal · Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · MSHA ID 4609134

Abandoned and Sealed 2019-08-28
Cowen Loadout
Facility coal · ERP Environmental Fund Inc. · MSHA ID 4609322

Abandoned 2020-03-04
Cowen Tipple
Facility coal · Cowen Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4604218

Abandoned 1984-05-12
David
Underground coal · Bemis Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605951

Abandoned and Sealed 1983-12-20
Drennen No 2
Surface coal · Drennen Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4606868

Abandoned 1986-01-13
Dyers Run Surface Mine - East
Surface coal · Robert H Helmick Inc · MSHA ID 4607635

Abandoned 1994-01-11
Dyers Run Surface Mine - West
Surface coal · Braxton Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4607636

Abandoned and Sealed 1989-12-13
Easy Run No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Elk River Sewell Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607200

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-03-08
Easy Run No 2 Mine
Underground coal · Z & M Inc · MSHA ID 4607587

Abandoned and Sealed 2010-01-21
Evergreen Plant Excavation
Surface coal · Battle Ridge Companies · MSHA ID 4607979

Abandoned 1991-06-15
Excelsior Ridge Surface
Surface coal · Coal Corp Of America Inc · MSHA ID 4606259

Abandoned 1987-03-02
Fisher Run
Surface coal · We Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4606540

Abandoned 1983-01-21
Fisher Run Mine
Underground coal · C & T Development Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606708

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-10-24
Fork Ridge #1 Mine
Underground coal · Faith Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606703

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-08-29
Fork Ridge Strip #1
Surface coal · Elk River Sewell Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606170

Abandoned 1983-09-14
Freeport 2 (1)
Underground coal · Cow Creek Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608426

Abandoned and Sealed 1997-06-24
Gauley #1 Prep Plant
Facility coal · Fork Lick Coal Processors Inc · MSHA ID 4603429

Abandoned 1997-01-30
Gauley No 2 Surface
Surface coal · Peaker Run Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603893

Abandoned 1974-05-14
Gauley River #1 Strip
Surface coal · Peaker Run Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603672

Abandoned 1973-11-20
Gauley Surface Mine No 3
Surface coal · Peaker Run Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604608

Abandoned 1976-04-27
Golden Ridge Surface Mine
Facility coal · Fork Lick Coal Processors Inc · MSHA ID 4606352

Abandoned 1987-11-30
Grace #2 Mine (Surface)
Surface coal · Cedar Bend Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606802

Abandoned 1984-09-12
Grassy Creek #1 Preparation Plant
Facility coal · Big Grassy Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607022

Abandoned 1987-01-05
Grassy Creek #3
Surface coal · Big Grassy Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606418

Abandoned and Sealed 1989-07-25
Holley Glade/Amos Run Auger
Surface coal · Bundy Auger Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608385

Abandoned 1997-01-14
Hoovers Landing
Facility coal · Brooks Run Mining Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4609457

Abandoned 2024-02-01
Jack Run
Underground coal · Jack Run Coal Corp Inc · MSHA ID 4608078

Abandoned and Sealed 1994-08-10
Jackson Bridge 1
Underground coal · Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · MSHA ID 4609353

Abandoned and Sealed 2019-10-16
Jinks Mining Auger
Surface coal · Stear Auger Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607915

Abandoned 1990-07-27
Juliana Mine No 1-A
Underground coal · Juliana Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606320

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-10-06
Juliana Mine No 2
Underground coal · Juliana Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606538

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-07-30
Juliana Mine No 2
Underground coal · Juliana Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607951

Abandoned and Sealed 1992-10-09
Juliana Prep Plant #1
Facility coal · Juliana Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605863

Abandoned 1999-10-26
Julianna Auger
Surface coal · Hickory Resources Partnership · MSHA ID 4607923

Abandoned 1992-04-27
Jumbo No 2
Underground coal · Lazy Ace Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605600

Abandoned and Sealed 1991-07-23
K & B No 8
Surface coal · K & B Coal Company · MSHA ID 4608175

Abandoned 1993-05-10
Kessler Tipple
Facility coal · Delta Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 4607017

Abandoned 1991-03-29
Laurel Creek Mine #1
Underground coal · Consolidated Management Inc · MSHA ID 4607646

Abandoned 2010-01-20
Laurel Creek Mine No 1
Underground coal · Shaker Run Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607542

Abandoned 1989-01-12
Lost Run Deep Mine No 1
Underground coal · Coal Corp Of America Inc · MSHA ID 4607436

Abandoned 1988-01-14
Lost Run Deep Mine No 1
Underground coal · Bjm Coal Company · MSHA ID 4608163

Abandoned and Sealed 1993-10-26
Lost Run Surface Mine
Surface coal · Peaker Run Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604227

Abandoned 1982-07-26
Mack Run Surface
Surface coal · Braxton Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4604938

Abandoned 1992-03-05
Mathes Surface
Surface coal · T & P Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605767

Abandoned 1978-05-30
Mercer Deep Mine
Underground coal · Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · MSHA ID 4608875

Abandoned and Sealed 2007-08-24
Mill Run 1
Underground coal · B & B Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601689

Abandoned 1973-05-29
Mine #1
Underground coal · Pine Tree Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605423

Abandoned 1978-05-30
Mine #3
Underground coal · Natural Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4606060

Abandoned and Sealed 1983-03-31
Mine #4
Underground coal · K & C Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607560

Abandoned and Sealed 1992-11-01
Mine 9B
Underground coal · Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · MSHA ID 4608284

Abandoned 2006-10-31
Mine A
Underground coal · Bergoo Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605083

Abandoned 1976-12-20
Mine No 5
Underground coal · Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · MSHA ID 4608218

Abandoned and Sealed 2009-11-13
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Birch River Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4602900

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-02-02
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Sawyer Run Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604580

Abandoned and Sealed 1979-10-02
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Grizzly Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4605772

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-10-12
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Lazy Ace Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607641

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-10-26
Mine No 16
Underground coal · Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · MSHA ID 4607757

Abandoned and Sealed 2005-03-05
Mine No 2
Underground coal · Dan Webster Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606087

Abandoned 1983-12-20
Mine No 2
Surface coal · Elk River Resources · MSHA ID 4607698

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-03-08
Mine No 3
Underground coal · Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · MSHA ID 4606043

Abandoned 2005-08-23
Mine No 4
Underground coal · Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · MSHA ID 4606213

Abandoned 2016-06-09
Mine No 4A East
Underground coal · Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · MSHA ID 4607125

Abandoned 2005-09-06
Mine No 4A West
Underground coal · Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · MSHA ID 4608823

Abandoned 2004-11-09
Mine Number 7a
Underground coal · Pammlid Coal Company · MSHA ID 4608129

Abandoned and Sealed 1999-04-06
Mossy Bottom Impoundment
Underground coal · Brooks Run Mining Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4609436

Abandoned 2025-02-20
Mudlick Deep Mine
Surface coal · C P & S Inc · MSHA ID 4607122

Abandoned 1987-01-26
Mudlick Deep Mine
Underground coal · C P & S Inc · MSHA ID 4607123

Abandoned and Sealed 1987-06-23
Mudlick No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Briarwood Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4607320

Abandoned and Sealed 1993-07-28
No 1
Underground coal · Empire Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601799

Abandoned 1971-06-28
No 1
Underground coal · Leffingwell Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601914

Abandoned 1973-05-29
No 1
Underground coal · Natural Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4605546

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-03-30
No 1 Auger
Surface coal · Key Mining Company · MSHA ID 4602710

Abandoned 1973-03-28
No 1 Auger
Surface coal · Desrosiers Brothers Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602725

Abandoned 1976-08-16
No 1 Auger
Surface coal · Higgins Auger Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604848

Abandoned 1984-02-02
No 1 Auger Mine
Surface coal · Peaker Run Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603123

Abandoned 1972-12-22
No 1 Job
Surface coal · Taylors Camping · MSHA ID 4606709

Abandoned 1983-10-06
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Varner Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601529

Abandoned 1973-09-25
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Bemis Holding Company · MSHA ID 4603361

Abandoned 1976-10-18
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Webster Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603499

Abandoned 1974-05-28
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Bane Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4604601

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-03-19
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Mill Run Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604834

Abandoned 1980-07-07
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Cooper Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4604916

Abandoned 1977-08-22
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Dever & Dever Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 4605148

Abandoned 1980-07-10
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · C L & W Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605174

Abandoned 1977-08-22
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Bookie Bear Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605178

Abandoned 1977-01-31
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · K & C Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605197

Abandoned 1978-05-30
No 1 Mine
Surface coal · Hico Mining Company · MSHA ID 4605816

Abandoned 1980-12-12
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Solitaire Coal Corp Inc · MSHA ID 4606144

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-12-21
No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Turner Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602212

Abandoned 1972-04-13
No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Alster Coal & Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605631

Abandoned 1978-06-20
No 1 Strip Mine
Surface coal · T & B Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602294

Abandoned 1972-04-13
No 1 Strip Mine
Surface coal · Peaker Run Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603124

Abandoned 1973-03-28
No 1 Surface
Surface coal · Energy Producers Inc · MSHA ID 4604197

Abandoned 1979-10-01
No 1 Surface
Surface coal · Southeastern Construction Corp · MSHA ID 4604658

Abandoned 1977-04-14
No 1 Surface
Surface coal · Craig Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 4604679

Abandoned 1978-01-10
No 1 Surface
Surface coal · Webster Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4605078

Abandoned 1979-10-01
No 1 Surface
Surface coal · Barnett Run Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605586

Abandoned 1978-08-07
No 1 Surface
Surface coal · B & B Construction · MSHA ID 4605783

Abandoned 1980-03-02
No 1 Surface
Surface coal · Arrow Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605798

Abandoned 1979-10-01
No 1 Surface
Surface coal · James H Adkins & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 4606676

Abandoned 1984-09-20
No 1 Surface
Surface coal · Jinxs Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607870

Abandoned 1990-11-19
No 1 Surface Mine
Surface coal · Oneida Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606766

Abandoned 1994-07-27
No 1 Tipple
Surface coal · Big Valley Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605598

Abandoned 1980-04-01
No 1 Tipple
Surface coal · Webster Development Inc · MSHA ID 4606075

Abandoned 1981-01-21
No 1-B Mine
Underground coal · Hughes Run Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604531

Abandoned 1976-08-16
No 1-Mine
Underground coal · Webster Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603840

Abandoned and Sealed 1983-12-20
No 10
Underground coal · Bergoo Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605049

Abandoned 1978-06-20
No 101 Surface
Surface coal · Eastern Sewell Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606406

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-10-08
No 11 Mine
Underground coal · Spring Ridge Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603756

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-02-02
No 11 Mine
Underground coal · Bookie Bear Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604816

Abandoned 1978-05-30
No 12 Mine
Underground coal · Bergoo Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605193

Abandoned 1976-12-20
No 16 Mine
Underground coal · P & L Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4605413

Abandoned 1978-05-30
No 2 Auger Mine
Surface coal · Higgins Auger Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603127

Abandoned 1973-11-20
No 2 Mine
Underground coal · Williams River Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601775

Abandoned 1972-10-16
No 2 Mine
Underground coal · Interstate Development Company · MSHA ID 4602576

Abandoned 1972-09-01
No 2 Mine
Underground coal · Big Valley Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602866

Abandoned and Sealed 1980-07-10
No 2 Mine
Underground coal · Mountain Energy Corp · MSHA ID 4604245

Abandoned 1980-07-01

…and 80 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	Class	Source	Features
Strip Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	162
Adit	Mine openings	USGS topo symbol (point)	84
P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	16
P2 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	9
P3 High Wall	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	8
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Mills, tipples and facilities	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	7
P3 Mine Opening	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	6
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	6
P3 Gobs	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	6
P3 Water Problems	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	6
Tipple	Mills, tipples and facilities	USGS topo symbol (point)	4
P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
Disturbed Surface - Pit	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	4
P3 Spoil Area	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
Tailings - Pond	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (area)	3
Disturbed Surface	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	3
P1 Surface Burning	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
Mine Dump	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (area)	3
P3 Bench	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
P2 Dangerous Slides	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
Quarry	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	2
Open Pit Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	2
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	2
Gravel Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
P1 Subsidence	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P3 Haul Road	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P2 Subsidence	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Gases: Hazardous/Explosive	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Open Pit Mine or Quarry	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
P2 Vertical Openings	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Vertical Openings	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P2 Surface Burning	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P3 Pits	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	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

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.