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Mines in Cherokee County, Alabama

Cherokee County, Alabama has 31 mines on MSHA's register: 31 abandoned. 25 are coal mines and 6 metal or non-metal. 7 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1984 and 1993. Inspectors have issued 46 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Cherokee County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Cherokee County →

Mines on register
31
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
46
5 underground · 25 surface · 1 facilities 25 coal · 6 metal and non-metal 31 abandoned 7 reported accidents, 1984–1993
Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Cherokee County, Alabama · Population 25,224
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$50,769
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
Cornelius & Rush Coal Company Inc 2 0 0
T M T Mining Company 2 0 0
Alabama Georgia Mining Company Inc 1 0 0
Big Star Coal Company Inc 1 0 0
Brenda Coal Company Inc 1 0 0
Cash Mines Inc 1 0 0
Cash Mining Company Inc 1 0 0
Cedar Bluff Rock Products 1 0 0
Centre Mining Inc 1 0 0
Covington Stone Company 1 0 0
Mines in Cherokee County31 on register
  1. Leesburg Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Covington Stone Company · MSHA ID 0102860
    Abandoned
  2. Culpepper Chert Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · John Payne · MSHA ID 0103200
    Abandoned
  3. Cedar Bluff Rock Products #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cedar Bluff Rock Products · MSHA ID 0103275
    Abandoned
  4. Cherokee Mine
    Underground coal · Silloh Inc · MSHA ID 0102553
    Abandoned and Sealed
  5. Lumpkin Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · General Shale Brick Inc · MSHA ID 0103415
    Abandoned
  6. Ellis Brothers Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ellis Bros.Gin, Inc. · MSHA ID 0103280
    Abandoned
  7. Big Star No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Big Star Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101555
    Abandoned
  8. Bobo Pit
    Surface coal · Eagle Contracting · MSHA ID 0102445
    Abandoned
  9. Brenda Strip No 1
    Surface coal · Brenda Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101415
    Abandoned
  10. Cash Mine
    Underground coal · Cash Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101496
    Abandoned
  11. Cash Mines No 1
    Underground coal · Cash Mines Inc · MSHA ID 0102318
    Abandoned
  12. Cherokee County Pit #1
    Surface coal · Southern-Way Resources Inc · MSHA ID 0102461
    Abandoned
  13. Cherokee No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Howton Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 0101406
    Abandoned
  14. Cherokee No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Tennessee Highlands Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101878
    Abandoned
  15. Cherokee Pit No 1
    Surface coal · Jet Coal Corp · MSHA ID 0102320
    Abandoned
  16. Cherokee Site
    Surface metal/non-metal · National Cement Company of Alabama · MSHA ID 0103312
    Abandoned
  17. Cloudland No 1
    Surface coal · S U M Development Corp · MSHA ID 0100970
    Abandoned
  18. Crow Strip
    Surface coal · Southeastern Metallurgical Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101758
    Abandoned
  19. Dan No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Slimp Construction Company · MSHA ID 0101554
    Abandoned
  20. Fort Norman Development No 2 Strip
    Surface coal · Fort Norman Development Inc · MSHA ID 0101773
    Abandoned
  21. Jamestown Tipple
    Facility coal · Lookout Mountain Coal Co · MSHA ID 0101535
    Abandoned
  22. Louise No 1
    Underground coal · T M T Mining Company · MSHA ID 0101437
    Abandoned
  23. No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · T M T Mining Company · MSHA ID 0101443
    Abandoned
  24. No 1 Pit
    Surface coal · Centre Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101537
    Abandoned
  25. No 2 Strip
    Surface coal · Mineral Extractors Inc · MSHA ID 0101545
    Abandoned
  26. Pit #1
    Surface coal · Southern Empire Corp · MSHA ID 0102155
    Abandoned
  27. Pit No 2
    Surface coal · Yancey & Yancey Inc · MSHA ID 0101908
    Abandoned
  28. Sand Rock Pit No 1
    Surface coal · Cornelius & Rush Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101563
    Abandoned
  29. Sand Rock Pit No 4
    Surface coal · Cornelius & Rush Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101823
    Abandoned
  30. Sandrock Mine
    Surface coal · Hallmark & Son Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101971
    Abandoned
  31. Stimpson
    Surface coal · Alabama Georgia Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102315
    Abandoned

Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.

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How to read these numbers

The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.