Mines in Brown County, Illinois
Brown County, Illinois has 5 mines on MSHA's register: 5 abandoned. 2 are coal mines and 3 metal or non-metal. 69 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1985 and 1996.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Brown 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.
- Mines on register
- 5
- Active
- 0
- Fatalities on record
- 0
- Citations issued
- 0
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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.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.
| Operator | Mines | Active | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great American Energy Corp | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mt Sterling Tile Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pea Ridge Rock Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Triad Mining Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Illinois Stone Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Cedar Creek MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface coal · Triad Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1102815
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Big Eagle Mine #1Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface coal · Great American Energy Corp · MSHA ID 1102671
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Mt Sterling Plant #13Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Western Illinois Stone Company · MSHA ID 1101658
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Mt Sterling Tile CompanyAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Mt Sterling Tile Company · MSHA ID 1100488
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Pea Ridge Rock No 1Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Pea Ridge Rock Inc · MSHA ID 1102672
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.
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.