Mines in Jefferson County, Illinois
Jefferson County, Illinois has 8 mines on MSHA's register: 6 abandoned. 6 miners have died and 2,115 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2018. Inspectors have issued 1,492 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County →
- Mines on register
- 8
- Active
- 0
- Fatalities on record
- 6
- Citations issued
- 1,492
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Coal Company LLC | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Franklin County Land Resources, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cheyenne Enterprises Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Energy Explorations Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Freeman United Coal Mining Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jefferson County Carbon | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robertson & Assoc (Il) Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Franklin County MineNonProducing 1 fatal 1,472 citationsFacility coal · Franklin County Land Resources, Inc. · MSHA ID 1100601
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Orient No 6 MineTemporarily Idled 5 fatal 20 citationsSurface coal · Cheyenne Resources, INC. · MSHA ID 1100599
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Orient No 3Abandoned and Sealed 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Freeman United Coal Mining Company · MSHA ID 1100600
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Eads MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface coal · Robertson & Assoc (Il) Inc · MSHA ID 1100832
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Frontier MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface coal · Cheyenne Enterprises Inc. · MSHA ID 1103234
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Jefferson County CarbonAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface coal · Jefferson County Carbon · MSHA ID 1102951
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Orient No 3 Reclamation Area And SAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility coal · Springfield Coal Company LLC · MSHA ID 1102797
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Ozark SurfaceAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface coal · Energy Explorations Inc · MSHA ID 1102659
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.