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Mines in McDonough County, Illinois

McDonough County, Illinois has 7 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 6 abandoned. 2 are coal mines and 5 metal or non-metal. 2 miners have died and 144 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 246 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in McDonough 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 McDonough County →

Mines on register
7
Active
1
Fatalities on record
2
Citations issued
246
1 underground · 6 surface · 0 facilities 2 coal · 5 metal and non-metal 6 abandoned 144 reported accidents, 1983–2025
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.
McDonough County, Illinois · Population 27,102
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$50,434
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
Central Stone Company 2 1 1
Springfield Coal Company LLC 1 0 1
Bi Petro Inc 1 0 0
Black Nugget LLC 1 0 0
West Central Materials, Inc. 1 0 0
Western Stoneware Company 1 0 0
Mines in McDonough County7 on register
  1. Central Stone Co (CS-75)
    Surface metal/non-metal · Central Stone Company · MSHA ID 1103083
    Active
  2. Industry Mine
    Surface coal · Springfield Coal Company LLC · MSHA ID 1102668
    Abandoned
  3. Colchester Plant-#51
    Surface metal/non-metal · Central Stone Company · MSHA ID 1100033
    Abandoned
  4. Mc Clure Quarries
    Surface metal/non-metal · West Central Materials, Inc. · MSHA ID 1100116
    Abandoned
  5. North Grindstone Mine
    Surface coal · Black Nugget LLC · MSHA ID 1103209
    Abandoned
  6. Colmar-Mc Fadden No 1 Unit
    Underground metal/non-metal · Bi Petro Inc · MSHA ID 1102865
    Abandoned
  7. Valentine Welch & Booz
    Surface metal/non-metal · Western Stoneware Company · MSHA ID 1100486
    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.