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Mines in Perry County, Illinois

Perry County, Illinois has 37 mines on MSHA's register: 3 active, 29 abandoned. 11 miners have died and 1,894 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 4,404 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Perry 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 Perry County →

Mines on register
37
Active
3
Fatalities on record
11
Citations issued
4,404
4 underground · 23 surface · 9 facilities 37 coal · 0 metal and non-metal 29 abandoned 1,894 reported accidents, 1983–2026
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.
Perry County, Illinois · Population 20,810
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$59,286
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
Arch Of Illinois 7 0 6
Knight Hawk Coal, LLC 6 2 2
Consolidation Coal Company 3 0 2
Continental Augering Inc 3 0 0
Elk Land Holdings, LLC 2 0 1
Black Hawk Mining Inc 2 0 0
Amax Coal Company 1 0 0
Auger Mining Inc 1 0 0
BC Recovery, LLC 1 1 0
Coal Carbon Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Perry County37 on register
  1. Prairie Eagle-Underground
    Underground coal · Knight Hawk Coal, LLC · MSHA ID 1103147
    Active
  2. Prairie Eagle
    Facility coal · Knight Hawk Coal, LLC · MSHA ID 1103143
    Active
  3. BCR Mine #1
    Surface coal · BC Recovery, LLC · MSHA ID 1103131
    Active
  4. Captain Mine
    Surface coal · Arch Of Illinois · MSHA ID 1100609
    Abandoned
  5. Conant Mine
    Underground coal · Arch Of Illinois · MSHA ID 1102886
    Abandoned and Sealed
  6. Burning Star #4
    Surface coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 1102024
    Abandoned and Sealed
  7. Horse Creek Mine
    Surface coal · Arch Of Illinois · MSHA ID 1102835
    Abandoned
  8. Fidelity Mine No 11
    Surface coal · Elk Land Holdings, LLC · MSHA ID 1100611
    Abandoned
  9. Burning Star #2 Mine
    Surface coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 1100610
    Abandoned
  10. Prairie Eagle South Underground Mine
    Underground coal · Knight Hawk Coal LLC · MSHA ID 1103205
    Abandoned and Sealed
  11. Kathleen Mine
    Underground coal · Arch Of Illinois · MSHA ID 1102790
    Abandoned and Sealed
  12. Denmark Mine
    Surface coal · Arch Of Illinois · MSHA ID 1102843
    Abandoned
  13. Leahy
    Surface coal · Amax Coal Company · MSHA ID 1101526
    Abandoned
  14. Arch Of Illinois Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Arch Of Illinois · MSHA ID 1102948
    Abandoned
  15. Red Hawk
    Surface coal · Knight Hawk Coal, LLC · MSHA ID 1103045
    NonProducing
  16. Golden Eagle Mine
    Surface coal · Knight Hawk Coal, LLC · MSHA ID 1103274
    NonProducing
  17. Central Repair Shop
    Facility coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 1101834
    Abandoned
  18. Mine #1
    Facility coal · Surefire Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1102839
    Abandoned
  19. Jordan
    Surface coal · BC Recovery, LLC · MSHA ID 1103241
    NonProducing
  20. Fidelity Mine
    Facility coal · Energy Recovery, LLC · MSHA ID 1103254
    Abandoned
  21. A M No 3
    Surface coal · Auger Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1103119
    Abandoned
  22. Conti Horse #5
    Surface coal · Continental Augering Inc · MSHA ID 1102961
    Abandoned
  23. West City Feed And Fuel Co
    Facility coal · West City Feed & Fuel Company · MSHA ID 1102785
    Abandoned
  24. DuQuoin Carbon Recovery
    Surface coal · K. D. Crain & Sons, Inc. · MSHA ID 1103240
    Abandoned
  25. Burning Star Slurry Recovery
    coal · Green Energy Holdings LLC · MSHA ID 1103237
    New Mine
  26. Coal Carbon Inc #2
    Surface coal · Coal Carbon Inc · MSHA ID 1103032
    Abandoned
  27. Conti #15
    Surface coal · Continental Augering Inc · MSHA ID 1102953
    Abandoned
  28. Continental Star Mine
    Surface coal · Continental Augering Inc · MSHA ID 1102970
    Abandoned
  29. Galum Creek Mine
    Surface coal · Arch Of Illinois · MSHA ID 1102860
    Abandoned
  30. Lost Prairie Mine
    Facility coal · Knight Hawk Coal, LLC · MSHA ID 1103219
    New Mine
  31. Midwest Resources #1
    Facility coal · Midwest Resources #1 Inc · MSHA ID 1102838
    Abandoned
  32. No 14 Slurry Pit
    Surface coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1102602
    Abandoned
  33. Pioneer Auger
    Surface coal · Black Hawk Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1103082
    Abandoned
  34. Pyramid Energy Ltd
    Facility coal · Pyramid Energy Ltd · MSHA ID 1102826
    Abandoned
  35. Quadstar No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Quadstar Mining Corp Inc · MSHA ID 1201640
    Abandoned
  36. Razorback 2 Auger
    Surface coal · Black Hawk Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1103073
    Abandoned
  37. Walker Creek
    Surface coal · Freeman Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1103014
    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.