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Mines in Saline County, Illinois

Saline County, Illinois has 49 mines on MSHA's register: 42 abandoned. 48 are coal mines and 1 metal or non-metal. 11 miners have died and 6,457 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2023. Inspectors have issued 24,409 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Saline 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 Saline County →

Mines on register
49
Active
0
Fatalities on record
11
Citations issued
24,409
12 underground · 22 surface · 12 facilities 48 coal · 1 metal and non-metal 42 abandoned 6,457 reported accidents, 1983–2023
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.
Saline County, Illinois · Population 23,387
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$54,945
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
Sahara Coal Company Inc 7 0 1
Big Ridge Inc 4 0 3
Illinois Land Resources, Inc. 2 0 4
Continental Augering Inc 2 0 0
Diverified Minerals & Real Estate 2 0 0
J J Track Mining Company Inc 2 0 0
Jader Fuel Company Inc 2 0 0
Tek-Bar Industries Inc 2 0 0
WFI 1 0 2
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC 1 0 1
Mines in Saline County49 on register
  1. New Era Mine
    Facility coal · Illinois Land Resources, Inc. · MSHA ID 1102752
    NonProducing
  2. Willow Lake Portal
    Underground coal · Big Ridge Inc · MSHA ID 1103054
    Abandoned and Sealed
  3. WFI
    Facility coal · WFI · MSHA ID 1102636
    Abandoned
  4. Wildcat Hills Mine-Underground
    Underground coal · Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1103156
    Abandoned and Sealed
  5. Mine No 21
    Underground coal · Sahara Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1100784
    Abandoned and Sealed
  6. New Future Mine
    Facility coal · Illinois Land Resources, Inc. · MSHA ID 1103232
    Temporarily Idled
  7. Big Ridge Mine Prep Plant/Maint Shop
    Surface coal · Big Ridge Inc · MSHA ID 1102879
    Abandoned
  8. Big Ridge Mine Portal No 2
    Underground coal · Big Ridge Inc · MSHA ID 1102997
    Abandoned and Sealed
  9. Mine No 6
    Surface coal · Sahara Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1100621
    Abandoned
  10. Mine No 7
    Underground coal · Sahara Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1102770
    Abandoned and Sealed
  11. Willow Lake Central Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Big Ridge Inc · MSHA ID 1103099
    NonProducing
  12. Eagle River Mine No 1
    Surface coal · Responsible Energy Operations · MSHA ID 1103212
    NonProducing
  13. Harco
    Underground coal · Amax Coal Company · MSHA ID 1102848
    Abandoned and Sealed
  14. Will Scarlet
    Surface coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1100631
    Abandoned
  15. Equality Mine #1
    Surface coal · Equality Mining Company · MSHA ID 1102640
    Abandoned
  16. Plant
    Facility coal · Sahara Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1101779
    Abandoned
  17. Mine No 22
    Underground coal · Sahara Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1102684
    Abandoned and Sealed
  18. Shop
    Facility coal · Sahara Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1101815
    Abandoned
  19. Cheyenne Saline Co. #1
    Underground coal · Cheyenne Resources, Inc. · MSHA ID 1103057
    Abandoned and Sealed
  20. Lakeside Synfuel Plant
    Facility coal · Lakeside Synfuel, LLC · MSHA ID 1103098
    Abandoned
  21. Mine No 20
    Underground coal · Sahara Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1100766
    Abandoned and Sealed
  22. SHM-30
    Surface coal · Eagle Highwall Mining Systems, LLC · MSHA ID 0103554
    Abandoned
  23. Arclar Mine Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Tek-Bar Industries Inc · MSHA ID 1102806
    Abandoned
  24. Conti #12
    Surface coal · Continental Augering Inc · MSHA ID 1102950
    Abandoned
  25. Delta Carbon Project
    Surface coal · K.D. Crain & Sons, Inc. · MSHA ID 1103247
    Abandoned
  26. Illinois Fuel Auger
    Surface coal · Midwest Auger Co. · MSHA ID 1103101
    Abandoned
  27. #5 Ug
    Underground coal · Sahara Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1100620
    Abandoned
  28. A And G No 1
    Surface coal · A & G Coal Company · MSHA ID 1102630
    Abandoned
  29. Big Ridge No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Big Ridge Coal Company · MSHA ID 1100830
    Abandoned
  30. Brown Bros Mine No 3
    Surface coal · J J Track Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1102811
    Abandoned
  31. Conti Delta #2
    Surface coal · Continental Augering Inc · MSHA ID 1102958
    Abandoned
  32. Crouch Of Illinois #1
    Surface coal · J J Track Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1101659
    Abandoned
  33. Davis Enterprises
    Facility coal · Davis Enterprises · MSHA ID 1102535
    Abandoned
  34. Davis Parks Culm Bank
    Surface coal · Gene Davis Enterprises · MSHA ID 1102560
    Abandoned
  35. Downstate No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Downstate Stone Company · MSHA ID 1102747
    Abandoned
  36. E And L Strip
    Surface coal · E & L Coal Company · MSHA ID 1100831
    Abandoned
  37. Farrell Auger Pit
    Surface coal · Diverified Minerals & Real Estate · MSHA ID 1101804
    Abandoned
  38. Federal Landscaping Co Mine No 1
    Surface coal · Jader Fuel Company Inc · MSHA ID 1102712
    Abandoned
  39. Ferrell Pit No 2 Auger
    Surface coal · Diverified Minerals & Real Estate · MSHA ID 1101904
    Abandoned
  40. Galatia Mine Mellennium Portal
    Underground coal · American Coal Company · MSHA ID 1103071
    Abandoned
  41. Jader No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Jader Fuel Company Inc · MSHA ID 1101782
    Abandoned
  42. New Era Mine
    coal · The American Coal Company · MSHA ID 1103178
    New Mine
  43. New Future Mine
    coal · The American Coal Company · MSHA ID 1103179
    New Mine
  44. No 16 Mine
    Underground coal · Sahara Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1100619
    Abandoned
  45. Pitco Mine #1
    Facility coal · Pitco · MSHA ID 1102847
    Abandoned
  46. Preparation Plant
    coal · The American Coal Company · MSHA ID 1103180
    New Mine
  47. Saxton Mine
    Facility coal · Southern Resource Transfer · MSHA ID 1102935
    Abandoned
  48. Somerset No 1 Mine-Strip
    Surface coal · Somerset Mining Company · MSHA ID 1102642
    Abandoned
  49. Tek-Bar No 1
    Facility coal · Tek-Bar Industries Inc · MSHA ID 1102777
    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.