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Mines in St. Clair County, Illinois

St. Clair County, Illinois has 25 mines on MSHA's register: 4 active, 21 abandoned. 16 are coal mines and 9 metal or non-metal. 2 miners have died and 861 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 836 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in St. Clair 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 St. Clair County →

Mines on register
25
Active
4
Fatalities on record
2
Citations issued
836
5 underground · 11 surface · 9 facilities 16 coal · 9 metal and non-metal 21 abandoned 861 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.
St. Clair County, Illinois · Population 254,777
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$70,178
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
Peabody Coal Company 10 0 0
Columbia Quarry Company LLC 2 2 1
Falling Springs Quarry Company 1 1 1
Belle Valley Coal Company Inc 1 0 0
Cargill Salt 1 0 0
Casper Stolle Quarry & Contracting Co 1 0 0
Freeburg Sand & Gravel-Div/Iola Quarry Inc 1 0 0
Hillside Recreational Lands, LLC 1 0 0
Illini Sand Company 1 0 0
Metro East Sand Inc 1 0 0
Mines in St. Clair County25 on register
  1. FALLING SPRINGS QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Falling Springs Quarry Company · MSHA ID 1100055
    Active
  2. Columbia Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Columbia Quarry Company LLC · MSHA ID 1100038
    Active
  3. Dupo Plant #9
    Surface metal/non-metal · Columbia Quarry Company · MSHA ID 1100039
    Active
  4. Watco Transloading/ Cahokia Terminals
    Facility coal · Watco Trans Loading LLC · MSHA ID 1103225
    Active
  5. River King Underground
    Underground coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1100725
    Abandoned and Sealed
  6. Randolph Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Hillside Recreational Lands, LLC · MSHA ID 1101999
    Abandoned
  7. River King Prep
    Facility coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1101805
    Abandoned
  8. Casper Stolle Quarry & Contracting Co
    Surface metal/non-metal · Casper Stolle Quarry & Contracting Co · MSHA ID 1100211
    Abandoned
  9. Tsm Central
    Facility coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1102656
    Abandoned
  10. River King Pit No 3
    Surface coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1102018
    Abandoned
  11. Metro East Sand Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Metro East Sand Inc · MSHA ID 1102766
    Abandoned
  12. Freeburg Sand And Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Freeburg Sand & Gravel-Div/Iola Quarry Inc · MSHA ID 1102616
    Abandoned
  13. Belle Valley Mine
    Underground coal · Belle Valley Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1100615
    Abandoned
  14. Cargill Salt Terminal
    Facility metal/non-metal · Cargill Salt · MSHA ID 1102487
    Abandoned
  15. Christy Mine #2
    Facility coal · Seminole Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1103023
    Abandoned
  16. Cottonwood Hills
    Surface coal · Waste Management of IL · MSHA ID 1103116
    Abandoned
  17. Green Diamond Shop
    Facility coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1102756
    Abandoned
  18. Illini Loading Dock
    Surface metal/non-metal · Illini Sand Company · MSHA ID 1101623
    Abandoned
  19. Kaskaskia Loading Dock
    Facility coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1102557
    Abandoned
  20. Midwest Highwall Mine No 3
    Underground coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1100728
    Abandoned
  21. Midwest Highwall No 2
    Underground coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1100811
    Abandoned
  22. River Dock Loading Dock
    Facility coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1101739
    Abandoned
  23. St Ellen Project-Culm
    Surface coal · Minerals Management Corp · MSHA ID 1102583
    Abandoned
  24. St Libory Mine
    Underground coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1102441
    Abandoned
  25. Superior Sand Company
    Surface metal/non-metal · Superior Sand Company · MSHA ID 1101911
    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.