Mining Incidents
MSHA mine register by county

Mines in Whitley County, Indiana

Whitley County, Indiana has 7 mines on MSHA's register: 1 intermittent, 6 abandoned. 2 accidents have been reported at these mines in 2026. Inspectors have issued 87 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Whitley 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 Whitley County →

Mines on register
7
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
87
0 underground · 7 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 7 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 6 abandoned 2 reported accidents, 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.
Whitley County, Indiana · Population 34,388
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$75,790
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
Northeast Indiana Sand & Gravel Company LLC 2 0 0
Speedway Sand and Gravel,LLC. 2 0 0
W & W Gravel Company Inc 2 0 0
Midwest Aggregates Corp 1 0 0
Mines in Whitley County7 on register
  1. Columbia City
    Surface metal/non-metal · Speedway Sand and Gravel,LLC. · MSHA ID 1202472
    Intermittent
  2. Columbia City- Plant #4
    Surface metal/non-metal · Speedway Sand & Gravel, Inc. · MSHA ID 1202202
    Abandoned
  3. Roanoke Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · W & W Gravel Company Inc · MSHA ID 1201044
    Abandoned
  4. PLANT 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Northeast Indiana Sand & Gravel Company LLC · MSHA ID 1202297
    Abandoned
  5. PLANT 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Northeast Indiana Sand & Gravel Company LLC · MSHA ID 1202298
    Abandoned
  6. Plant No 3
    Surface metal/non-metal · Midwest Aggregates Corp · MSHA ID 1200930
    Abandoned
  7. South Whitley Pit And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · W & W Gravel Company Inc · MSHA ID 1201193
    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.