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Mines in Cowley County, Kansas

Cowley County, Kansas has 21 mines on MSHA's register: 5 active, 2 intermittent, 14 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 75 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2024. Inspectors have issued 511 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Cowley 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 Cowley County →

Mines on register
21
Active
5
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
511
0 underground · 21 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 21 metal and non-metal 2 intermittent 14 abandoned 75 reported accidents, 1983–2024
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.
Cowley County, Kansas · Population 34,487
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$58,263
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
Buechel Stone Corp 3 1 0
Whitaker Aggregates 2 2 1
Southeast Materials Inc 2 0 0
ACG Materials 1 0 0
Beatrice Concrete Company Inc 1 0 0
Daniels Rock & Ready-Mix Company 1 0 0
Delta Sand Inc 1 0 0
Harshman Construction L L C 1 0 0
Heartland Stone Inc 1 0 0
Hy-Grade Aggregates, LLC 1 1 0
Mines in Cowley County21 on register
  1. Whitaker Aggregates Cedar Vale Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Whitaker Aggregates · MSHA ID 1401125
    Active
  2. Winfield Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Whitaker Aggregates · MSHA ID 1401577
    Active
  3. Silverdale Quality Stone
    Surface metal/non-metal · Silverdale Quality Stone · MSHA ID 1400060
    Active
  4. Portable Unit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Buechel Stone Corp · MSHA ID 1401728
    Active
  5. Silver Creek Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hy-Grade Aggregates, LLC · MSHA ID 1401827
    Active
  6. Banks
    Surface metal/non-metal · Buechel Stone Corp · MSHA ID 1401494
    Intermittent
  7. Warren Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Heartland Stone Inc · MSHA ID 1401624
    Abandoned
  8. ACG Materials Ark City
    Surface metal/non-metal · ACG Materials · MSHA ID 1401743
    Abandoned
  9. DELTA SAND INC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Delta Sand Inc · MSHA ID 1401520
    Abandoned
  10. Wells Construction
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wells Construction · MSHA ID 1401677
    Abandoned
  11. Devore Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · L G Pike Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1401502
    Abandoned
  12. Born Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lawrence Crushed Stone · MSHA ID 1401493
    Abandoned
  13. Boulder Hill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Buechel Stone · MSHA ID 1401842
    Intermittent
  14. Daniels Rock & Ready Mix Company
    Surface metal/non-metal · Daniels Rock & Ready-Mix Company · MSHA ID 1400067
    Abandoned
  15. Dowler Quarry And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southeast Materials Inc · MSHA ID 1401118
    Abandoned
  16. Elam Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Winfield Building Stone Co · MSHA ID 1400573
    Abandoned
  17. Gaston-Shore Shop
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southeast Materials Inc · MSHA ID 1401185
    Abandoned
  18. Haynes Sand
    Surface metal/non-metal · Beatrice Concrete Company Inc · MSHA ID 1400425
    Abandoned
  19. Mc Farland Gravel Company
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mc Farland Gravel Company · MSHA ID 1400510
    Abandoned
  20. Ray Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ray Enterprises · MSHA ID 1401251
    Abandoned
  21. Storey Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Harshman Construction L L C · MSHA ID 1401309
    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.