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Mines in Kearny County, Kansas

Kearny County, Kansas has 10 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 3 intermittent, 6 abandoned. 1 accident has been reported at these mines in 2009. Inspectors have issued 374 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Kearny 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 Kearny County →

Mines on register
10
Active
1
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
374
0 underground · 10 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 10 metal and non-metal 3 intermittent 6 abandoned 1 reported accidents, 2009
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.
Kearny County, Kansas · Population 3,910
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$74,135
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
Klotz Sand Company 3 0 0
Grant County 1 0 0
Hardrock Sand & Gravel LLC 1 0 0
Kearny County Road Department 1 0 0
Popejoy Construction Company Inc 1 0 0
Smith Sand Company Inc 1 0 0
Venture Corporation 1 1 0
WKDC, LLC 1 0 0
Mines in Kearny County10 on register
  1. Venture Portable 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Venture Corporation · MSHA ID 1401662
    Active
  2. Klotz Sand Co., Inc.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Klotz Sand Co., Inc. · MSHA ID 1401571
    Intermittent
  3. Hardrock Sand & Gravel LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hardrock Sand & Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 1401670
    Abandoned
  4. HAIGLER, NE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Klotz Sand Co., Inc. · MSHA ID 1401769
    Abandoned
  5. LAKIN PIT #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Popejoy Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1400889
    Abandoned
  6. Portable Screen
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kearny County Road Department · MSHA ID 1401580
    Intermittent
  7. Puckett Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Grant County · MSHA ID 1401695
    Intermittent
  8. Lakin Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · WKDC, LLC · MSHA ID 1401813
    Abandoned
  9. Klotz Sand Pit #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Klotz Sand Company · MSHA ID 1401379
    Abandoned
  10. Lakin Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Smith Sand Company Inc · MSHA ID 1401380
    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.