Mines in Rice County, Kansas
Rice County, Kansas has 10 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 2 intermittent, 7 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 397 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 989 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Rice 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.
- Mines on register
- 10
- Active
- 1
- Fatalities on record
- 1
- Citations issued
- 989
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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.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.
| Operator | Mines | Active | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Salt Company | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lyons Salt Company | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| North American Salt Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Raymond Sand & Gravel, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S & S Bulldozer Service | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Southeast Materials Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sterling Sand & Gravel | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Superior Sand & Gravel | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tobias & Birchenough Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Lyons MineActive 1 fatal 897 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Lyons Salt Company · MSHA ID 1400413
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North American Evaporated Salt MillAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · North American Salt Company · MSHA ID 1401543
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Raymond Sand & GravelIntermittent 0 fatal 54 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Raymond Sand & Gravel, Inc. · MSHA ID 1400458
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Superior Sand & GravelIntermittent 0 fatal 29 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Superior Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1401748
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Sunflower Sand & GravelAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · S & S Bulldozer Service · MSHA ID 1401495
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STERLING SAND PITAbandoned 0 fatal 9 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Sterling Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1401026
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American Salt Evap Plant And MaintAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · American Salt Company · MSHA ID 1400778
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American Salt Milling And ShippingAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · American Salt Company · MSHA ID 1400777
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Lyons PlantAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Tobias & Birchenough Inc · MSHA ID 1400545
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Raymond QuarryAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Southeast Materials Inc · MSHA ID 1401157
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.
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.