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Mines in Thomas County, Kansas

Thomas County, Kansas has 6 mines on MSHA's register: 1 intermittent, 5 abandoned. 5 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1991 and 2012. Inspectors have issued 21 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Thomas 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 Thomas County →

Mines on register
6
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
21
0 underground · 5 surface · 1 facilities 0 coal · 6 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 5 abandoned 5 reported accidents, 1991–2012
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.
Thomas County, Kansas · Population 7,913
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$73,575
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
Apac-Kansas Inc Shears Division 3 0 0
J H Shears' Sons Inc 1 0 0
Sporer Land Development Inc 1 0 0
Thomas County Highway Department 1 0 0
Mines in Thomas County6 on register
  1. Portable Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Thomas County Highway Department · MSHA ID 1401533
    Abandoned
  2. HAYS PORTABLE PLANT #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Apac-Kansas Inc · MSHA ID 1401486
    Intermittent
  3. Hays Pit No A-1
    Facility metal/non-metal · Apac-Kansas Inc Shears Division · MSHA ID 1401255
    Abandoned
  4. Rhea Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sporer Land Development Inc · MSHA ID 1401683
    Abandoned
  5. Fulton Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Apac-Kansas Inc Shears Division · MSHA ID 1401207
    Abandoned
  6. Brewster Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · J H Shears' Sons Inc · MSHA ID 1401319
    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.