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Mines in Estill County, Kentucky

Estill County, Kentucky has 6 mines on MSHA's register: 5 abandoned. 4 are coal mines and 2 metal or non-metal. 1 miner has died and 138 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2017. Inspectors have issued 522 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Estill 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 Estill County →

Mines on register
6
Active
0
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
522
1 underground · 2 surface · 3 facilities 4 coal · 2 metal and non-metal 5 abandoned 138 reported accidents, 1983–2017
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.
Estill County, Kentucky · Population 14,079
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$43,905
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
Hinkle Contracting Corporation 2 0 0
Bowie Refined Coal, LLC 1 0 1
Ctl Coal 1 0 0
Ecoprep Inc 1 0 0
Tti Synfuel Operations Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Estill County6 on register
  1. Estill Co.
    Facility coal · Bowie Refined Coal, LLC · MSHA ID 1500365
    Abandoned
  2. Tipton Ridge Quarry
    Underground metal/non-metal · Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · MSHA ID 1500019
    Temporarily Idled
  3. Tti Synfuel Operations Inc
    Facility coal · Tti Synfuel Operations Inc · MSHA ID 1518139
    Abandoned
  4. Tipton Ridge Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hinkle Contracting Corporation · MSHA ID 1517601
    Abandoned
  5. Ecoprep Coal Waste Reclamation Plan
    Facility coal · Ecoprep Inc · MSHA ID 1518042
    Abandoned
  6. Auger Mine #1
    Surface coal · Ctl Coal · MSHA ID 1517206
    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.