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Mines in Harlan County, Kentucky page 4 of 4

Harlan County, Kentucky has 1,041 mines on MSHA's register: 15 active, 1,007 abandoned. 1,039 are coal mines and 2 metal or non-metal. 68 miners have died and 8,911 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 63,392 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Harlan 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 Harlan County →

Mines on register
1,041
Active
15
Fatalities on record
68
Citations issued
63,392
720 underground · 254 surface · 65 facilities 1,039 coal · 2 metal and non-metal 1,007 abandoned 8,911 reported accidents, 1983–2026
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.
Harlan County, Kentucky · Population 26,185
4.3%
Mining share of county employment
$37,198
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
Manalapan Mining Company Inc 28 0 7
Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc 19 0 0
Nally and Hamilton Enterprises, Inc 16 3 3
Rb Coal Company Inc 14 0 2
BLUEGRASS NATURAL RESOURCES, LLC 12 6 8
Coal Fuels Inc 12 0 0
Harlan Cumberland Coal LLC 11 0 3
Revelation Energy, LLC 11 0 3
Dixie Fuel Company, LLC 11 0 2
Golden Glow Coals Inc 11 0 0
Mines in Harlan County1,041 on register · page 4 of 4
  1. No 4
    Underground coal · Hensley Brothers Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1513253
    Abandoned and Sealed
  2. No 4
    Underground coal · R & L Coal'S Inc · MSHA ID 1514500
    Abandoned and Sealed
  3. No 4
    Underground coal · Bob & Tom Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514581
    Abandoned and Sealed
  4. No 4
    Underground coal · Day Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515060
    Abandoned and Sealed
  5. No 4
    Underground coal · Loveday Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515635
    Abandoned and Sealed
  6. No 4
    Underground coal · Lee W Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515790
    Abandoned and Sealed
  7. No 4
    Underground coal · Simpson Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516566
    Abandoned and Sealed
  8. No 4 Auger Mine
    Surface coal · Tennessee Kentucky Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1500665
    Abandoned
  9. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Ray-Bob Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502149
    Abandoned
  10. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · F & D Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1502269
    Abandoned and Sealed
  11. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Harlan Fuel Company · MSHA ID 1502787
    Abandoned
  12. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · James Harvey Coal Company · MSHA ID 1503715
    Abandoned
  13. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · E B Coal Company · MSHA ID 1503767
    Abandoned
  14. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Worley Coal Company · MSHA ID 1507472
    Abandoned
  15. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Osborne Trucking Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510546
    Abandoned
  16. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Golden Glow Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1510823
    Abandoned and Sealed
  17. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Chris-Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1511193
    Abandoned
  18. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · B & L Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511239
    Abandoned
  19. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Northwest Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511685
    Abandoned
  20. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Bob & Rod Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512660
    Abandoned and Sealed
  21. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Ewing Creek Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514066
    Abandoned and Sealed
  22. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Shauna-Darease Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1515366
    Abandoned and Sealed
  23. No 4 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Tennessee Kentucky Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1503385
    Abandoned
  24. No 4 Surface
    Surface coal · Long Branch Collieries Inc · MSHA ID 1508235
    Abandoned
  25. No 5
    Underground coal · Ray-Bob Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502150
    Abandoned
  26. No 5
    Underground coal · F & D Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511170
    Abandoned and Sealed
  27. No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · Kellico Inc · MSHA ID 1500614
    Abandoned
  28. No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · Harlan No 4 Coal Company · MSHA ID 1504032
    Abandoned
  29. No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · Virginia Darby Coal Company · MSHA ID 1504169
    Abandoned
  30. No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · Skidmore Coal Company · MSHA ID 1504592
    Abandoned
  31. No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · H & M Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510601
    Abandoned
  32. No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · Osborne Trucking Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510817
    Abandoned
  33. No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · Chris-Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1511194
    Abandoned
  34. No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · Northwest Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511563
    Abandoned
  35. No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · Kentucky Harlan Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511863
    Abandoned and Sealed
  36. No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · Lon-Ray Corp · MSHA ID 1514070
    Abandoned and Sealed
  37. No 5 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Tennessee Kentucky Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1503387
    Abandoned
  38. No 5 Surface
    Surface coal · Golden Glow Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1511136
    Abandoned
  39. No 5-A Mine
    Underground coal · M & M Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512122
    Abandoned
  40. No 6
    Underground coal · Lon-Ray Corp · MSHA ID 1514071
    Abandoned and Sealed
  41. No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · E B Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502245
    Abandoned
  42. No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · Kellico Inc · MSHA ID 1503748
    Abandoned
  43. No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · Little Branch Coal Company · MSHA ID 1504591
    Abandoned
  44. No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · Harlan Fuel Company · MSHA ID 1506769
    Abandoned
  45. No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · Middleton Coal Company · MSHA ID 1506841
    Abandoned
  46. No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · Blanton Coal Company · MSHA ID 1507090
    Abandoned
  47. No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · Karst Robbins Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508328
    Abandoned
  48. No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · F & D Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510902
    Abandoned
  49. No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · C & L Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511000
    Abandoned
  50. No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · Chris-Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1511195
    Abandoned
  51. No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · Osborne Trucking Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511754
    Abandoned and Sealed
  52. No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · Golden Glow Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1512465
    Abandoned
  53. No 7
    Underground coal · Day Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516721
    Abandoned and Sealed
  54. No 7 Mine
    Underground coal · Skidmore Coal Company · MSHA ID 1507037
    Abandoned
  55. No 7 Mine
    Underground coal · Harlan Fuel Company · MSHA ID 1507202
    Abandoned and Sealed
  56. No 7 Mine
    Underground coal · F & D Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510903
    Abandoned
  57. No 7 South Main Mine
    Underground coal · United States Steel Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1502006
    Abandoned
  58. No 8 Mine
    Underground coal · Seals Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 1500661
    Abandoned
  59. No 8 Mine
    Underground coal · Dry Lake Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509840
    Abandoned and Sealed
  60. No 8 Mine
    Underground coal · Harlan Fuel Company · MSHA ID 1511495
    Abandoned and Sealed
  61. No 8 Mine
    Underground coal · M & M Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511990
    Abandoned
  62. No 9 Mine
    Underground coal · Harlan Fuel Company · MSHA ID 1508928
    Abandoned and Sealed
  63. No 9 Mine
    Underground coal · Harlan Fuel Company · MSHA ID 1508929
    Abandoned
  64. No D-1 Wisconsin Steel Mine
    Underground coal · Benham Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1502259
    Abandoned
  65. No M-4 Mine
    Underground coal · Harlan Central Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512141
    Abandoned
  66. No Rb #1
    Underground coal · Rocky Branch Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515580
    Abandoned and Sealed
  67. No2 Mine
    Underground coal · Davis Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514932
    Abandoned and Sealed
  68. No6 Mine
    Underground coal · Dry Lake Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509839
    Abandoned and Sealed
  69. Number 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Benham Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1513230
    Abandoned and Sealed
  70. Number Two
    Underground coal · Virginia-Lee Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513152
    Abandoned and Sealed
  71. Oxford Div No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1502268
    Abandoned
  72. Oxford Division No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1502799
    Abandoned and Sealed
  73. Oxford Division No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1507017
    Abandoned
  74. Pine Moutain Tipple
    Facility coal · Blair Fork Coal Company · MSHA ID 1504574
    Abandoned
  75. Pine Mt No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Pine Mountain Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511440
    Abandoned
  76. Poplar Creek No 2
    Underground coal · Poplar Creek Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515731
    Abandoned and Sealed
  77. Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Coal Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 1509957
    Abandoned
  78. Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Waco Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512731
    Abandoned
  79. Prep Plant
    Facility coal · N & R Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515000
    Abandoned
  80. Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Harlan Fuel Company · MSHA ID 1509497
    Abandoned
  81. Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Golden Glow Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1511504
    Abandoned
  82. R B #6
    Underground coal · Rb Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517196
    Abandoned and Sealed
  83. Refuse Strip & Auger
    Surface coal · Jericol Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1517009
    Abandoned
  84. Right Fork Strip
    Surface coal · New Horizons Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1517899
    Abandoned
  85. Rocco Mine
    Underground coal · Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1502000
    Abandoned and Sealed
  86. ROCO #12
    Surface coal · ROCO ENTERPRISES, INC. · MSHA ID 1519546
    Abandoned
  87. Shannon #3
    Surface coal · Tds Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1517805
    Abandoned
  88. Shields No 7
    Surface coal · Bon Trucking Company Inc · MSHA ID 1506980
    Abandoned and Sealed
  89. Smith No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Harlan No 4 Coal Company · MSHA ID 1507204
    Abandoned
  90. Smith No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Wayne Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510747
    Abandoned
  91. Smith No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Harlan-Bell Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1511284
    Abandoned
  92. Smith No 8
    Underground coal · Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1514246
    Abandoned and Sealed
  93. Stone Mountain No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Stone Mountain Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1507434
    Abandoned
  94. Strip
    Surface coal · Gary Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1513040
    Abandoned and Sealed
  95. Strip
    Surface coal · Smith & Mc Cowan Construction Inc · MSHA ID 1516306
    Abandoned and Sealed
  96. Strip
    Surface coal · Bill Carter Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 1516326
    Abandoned
  97. Strip No 1
    Surface coal · Browning Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516890
    Abandoned
  98. Strip Pit 1 And 2
    Surface coal · Jericol Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1517815
    Abandoned
  99. Surface
    Surface coal · J & D Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1504433
    Abandoned
  100. Surface
    Surface coal · Dean Trucking Company Inc · MSHA ID 1505156
    Abandoned
  101. Surface
    Surface coal · Mountain Coal Company · MSHA ID 1505428
    Abandoned
  102. Surface
    Surface coal · Calico Coal · MSHA ID 1507432
    Abandoned
  103. Surface
    Surface coal · Mill Creek Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1509565
    Abandoned
  104. Surface
    Surface coal · Forester Creek Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510443
    Abandoned and Sealed
  105. Surface
    Surface coal · Trinity Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511899
    Abandoned
  106. Surface
    Surface coal · C B & C Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512342
    Abandoned
  107. Surface
    Surface coal · Gem Hope Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514714
    Abandoned and Sealed
  108. Surface
    Surface coal · Hunley Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515041
    Abandoned and Sealed
  109. Surface
    Surface coal · G & T Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515242
    Abandoned
  110. Surface
    Surface coal · Prospect Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515433
    Abandoned
  111. Surface #2
    Surface coal · Olympic Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1517237
    Abandoned
  112. Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Hop Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1503359
    Abandoned
  113. Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Cumberland Valley Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1503388
    Abandoned
  114. Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Lyles Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1504450
    Abandoned
  115. Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Kentucky Bell Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 1505153
    Abandoned
  116. Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Wright Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1506439
    Abandoned
  117. Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Hillcrest Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1506907
    Abandoned
  118. Surface Mine #1
    Surface coal · Kentucky Colonel Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512102
    Abandoned
  119. Surface No 1
    Surface coal · Jackson & Jackson Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515334
    Abandoned and Sealed
  120. Tipple
    Facility coal · Solar Complex Inc · MSHA ID 1503393
    Abandoned
  121. Tipple
    Facility coal · Lenarue Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 1505214
    Abandoned
  122. Tipple
    Facility coal · Ed Browning Tipple · MSHA ID 1506861
    Abandoned
  123. Tipple
    Facility coal · Smith Coal Company · MSHA ID 1507969
    Abandoned
  124. Tipple
    Facility coal · H & M Trucking Company · MSHA ID 1510151
    Abandoned
  125. Tipple
    Facility coal · R W Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510152
    Abandoned
  126. Tipple
    Facility coal · Bob & Tom Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515888
    Abandoned
  127. Tipple Coal Yard Surface
    Facility coal · Kentucky Ace Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1507172
    Abandoned
  128. Tri County Trucking Inc
    Surface coal · Tri County Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 1515897
    Abandoned and Sealed
  129. Tway Tipple
    coal · Tway Coal Sales Company · MSHA ID 1503392
    Abandoned
  130. Upper Harlan Strip
    Surface coal · Kittie Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515931
    Abandoned
  131. VFC - Glenbrook Taggart Marker
    Underground coal · Virginia Fuel Corporation · MSHA ID 1519304
    Abandoned
  132. W-2 Mine
    Underground coal · Harlan Cumberland Coal LLC · MSHA ID 1519454
    Abandoned and Sealed
  133. Wallins No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Kentucky Darby Coal Company · MSHA ID 1517308
    Abandoned and Sealed
  134. Wallins Strip
    Surface coal · Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1511734
    Abandoned
  135. Washer
    Facility coal · Corona Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514396
    Abandoned
  136. Washer
    Facility coal · Pikes Peak Energy Processing Company · MSHA ID 1516629
    Abandoned
  137. Washing Plant No 1
    Facility coal · Richland Processing Inc · MSHA ID 1513267
    Abandoned
  138. Whitehend No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Coal Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 1510383
    Abandoned
  139. Yancey No 1 Auger
    Surface coal · Harlan Fuel Company · MSHA ID 1512826
    Abandoned
  140. Yancey No 11 Mine
    Underground coal · Harlan Fuel Company · MSHA ID 1512464
    Abandoned and Sealed
  141. Yancey No 2 Auger
    Surface coal · Harlan Fuel Company · MSHA ID 1512995
    Abandoned and Sealed

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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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.