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Mines in Knott County, Kentucky page 3 of 3

Knott County, Kentucky has 710 mines on MSHA's register: 3 active, 700 abandoned. 709 are coal mines and 1 metal or non-metal. 16 miners have died and 4,842 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 35,516 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Knott 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 Knott County →

Mines on register
710
Active
3
Fatalities on record
16
Citations issued
35,516
407 underground · 282 surface · 21 facilities 709 coal · 1 metal and non-metal 700 abandoned 4,842 reported accidents, 1983–2025
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.
Knott County, Kentucky · Population 14,046
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$37,736
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
Quest Energy Corp. 13 0 2
Consol Of Kentucky Inc 12 0 0
Golden Oak Mining Company L P 8 0 1
Knott Floyd Land Company 7 0 0
National Mines Corp 6 0 1
South-East Coal Company Inc 6 0 1
Miller Brothers Coal Inc 6 0 0
Blazing Saddles Coal Corp 5 0 0
Dale Hall Coal Company 5 0 0
Enterprise Mining Company LLC 5 0 0
Mines in Knott County710 on register · page 3 of 3
  1. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · P & G Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510403
    Abandoned and Sealed
  2. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Sand Rock Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510567
    Abandoned
  3. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Charles Hamby Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511133
    Abandoned
  4. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Big Rock Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511427
    Abandoned
  5. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Kentucky (Ky) Diamond Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511692
    Abandoned
  6. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Isaac Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511796
    Abandoned
  7. No 3 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · H & D Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1503412
    Abandoned
  8. No 3 Surface
    Surface coal · Ken-Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1510864
    Abandoned
  9. No 3 Surface
    Surface coal · Southern Coal Reserves Inc · MSHA ID 1511610
    Abandoned
  10. No 3 Surface
    Surface coal · Blackjack Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511680
    Abandoned
  11. No 3 Surface
    Surface coal · Coal Power Inc · MSHA ID 1512201
    Abandoned
  12. No 3 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · A & G Coal Company · MSHA ID 1504229
    Abandoned
  13. No 30 Mine
    Underground coal · Gum Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509332
    Abandoned
  14. No 31 Mine
    Underground coal · A K P Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1502289
    Abandoned
  15. No 31 Mine
    Underground coal · Gum Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510007
    Abandoned and Sealed
  16. No 33 Mine
    Underground coal · Gum Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511241
    Abandoned and Sealed
  17. No 36
    Surface coal · Hi-Wall Mining Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 1518014
    Abandoned
  18. No 37 Mine
    Underground coal · A K P Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1505254
    Abandoned
  19. No 3a
    Underground coal · P & G Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513210
    Abandoned and Sealed
  20. No 4
    Underground coal · Hall Coal Co · MSHA ID 1503739
    Abandoned
  21. No 4
    Underground coal · Combs & Hurley Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512350
    Abandoned
  22. No 4 9
    Underground coal · South-East Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512889
    Abandoned and Sealed
  23. No 4 Auger Mine
    Surface coal · H & D Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1503413
    Abandoned
  24. No 4 East
    Surface coal · Mountain Clay Inc · MSHA ID 1515159
    Abandoned
  25. No 4 Mine
    Surface coal · Bear Coal Company · MSHA ID 1500734
    Abandoned
  26. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Carr Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502291
    Abandoned
  27. No 4 Mine
    Surface coal · Sexton & Sons Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502304
    Abandoned
  28. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Isaac Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1502758
    Abandoned and Sealed
  29. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Hall & Taylor Coal Company · MSHA ID 1503761
    Abandoned
  30. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Moe Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508488
    Abandoned
  31. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · L & L Coal Company · MSHA ID 1508500
    Abandoned
  32. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · T & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509405
    Abandoned
  33. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Johnson & Sons Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 1509928
    Abandoned
  34. No 4 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · H & D Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1503414
    Abandoned
  35. No 4 Surface
    Surface coal · T H C Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509453
    Abandoned
  36. No 4 Surface
    Surface coal · Hayden & Hayden Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510367
    Abandoned
  37. No 40 Mine
    Underground coal · A K P Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510873
    Abandoned and Sealed
  38. No 402 Mine
    Underground coal · South-East Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1506908
    Abandoned and Sealed
  39. No 406 Mine
    Underground coal · South-East Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1507427
    Abandoned
  40. No 41
    Surface coal · Hi-Wall Mining Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 1518044
    Abandoned and Sealed
  41. No 5
    Underground coal · D F J Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512103
    Abandoned
  42. No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · M L Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502297
    Abandoned
  43. No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · H & V Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502795
    Abandoned and Sealed
  44. No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · P & T Coal Company · MSHA ID 1503990
    Abandoned
  45. No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · C & H Coal Company · MSHA ID 1505033
    Abandoned
  46. No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · Logan Lucas Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1507237
    Abandoned
  47. No 5 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Estill Banks Coal Company · MSHA ID 1503104
    Abandoned
  48. No 51
    Surface coal · Hi-Wall Mining Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 1518255
    Abandoned
  49. No 6
    Underground coal · B & H Coal Company · MSHA ID 1508990
    Abandoned
  50. No 6 Auger Mine
    Surface coal · 3-C Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513144
    Abandoned
  51. No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · Combs Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502292
    Abandoned
  52. No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · Peem Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502299
    Abandoned
  53. No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · Logan Lucas Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1504130
    Abandoned
  54. No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · Moe Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509584
    Abandoned
  55. No 6 Mine
    Surface coal · Needmore Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512010
    Abandoned
  56. No 7 Auger Mine
    Surface coal · C C Combs Coal Company · MSHA ID 1503409
    Abandoned
  57. No 7 Mine
    Underground coal · Daniel Branch Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502293
    Abandoned
  58. No 7 Mine
    Underground coal · Peem Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502300
    Abandoned
  59. No 7 Mine
    Underground coal · Johnson Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1503863
    Abandoned
  60. No 7 Mine
    Underground coal · T H C Mining Company · MSHA ID 1508310
    Abandoned
  61. No 7 Mine
    Underground coal · Dale Hall Coal Company · MSHA ID 1508562
    Abandoned
  62. No 7 Strip
    Surface coal · Mc Culloch Consolidated Coal Company · MSHA ID 1505267
    Abandoned
  63. No 7 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Combs Coal Company · MSHA ID 1503410
    Abandoned
  64. No 8 Mine
    Underground coal · B B C Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510202
    Abandoned
  65. No 8 Surface
    Surface coal · Moe Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509775
    Abandoned
  66. No 9 Mine
    Underground coal · J H Coal Company · MSHA ID 1509984
    Abandoned
  67. No One Mine
    Surface coal · S & B Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515649
    Abandoned
  68. No. 1
    Surface coal · Hendrickson Drilling LLC · MSHA ID 1518833
    Abandoned
  69. No. 1
    Surface coal · Hendrickson Drilling LLC · MSHA ID 1518834
    Abandoned
  70. No. 1
    Surface coal · Hendrickson Drilling LLC · MSHA ID 1518835
    Abandoned
  71. No. 1
    Surface coal · Hendrickson Drilling LLC · MSHA ID 1518836
    Abandoned
  72. No. 1 Face Up
    Surface coal · Samuel Coal Co., Inc · MSHA ID 1519733
    Abandoned
  73. No1
    Surface coal · D & D Company · MSHA ID 1515642
    Abandoned
  74. No1 Surface
    Surface coal · Hylton & Williams Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510479
    Abandoned
  75. Number 1
    Surface coal · Johnny Richey Mining · MSHA ID 1515788
    Abandoned
  76. Ogden Branch Stone
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hinkle Contracting Corporation · MSHA ID 1512148
    Abandoned
  77. Parks Branch Surface
    Surface coal · John Walters Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509706
    Abandoned
  78. Parks Branch Surface
    Surface coal · John Walters Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512165
    Abandoned
  79. Permanently Abandoned issued in error
    Underground coal · North Star Mining Inc. · MSHA ID 1518583
    Abandoned
  80. Permanently Abandoned Issued In Error
    Underground coal · Apollo Coal Company · MSHA ID 1518731
    Abandoned
  81. Potato Branch #1
    Underground coal · Potato Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512560
    Abandoned
  82. Prep Plant No 1
    Facility coal · Weston Coal Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1512221
    Abandoned
  83. Pyramid
    Surface coal · Knott County Coal Company · MSHA ID 1516972
    Abandoned
  84. R Adams Const
    Surface coal · R Adams Construction · MSHA ID 1514671
    Abandoned
  85. R&D Construction
    Surface coal · R & D Construction Company · MSHA ID 1514716
    Abandoned
  86. Raider Coal #2
    Surface coal · Raider Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514366
    Abandoned
  87. Regal Coal Co
    Underground coal · Con Mar Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512380
    Abandoned and Sealed
  88. Ritchie Bros Const No 1
    Surface coal · Ritchie Brothers Construction · MSHA ID 1516571
    Abandoned
  89. River Mining Co Inc
    Surface coal · River Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513011
    Abandoned
  90. S And H Coal Co
    Surface coal · S & H Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514690
    Abandoned
  91. Salisbury Branch Mining
    Surface coal · C T & L Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1516947
    Abandoned
  92. Sandrock No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Sand Rock Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510565
    Abandoned
  93. Sandrock No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Sand Rock Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510566
    Abandoned
  94. Sassafras No 1
    Underground coal · Falcon Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511536
    Abandoned and Sealed
  95. Sassafras No 7 Mine
    Underground coal · Diamond May Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517558
    Abandoned and Sealed
  96. SHM-35
    Surface coal · Contract Highwall Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1518820
    Abandoned
  97. Smith Branch 112
    Surface coal · Oak Branch Coal Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516302
    Abandoned
  98. Southern Resources #1
    Surface coal · Southern Resources · MSHA ID 1516964
    Abandoned
  99. Stinson No 5
    Underground coal · National Mines Corp · MSHA ID 1504106
    Abandoned and Sealed
  100. Stinson Prep Plant
    Facility coal · National Mines Corp · MSHA ID 1508080
    Abandoned
  101. Straight Line Coal Corp
    Surface coal · Blackjack Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510244
    Abandoned
  102. Surface Mine #1
    Surface coal · Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517430
    Abandoned
  103. Surface Mine No 1
    Surface coal · Mac Dougald Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508243
    Abandoned
  104. Surface Mine No 2
    Surface coal · Francis Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1517038
    Abandoned
  105. T &G #1 Mine
    Surface coal · T & G Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515234
    Abandoned
  106. Tad Coal Co 1
    Surface coal · Tad Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513501
    Abandoned
  107. Upper Beaver No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · Upper Beaver Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1504034
    Abandoned
  108. V & B No10
    Underground coal · V & B Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510890
    Abandoned and Sealed
  109. Wiley Surface
    Surface coal · Consol Of Kentucky Inc · MSHA ID 1517664
    Abandoned
  110. Yellow Creek #21
    Surface coal · B&W Resources Inc. · MSHA ID 1519772
    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.