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Mines in Knox County, Kentucky page 3 of 3

Knox County, Kentucky has 762 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 757 abandoned. 761 are coal mines and 1 metal or non-metal. 10 miners have died and 580 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 5,121 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Knox 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 Knox County →

Mines on register
762
Active
1
Fatalities on record
10
Citations issued
5,121
372 underground · 371 surface · 18 facilities 761 coal · 1 metal and non-metal 757 abandoned 580 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.
Knox County, Kentucky · Population 30,034
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$33,153
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
Ferroglobe USA Mining, LLC 11 0 0
K & M Coal Company Inc 7 0 0
Mallie Coal Company Incorporated 6 0 0
Black Jack Coal Company 5 0 0
G & P Contractors Inc 5 0 0
Mountainside Coal Company Inc 5 0 0
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises, Inc. 5 0 0
Smith Coal Company 5 0 0
Canfield Energy Inc 4 0 1
D + R Coal Inc 4 0 1
Mines in Knox County762 on register · page 3 of 3
  1. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Little Poplar Creek Heavy Equip Sales & Service · MSHA ID 1512017
    Abandoned and Sealed
  2. No 2 Mine
    Surface coal · Jake Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1512663
    Abandoned
  3. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Cee Jay Inc · MSHA ID 1512865
    Abandoned and Sealed
  4. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · P W Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513462
    Abandoned and Sealed
  5. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · G M Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513781
    Abandoned and Sealed
  6. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · H & H Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513788
    Abandoned and Sealed
  7. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Bray Mining Company · MSHA ID 1513925
    Abandoned and Sealed
  8. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Gordon Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514125
    Abandoned and Sealed
  9. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Triple D Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514130
    Abandoned and Sealed
  10. No 2 Mine
    Surface coal · N S & D Construction · MSHA ID 1514202
    Abandoned
  11. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · S & E Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514545
    Abandoned and Sealed
  12. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · G H Medlin & Associates · MSHA ID 1514791
    Abandoned and Sealed
  13. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Glen Mining Company · MSHA ID 1514797
    Abandoned and Sealed
  14. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Rondo Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514889
    Abandoned and Sealed
  15. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · J & C Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514912
    Abandoned and Sealed
  16. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Tenn Ky Blue Gem Inc · MSHA ID 1515296
    Abandoned and Sealed
  17. No 2 Strip
    Surface coal · H & P Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1503462
    Abandoned
  18. No 2 Strip
    Surface coal · Little King Coal Mining & Leasing Company · MSHA ID 1508581
    Abandoned
  19. No 2 Strip
    Surface coal · Wayne Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514544
    Abandoned
  20. No 2 Surface
    Surface coal · S B S Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 1509554
    Abandoned
  21. No 2 Surface
    Surface coal · Simpson & Brock Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509722
    Abandoned
  22. No 2 Surface
    Surface coal · Energy Construction Corp · MSHA ID 1511213
    Abandoned
  23. No 2 Surface
    Surface coal · H & M Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513277
    Abandoned
  24. No 2 Surface
    Surface coal · Evans & Gambrel Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1515168
    Abandoned
  25. No 2 Surface
    Surface coal · R & R Development Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515521
    Abandoned
  26. No 23 Mine
    Underground coal · Cal-Glo Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509416
    Abandoned and Sealed
  27. No 24 Mine
    Underground coal · Cal-Glo Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509612
    Abandoned and Sealed
  28. No 2a Mine
    Underground coal · Indian Gap Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502311
    Abandoned
  29. No 3
    Underground coal · Southeastern Coal & Coke Inc · MSHA ID 1510952
    Abandoned
  30. No 3
    Underground coal · Big Hill Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511861
    Abandoned
  31. No 3
    Underground coal · Zonda Lee Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512262
    Abandoned and Sealed
  32. No 3
    Underground coal · Smith Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513706
    Abandoned
  33. No 3
    Underground coal · Triple D Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514303
    Abandoned and Sealed
  34. No 3
    Underground coal · Belva Mining Company · MSHA ID 1514602
    Abandoned and Sealed
  35. No 3
    Underground coal · Mc Gowen Resources · MSHA ID 1514641
    Abandoned and Sealed
  36. No 3
    Underground coal · B & J Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514917
    Abandoned and Sealed
  37. No 3
    Surface coal · C & T Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1515310
    Abandoned
  38. No 3
    Underground coal · Smooth Sailing Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515394
    Abandoned and Sealed
  39. No 3
    Underground coal · Wormey Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515624
    Abandoned and Sealed
  40. No 3
    Underground coal · 4-G Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515699
    Abandoned and Sealed
  41. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · New Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502549
    Abandoned
  42. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · R & M Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510555
    Abandoned
  43. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Crawford Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511042
    Abandoned
  44. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Panther Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1511151
    Abandoned
  45. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Ken Cliff Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513078
    Abandoned and Sealed
  46. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Stoney Fork Mining · MSHA ID 1513556
    Abandoned and Sealed
  47. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Jetco Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513821
    Abandoned and Sealed
  48. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Gordon Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513863
    Abandoned and Sealed
  49. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Cee Jay Inc · MSHA ID 1513969
    Abandoned and Sealed
  50. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Amy-Joe Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514068
    Abandoned and Sealed
  51. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Black Jack Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514702
    Abandoned and Sealed
  52. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · G & G Coal & Equipment Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515273
    Abandoned and Sealed
  53. No 3 Strip
    Surface coal · Padco Inc · MSHA ID 1506726
    Abandoned
  54. No 3 Strip
    Surface coal · Adobe Corp · MSHA ID 1508453
    Abandoned
  55. No 3 Strip
    Underground coal · D A S Coal Co · MSHA ID 1508591
    Abandoned
  56. No 3 Strip
    Surface coal · Plastics Universal Corp · MSHA ID 1509859
    Abandoned
  57. No 3 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Laurel Mining Company · MSHA ID 1504303
    Abandoned
  58. No 3 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · American Power Inc · MSHA ID 1504328
    Abandoned
  59. No 3 Surface
    Surface coal · B B C Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510308
    Abandoned
  60. No 4
    Underground coal · Smith Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513707
    Abandoned
  61. No 4
    Surface coal · Oswayo Inc · MSHA ID 1514811
    Abandoned
  62. No 4
    Underground coal · Awacs Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514896
    Abandoned and Sealed
  63. No 4
    Underground coal · Headache Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517315
    Abandoned and Sealed
  64. No 4
    Surface coal · Jean Coal Company LLC · MSHA ID 1519803
    Abandoned
  65. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Birch Coal Co · MSHA ID 1502542
    Abandoned
  66. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Sad Coal Co · MSHA ID 1509339
    Abandoned
  67. No 4 Mine
    Surface coal · Minerals Development Company · MSHA ID 1512504
    Abandoned
  68. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Jetco Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514203
    Abandoned and Sealed
  69. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Belva Mining Company · MSHA ID 1514685
    Abandoned and Sealed
  70. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Shevon Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1514873
    Abandoned and Sealed
  71. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Black Jack Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515174
    Abandoned and Sealed
  72. No 4 Surface
    Surface coal · Maxum Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1512883
    Abandoned
  73. No 5
    Underground coal · L & B Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513986
    Abandoned and Sealed
  74. No 5
    Underground coal · Wax Enterprise · MSHA ID 1514418
    Abandoned and Sealed
  75. No 5
    Underground coal · J & S Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514550
    Abandoned and Sealed
  76. No 5 Mine
    Surface coal · Mid South Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1507426
    Abandoned and Sealed
  77. No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · K & M Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513700
    Abandoned and Sealed
  78. No 6 Auger
    Surface coal · Dennis & Rod Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 1512337
    Abandoned
  79. No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · Black Jack Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515604
    Abandoned and Sealed
  80. No 7
    Underground coal · Zonda Lee Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513871
    Abandoned
  81. No 7 Mine
    Surface coal · Kentucky Land & Fuel Shares Inc · MSHA ID 1510620
    Abandoned
  82. No 7 Mine
    Underground coal · C Y Smith Inc · MSHA ID 1515099
    Abandoned and Sealed
  83. No 7 Strip
    Surface coal · Frost Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1505784
    Abandoned
  84. No 8 Mine
    Underground coal · Kentucky Land & Fuel Shares Inc · MSHA ID 1510619
    Abandoned
  85. No 8 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Erwin Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1505143
    Abandoned
  86. No 9 Surface
    Surface coal · Little Rock Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1516385
    Abandoned and Sealed
  87. Panther Coal Co No 1 Mine
    Surface coal · Panther Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513942
    Abandoned
  88. Pogue Hollow
    Surface coal · E & H Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513171
    Abandoned
  89. Pumpkin Run Prep Plant
    Facility coal · T C Bell Inc · MSHA ID 1511633
    Abandoned
  90. Punch Hollow Job
    Surface coal · B & W Resources, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518576
    Abandoned
  91. R & R #1
    Underground coal · R & R Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515266
    Abandoned and Sealed
  92. Rac #10
    Underground coal · R A C Mining Corp · MSHA ID 1514294
    Abandoned and Sealed
  93. Rac #9
    Underground coal · R A C Mining Corp · MSHA ID 1514085
    Abandoned and Sealed
  94. Rac No 6
    Underground coal · R A C Mining Corp · MSHA ID 1513489
    Abandoned and Sealed
  95. RAL Recovery Surface Mine #1
    Surface coal · RAL Recovery Systems, LLC · MSHA ID 1518825
    Abandoned
  96. Riche-Carrol Strip
    Surface coal · Nolin Fuel Company · MSHA ID 1503874
    Abandoned
  97. Ricket Branch No 1
    Surface coal · Mills Mining · MSHA ID 1514128
    Abandoned
  98. Riverside
    Underground coal · Sanam Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513987
    Abandoned and Sealed
  99. Rockhold Coal Co Inc
    Surface coal · Rockhold Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1518192
    Abandoned
  100. Siler Tipple
    Facility coal · Vivco Resources Company Inc · MSHA ID 1505345
    Abandoned
  101. Stone Coal Auger #1
    Surface coal · Stone Coal LLC · MSHA ID 1519074
    Abandoned
  102. Stone Cove Mine
    Surface coal · D & M Land Works, LLC · MSHA ID 1518617
    Abandoned
  103. Stone Creek 1
    Surface coal · Stone Creek Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1516618
    Abandoned
  104. STONY FORK 1
    Surface coal · STONY FORK TRUCKING LLC · MSHA ID 1519965
    New Mine
  105. Strip
    Surface coal · Larry Jones Coal Company · MSHA ID 1507142
    Abandoned
  106. Strip No 1
    Surface coal · R C R Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1512415
    Abandoned
  107. Sugar Tree
    Surface coal · Twin Star Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517987
    Abandoned
  108. Sugartree Branch
    Surface coal · Brenda Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1517860
    Abandoned
  109. Surface
    Surface coal · Jackson & Jackson Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1507336
    Abandoned
  110. Surface
    Surface coal · N & S Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1514017
    Abandoned and Sealed
  111. Surface
    Surface coal · Mills & Mills Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514092
    Abandoned and Sealed
  112. Surface
    Surface coal · Mahan Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514326
    Abandoned
  113. Surface
    Surface coal · Continue Mining Corp · MSHA ID 1514446
    Abandoned and Sealed
  114. Surface
    Surface coal · Ho Ho Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 1514466
    Abandoned
  115. Surface
    Surface coal · G H Medlin & Associates · MSHA ID 1514567
    Abandoned
  116. Surface
    Surface coal · B & M Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514647
    Abandoned
  117. Surface
    Surface coal · Son Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514736
    Abandoned
  118. Surface
    Surface coal · Spruce Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514737
    Abandoned
  119. Surface
    Surface coal · Peanut Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514800
    Abandoned
  120. Surface
    Surface coal · Genesis Energy & Leasing Inc · MSHA ID 1514810
    Abandoned
  121. Surface
    Surface coal · Greg Mining · MSHA ID 1514825
    Abandoned
  122. Surface
    Surface coal · Byron Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514833
    Abandoned
  123. Surface
    Surface coal · J & S Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514844
    Abandoned
  124. Surface
    Surface coal · Carolina Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515005
    Abandoned
  125. Surface
    Surface coal · Cadcoal · MSHA ID 1515102
    Abandoned
  126. Surface
    Surface coal · Abbey Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515154
    Abandoned
  127. Surface
    Surface coal · Keyser Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1515155
    Abandoned
  128. Surface
    Surface coal · V & V Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515255
    Abandoned
  129. Surface
    Surface coal · Bright Shade Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515397
    Abandoned
  130. Surface
    Surface coal · Wayne King Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515409
    Abandoned
  131. Surface
    Surface coal · H & H Construction · MSHA ID 1515496
    Abandoned
  132. Surface
    Surface coal · Gilbert Mining Corp · MSHA ID 1515537
    Abandoned
  133. Surface
    Surface coal · Hedco Inc · MSHA ID 1515707
    Abandoned and Sealed
  134. Surface
    Surface coal · Wood Heat Products · MSHA ID 1515770
    Abandoned
  135. Surface
    Surface coal · Billy Construction · MSHA ID 1515785
    Abandoned
  136. Surface
    Surface coal · Subsurface Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1515927
    Abandoned
  137. Surface #1
    Surface coal · St Johns Mining Company · MSHA ID 1516352
    Abandoned and Sealed
  138. Surface #1
    Surface coal · Canfield Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1517573
    Abandoned
  139. Surface #2
    Surface coal · Freddie Phipps Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515237
    Abandoned
  140. Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Les Juan Corp · MSHA ID 1507681
    Abandoned
  141. Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Mountain Energy Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514340
    Abandoned
  142. Surface Mine
    Surface coal · L V Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514807
    Abandoned and Sealed
  143. Surface Mine #1
    Surface coal · Brenda Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1512222
    Abandoned and Sealed
  144. Surface Mine #1
    Surface coal · Knox Contracting Company · MSHA ID 1512767
    Abandoned and Sealed
  145. Surface Mine #1
    Surface coal · Candle Ridge Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1517938
    Abandoned
  146. Surface Mine No 1
    Surface coal · Sears Loader Rental · MSHA ID 1515140
    Abandoned and Sealed
  147. Surface Mine No 2
    Surface coal · S H & W Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1512981
    Abandoned
  148. Surface No 1
    Surface coal · R & L Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508048
    Abandoned
  149. Surface No 1
    Surface coal · W O W Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1512794
    Abandoned
  150. Surface No 1
    Surface coal · Cain & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 1513974
    Abandoned and Sealed
  151. Surface No 1
    Surface coal · Maybe Two Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514141
    Abandoned
  152. Surface No 1
    Surface coal · T & T Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514217
    Abandoned
  153. Surface No 2
    Surface coal · Buck Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514314
    Abandoned
  154. Tate Energy #1
    Surface coal · Tate Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1518797
    Abandoned
  155. Tipple
    Facility coal · Vivco Resources Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512900
    Abandoned
  156. Trailer Park
    Surface coal · Mills Equipment · MSHA ID 1515333
    Abandoned
  157. Turkey Creek Surface
    Surface coal · Somerset Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508902
    Abandoned
  158. Victor No 1
    Underground coal · A & J Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511216
    Abandoned
  159. Warren Mine
    Surface coal · Warren Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515315
    Abandoned
  160. Wildfire Coal Co Mine No 3
    Underground coal · Wildfire Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515683
    Abandoned and Sealed
  161. Wormey Coal No 4
    Underground coal · Wormey Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515021
    Abandoned and Sealed
  162. Youngs Creek
    Surface coal · Four J Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512235
    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.