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Mines in Letcher County, Kentucky page 5 of 5

Letcher County, Kentucky has 1,258 mines on MSHA's register: 8 active, 1,234 abandoned. 1,252 are coal mines and 6 metal or non-metal. 26 miners have died and 5,243 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 31,092 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Letcher 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 Letcher County →

Mines on register
1,258
Active
8
Fatalities on record
26
Citations issued
31,092
612 underground · 572 surface · 74 facilities 1,252 coal · 6 metal and non-metal 1,234 abandoned 5,243 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.
Letcher County, Kentucky · Population 21,146
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$40,501
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
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc 14 0 0
Holbrook Mining Company Inc 11 0 0
Nally and Hamilton Enterprises 11 2 0
Enterprise Mining Company, LLC 10 0 1
Cesco Coal Company Inc 9 0 0
Lake Coal Company Inc 9 0 0
Premier Elkhorn Coal Company 9 0 0
Coastal Coal Company, LLC 8 0 5
Cumberland River Coal LLC 8 0 5
Smoky Quartz 8 0 1
Mines in Letcher County1,258 on register · page 5 of 5
  1. No 8 Mine
    Underground coal · Carmella Coal & Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 1508521
    Abandoned
  2. No 8 Mine
    Underground coal · Darby B Corp · MSHA ID 1509993
    Abandoned and Sealed
  3. No 8 Mine
    Underground coal · Dixie Fuel Of Premium Inc · MSHA ID 1511950
    Abandoned and Sealed
  4. No 8 Surface
    Surface coal · N & F Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510501
    Abandoned
  5. No 9
    Underground coal · Graco Mining Company · MSHA ID 1509513
    Abandoned
  6. No 9
    Underground coal · D K Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513030
    Abandoned and Sealed
  7. No 9 Mine
    Underground coal · Johnson Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1505493
    Abandoned
  8. No 9 Mine
    Underground coal · Big H Combs Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510325
    Abandoned
  9. No 9 Mine
    Underground coal · J & J Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510450
    Abandoned
  10. No 9 Mine
    Underground coal · Holbrook Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510757
    Abandoned and Sealed
  11. No 9 Surface
    Surface coal · Cesco Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510939
    Abandoned
  12. No 9 Surface
    Surface coal · N & F Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511825
    Abandoned
  13. No. 1
    Underground coal · Interstate Recovery, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518559
    Abandoned and Sealed
  14. No. 62 Auger
    Surface coal · MJK Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1519682
    Abandoned
  15. Noma Coal Co Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Stapleton Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512688
    Abandoned
  16. Plant No 2
    Facility coal · National Coal & Recovery Inc · MSHA ID 1511751
    Abandoned
  17. Polly #4 B
    Underground coal · South-East Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512433
    Abandoned and Sealed
  18. Premier #2
    Surface coal · Premier Elkhorn Coal Company · MSHA ID 1517329
    Abandoned
  19. Premier 867 5168
    Surface coal · Premier Elkhorn Coal Company · MSHA ID 1517567
    Abandoned
  20. Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Spreader Elkhorn Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 1506267
    Abandoned
  21. Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Williams Coal Company · MSHA ID 1508174
    Abandoned
  22. Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Elkhorn & Jellico Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510147
    Abandoned
  23. Prime/Carbon #1
    Surface coal · Prime Augering Inc · MSHA ID 1517719
    Abandoned
  24. Rainbow No 1
    Underground coal · Rainbow Coal Company Of Va · MSHA ID 1515633
    Abandoned and Sealed
  25. Rainbow Valley
    Surface coal · Elmer Collins Construction · MSHA ID 1512853
    Abandoned
  26. Red Fox Isom
    Facility coal · South East Coal Sales · MSHA ID 1505886
    Abandoned
  27. Red Fox Tartan
    Facility coal · South East Coal Sales · MSHA ID 1505887
    Abandoned
  28. Rickco No. 2
    Underground coal · Rickco Inc · MSHA ID 1518651
    Abandoned and Sealed
  29. Road Construction
    Surface coal · John Combs Jr · MSHA ID 1512158
    Abandoned
  30. Rockhouse No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Wave Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510933
    Abandoned and Sealed
  31. Rockhouse Proc Plant No 2
    Facility coal · Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510266
    Abandoned
  32. Ronco No 1
    Underground coal · 4-D Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508129
    Abandoned and Sealed
  33. S & S No 1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Dancarbus Construction Inc · MSHA ID 1513645
    Abandoned
  34. Sandlick #3
    Underground coal · Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1502153
    Abandoned and Sealed
  35. Saphire No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Elkhorn & Jellico Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1502151
    Abandoned and Sealed
  36. Skyline Mine No. 1
    Underground coal · Coastal Coal Company, LLC · MSHA ID 1505055
    Abandoned
  37. Smith Creek Mine
    Underground coal · Scotia Coal Company · MSHA ID 1509780
    Abandoned
  38. Surface
    Surface coal · Tackett & Manning Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1504413
    Abandoned
  39. Surface
    Surface coal · Willis Hoggs Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1506294
    Abandoned
  40. Surface #1
    Surface coal · Romax Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1516818
    Abandoned
  41. Surface Mine
    Surface coal · H T & T Coal Co · MSHA ID 1506797
    Abandoned
  42. Surface Mine
    Surface coal · N & R Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1506983
    Abandoned
  43. Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Winston Ford Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508942
    Abandoned
  44. Surface Mine No 1
    Surface coal · Daniel Lee Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517007
    Abandoned
  45. Surface Mines
    Surface coal · H & D Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1503540
    Abandoned
  46. Surface Mines
    Surface coal · Kona Elkhorn Coal Company · MSHA ID 1504247
    Abandoned
  47. Surface Mines
    Surface coal · Kona Mining Company · MSHA ID 1504248
    Abandoned
  48. Swanee Tipple
    Surface coal · Red Fox Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508176
    Abandoned
  49. Tammy Anne #1
    Underground coal · Tammy Anne Inc · MSHA ID 1517170
    Abandoned and Sealed
  50. Teddy No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Jakes Creek Mining · MSHA ID 1512079
    Abandoned
  51. Thornton Tipple
    Facility coal · Cherokee Processing Inc · MSHA ID 1507752
    Abandoned
  52. Tipple
    Facility coal · Sun Trucking Company · MSHA ID 1507757
    Abandoned
  53. Tolby Branch No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Lake Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513044
    Abandoned
  54. Usaco Tipple
    Facility coal · Westport Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512217
    Abandoned
  55. Whitesburg Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Mountain Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1500198
    Abandoned
  56. Whitesburg Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Mountain Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1510793
    Abandoned
  57. Whitesburg Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Childers Oil Co. · MSHA ID 1519927
    Abandoned
  58. Wolram Proc Plant
    Facility coal · Elkhorn & Jellico Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510213
    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.