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Mines in Owsley County, Kentucky

Owsley County, Kentucky has 124 mines on MSHA's register: 124 abandoned. 20 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1986 and 2011. Inspectors have issued 387 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Owsley 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 Owsley County →

Mines on register
124
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
387
10 underground · 111 surface · 3 facilities 124 coal · 0 metal and non-metal 124 abandoned 20 reported accidents, 1986–2011
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.
Owsley County, Kentucky · Population 4,021
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$31,064
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
Gabriel Energy Corp 9 0 0
Sturgeon Mining Inc 3 0 0
Apex Mining Inc 2 0 0
Kenerco Corp 2 0 0
R B S Inc 2 0 0
W M N Coal Inc 2 0 0
Ace Coal Company Inc 1 0 0
Allen Clay Coal Inc 1 0 0
Americoal Corp 1 0 0
Amerienergy LLC 1 0 0
Mines in Owsley County124 on register
  1. Sturgeon #3
    Surface coal · Sturgeon Mining Co., Inc. · MSHA ID 1516041
    Abandoned
  2. Sturgeon #4
    Surface coal · Sturgeon Mining Co., Inc. · MSHA ID 1519179
    Abandoned
  3. First Coal #2
    Surface coal · First Coal, LLC. · MSHA ID 1518891
    Abandoned
  4. #1
    Surface coal · Emlyn Coal Processing LLC · MSHA ID 1519130
    Abandoned
  5. Courtland
    Surface coal · T&T Coal Company Inc. · MSHA ID 1519800
    Abandoned
  6. No 1
    Surface coal · Allen Clay Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1515391
    Abandoned
  7. Bingham Job #13
    Surface coal · B & W Resources, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519617
    Abandoned
  8. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Ace Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512137
    Abandoned
  9. No 1
    Surface coal · Rio Mining · MSHA ID 1519458
    Abandoned
  10. Island City
    Surface coal · Stafland Energy LLC · MSHA ID 1519337
    Abandoned
  11. Betty Bowman
    Surface coal · Amerienergy LLC · MSHA ID 1518879
    Abandoned
  12. #1 Wash Plant
    Facility coal · Sturgeon Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1517245
    Abandoned
  13. OWSLEY COUNTY # 2
    Surface coal · SAND HILL PROCESSING, CO · MSHA ID 1518800
    Abandoned
  14. Island City Job
    Surface coal · J R Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518527
    Abandoned
  15. Mine No 1
    Surface coal · Botner Enterprises LLC · MSHA ID 1518682
    Abandoned
  16. #1 Strip
    Surface coal · South Fork Leasing Inc · MSHA ID 1512808
    Abandoned
  17. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Freeman Fork Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513796
    Abandoned
  18. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · W M N Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1513802
    Abandoned
  19. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Buffalo Creek Reclamation Inc · MSHA ID 1515725
    Abandoned
  20. #2
    Surface coal · T B & J Construction · MSHA ID 1512441
    Abandoned
  21. #2
    Surface coal · D & D Trucking Company · MSHA ID 1513811
    Abandoned
  22. 201
    Underground coal · Gabriel Energy Corp · MSHA ID 1512572
    Abandoned
  23. 202
    Underground coal · Gabriel Energy Corp · MSHA ID 1512573
    Abandoned
  24. 203
    Underground coal · Gabriel Energy Corp · MSHA ID 1512574
    Abandoned
  25. 301
    Underground coal · Gabriel Energy Corp · MSHA ID 1512575
    Abandoned
  26. 302
    Underground coal · Gabriel Energy Corp · MSHA ID 1512576
    Abandoned
  27. 401
    Underground coal · Gabriel Energy Corp · MSHA ID 1512577
    Abandoned
  28. 402
    Underground coal · Gabriel Energy Corp · MSHA ID 1512578
    Abandoned
  29. 403
    Underground coal · Gabriel Energy Corp · MSHA ID 1512579
    Abandoned
  30. 404
    Underground coal · Gabriel Energy Corp · MSHA ID 1512580
    Abandoned
  31. Auger #1
    Surface coal · Southern Auger Inc · MSHA ID 1517968
    Abandoned
  32. Beechfork Surface
    Surface coal · Kenerco Corp · MSHA ID 1512289
    Abandoned
  33. Beechfork Surface #2
    Surface coal · W R K Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1513016
    Abandoned
  34. Betty Bowman No2
    Surface coal · J C W Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515182
    Abandoned
  35. Big Springs Rd Job
    Surface coal · C & A Construction Inc · MSHA ID 1517754
    Abandoned
  36. Booneville #1
    Surface coal · Erline Resources LLC · MSHA ID 1519530
    Abandoned
  37. Caney Branch Mine
    Surface coal · Ed Barrett · MSHA ID 1518106
    Abandoned
  38. Clay County #1 1 Saddler Branch
    Surface coal · Kenerco Corp · MSHA ID 1514578
    Abandoned
  39. Clays Gap
    Surface coal · Whymore Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517131
    Abandoned
  40. Emlyn Processing
    Surface coal · C & T Excavators, LLC · MSHA ID 1519513
    Abandoned
  41. Hard Dollar #2
    Surface coal · Apex Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1514360
    Abandoned
  42. Hard Dollar #2
    Surface coal · R B S Inc · MSHA ID 1514586
    Abandoned
  43. Hard Times Mine #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Hard Times Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511772
    Abandoned
  44. Helco No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Helco Minerals Corp · MSHA ID 1508447
    Abandoned
  45. Levi Strip
    Surface coal · Cape Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1511062
    Abandoned
  46. Lewis Coal Co #8
    Surface coal · Lewis Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1507989
    Abandoned
  47. Meadow Creek Mine
    Surface coal · Fordy Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1512026
    Abandoned
  48. Mine #1
    Surface coal · H W Peters Company · MSHA ID 1514650
    Abandoned
  49. Mine #41
    Surface coal · Cortland Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1513795
    Abandoned
  50. Mountain Clay No 7
    Surface coal · Mountain Clay Inc · MSHA ID 1510281
    Abandoned
  51. No 1
    Surface coal · Pete Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512501
    Abandoned
  52. No 1
    Facility coal · C & C Mineral Inc · MSHA ID 1512519
    Abandoned
  53. No 1
    Surface coal · Morgan Smith & Morgan Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514219
    Abandoned
  54. No 1
    Surface coal · B & S Coal · MSHA ID 1514771
    Abandoned
  55. No 1
    Surface coal · T & R Construction · MSHA ID 1514906
    Abandoned
  56. No 1
    Surface coal · Buck Creek Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1515214
    Abandoned
  57. No 1
    Surface coal · Big River Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515388
    Abandoned
  58. No 1
    Surface coal · Taylor Brothers Construction Inc · MSHA ID 1515439
    Abandoned
  59. No 1
    Surface coal · Spruce Fork Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1515467
    Abandoned
  60. No 1
    Surface coal · Pedco Inc · MSHA ID 1515800
    Abandoned
  61. No 1
    Surface coal · Bob Terry · MSHA ID 1515801
    Abandoned
  62. No 1
    Surface coal · Kevin Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1516178
    Abandoned
  63. No 1
    Surface coal · Carson Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1516894
    Abandoned
  64. No 1
    Surface coal · Newberry Mining · MSHA ID 1516954
    Abandoned
  65. No 1 Owsley
    Surface coal · Ruby Coal Company · MSHA ID 1515563
    Abandoned
  66. No 1 Processing
    Facility coal · Hallmark Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514138
    Abandoned
  67. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Phil Young Mining Company · MSHA ID 1504353
    Abandoned
  68. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Grubb & Sons Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510908
    Abandoned
  69. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · North Fork Leasing Inc · MSHA ID 1512823
    Abandoned
  70. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Four Mile Coal · MSHA ID 1512976
    Abandoned
  71. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Double R Mining · MSHA ID 1513034
    Abandoned
  72. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Justice & Gabbard Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513203
    Abandoned
  73. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Americoal Corp · MSHA ID 1513379
    Abandoned
  74. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Boo-M Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513427
    Abandoned
  75. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · C & F Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513470
    Abandoned
  76. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Oliver & Oliver Mining Company · MSHA ID 1513545
    Abandoned
  77. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Spencer Fork Mining · MSHA ID 1513546
    Abandoned
  78. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Brave Star Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1513597
    Abandoned
  79. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · R & N Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514029
    Abandoned
  80. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Sturgill Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1514054
    Abandoned
  81. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · H & W Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514593
    Abandoned
  82. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Consumers Elkhorn Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1506905
    Abandoned
  83. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Lee County Consolidated Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1507130
    Abandoned
  84. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · B & F Mining Company · MSHA ID 1508370
    Abandoned
  85. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Creekview Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1509365
    Abandoned
  86. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · D & E Coal Company · MSHA ID 1509385
    Abandoned
  87. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · General Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 1510008
    Abandoned
  88. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Sturgeon Creek Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1510229
    Abandoned
  89. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · M G A Of Kentucky Inc · MSHA ID 1510275
    Abandoned
  90. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Jellico Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1510577
    Abandoned
  91. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Wilson Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511288
    Abandoned
  92. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Roy Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511443
    Abandoned
  93. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Hop Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1511568
    Abandoned
  94. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · J P W Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511674
    Abandoned
  95. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Mid-Eastern Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1511729
    Abandoned
  96. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Red Dog Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511736
    Abandoned
  97. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Mistletoe Energy Corp Inc · MSHA ID 1512980
    Abandoned
  98. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · C & F Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513440
    Abandoned
  99. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Christlin Enterprise Inc · MSHA ID 1514116
    Abandoned
  100. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Erico Processing Inc · MSHA ID 1516514
    Abandoned
  101. No 1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · O O Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512223
    Abandoned
  102. No 10 Surface
    Surface coal · Hardly Able Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511558
    Abandoned
  103. No 11 Surface
    Surface coal · U S Mng & Exploration & Natural Resources Co Inc · MSHA ID 1508330
    Abandoned
  104. No 11 Surface
    Surface coal · River Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511266
    Abandoned
  105. No 2
    Surface coal · Dumas Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516076
    Abandoned
  106. No 2 Owsley County
    Surface coal · Kentucky Gem Coal Company-A Joint Venture · MSHA ID 1512711
    Abandoned
  107. No 2 Strip
    Surface coal · Trans American Mining & Development Corp · MSHA ID 1511711
    Abandoned
  108. No 2 Strip
    Surface coal · Sky High Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512829
    Abandoned
  109. No 3 Surface
    Surface coal · R B S Inc · MSHA ID 1510947
    Abandoned
  110. No 3 Surface
    Surface coal · Robinson Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511730
    Abandoned
  111. No 3 Surface
    Surface coal · D & S Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 1515356
    Abandoned
  112. No 4 Auger Mine
    Surface coal · United Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1505370
    Abandoned
  113. No 6
    Surface coal · Apex Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1515531
    Abandoned
  114. No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · Gibson Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511437
    Abandoned
  115. No1
    Surface coal · H B & S Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1515568
    Abandoned
  116. No1
    Surface coal · Crossroads Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1515597
    Abandoned
  117. No1
    Surface coal · Jamieson Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515625
    Abandoned
  118. Owsley #1
    Surface coal · Hammond Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513080
    Abandoned
  119. Owsley Co #1
    Surface coal · Goldens Creek Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1517790
    Abandoned
  120. Owsley County #1
    Surface coal · G & G Coal & Energy Company · MSHA ID 1513695
    Abandoned
  121. Pebworth Mine
    Surface coal · W M N Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1516736
    Abandoned
  122. Sturgeon
    Surface coal · Smith Mechanical LLC · MSHA ID 1519149
    Abandoned
  123. Surface No 1
    Surface coal · Hi Flame Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1506293
    Abandoned
  124. Surface No 1
    Surface coal · B W & K Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512655
    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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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.