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Mines in Aitkin County, Minnesota

Aitkin County, Minnesota has 15 mines on MSHA's register: 4 intermittent, 10 abandoned. 5 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1986 and 2015. Inspectors have issued 116 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Aitkin 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 Aitkin County →

Mines on register
15
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
116
0 underground · 15 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 15 metal and non-metal 4 intermittent 10 abandoned 5 reported accidents, 1986–2015
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.
Aitkin County, Minnesota · Population 15,930
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$59,498
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
Anderson Brothers Construction Company 1 0 0
Carlson Brothers Inc 1 0 0
Cemstone Products Company 1 0 0
Darlow Excavating 1 0 0
Delmo Kompelien Company 1 0 0
Dependable Demolition LLC 1 0 0
Kelley Excavating 1 0 0
Kern Excavating LLC 1 0 0
Liljenquist Sewer and Excavating Inc 1 0 0
Lundin Construction Company Of Cromwell 1 0 0
Mines in Aitkin County15 on register
  1. Portable Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rocon Paving · MSHA ID 2102765
    Intermittent
  2. Aitkin Pit 087
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cemstone Products Company · MSHA ID 2102413
    Intermittent
  3. Pioneer Blacktop Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pioneer Blacktop Inc · MSHA ID 2102945
    Abandoned
  4. Screener #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kern Excavating LLC · MSHA ID 2103589
    Abandoned
  5. Cedar Rapids Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kelley Excavating · MSHA ID 2103604
    Abandoned
  6. CR40 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Darlow Excavating · MSHA ID 2103958
    Intermittent
  7. Liljenquist Sewer
    Surface metal/non-metal · Liljenquist Sewer and Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 2104059
    Temporarily Idled
  8. RM70
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dependable Demolition LLC · MSHA ID 2104066
    Intermittent
  9. Dropp Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Anderson Brothers Construction Company · MSHA ID 2102737
    Abandoned
  10. Garrison Sand And Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Delmo Kompelien Company · MSHA ID 2101705
    Abandoned
  11. J R Johnson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carlson Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2102866
    Abandoned
  12. Mel Johnson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lundin Construction Company Of Cromwell · MSHA ID 2102498
    Abandoned
  13. Mel Johnson Pit And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Richard F Schuh Company · MSHA ID 2102555
    Abandoned
  14. Northern Peat Co Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Northern Peat Company · MSHA ID 2100229
    Abandoned
  15. Vall Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wiley Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2102813
    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.