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Mines in Bates County, Missouri

Bates County, Missouri has 23 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 21 abandoned. 10 are coal mines and 13 metal or non-metal. 154 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 519 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Bates 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 Bates County →

Mines on register
23
Active
2
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
519
0 underground · 23 surface · 0 facilities 10 coal · 13 metal and non-metal 21 abandoned 154 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.
Bates County, Missouri · Population 16,121
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$57,914
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
Continental Coal, Inc. 5 1 0
Ash Grove Aggregates Inc 4 0 0
Batesco Quarries 2 0 0
Adrian Quarry LLC 1 0 0
Amoret Coal Company Inc 1 0 0
B & B Rock & Lime Company 1 0 0
B-Jay Rock Products 1 0 0
Bates County Rock Division 1 0 0
Capital Materials, LLC 1 1 0
George E Underwood 1 0 0
Mines in Bates County23 on register
  1. Walnut Creek
    Surface coal · Continental Coal Inc · MSHA ID 2302262
    Active
  2. Clinton Portable Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Capital Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 2301916
    Active
  3. Midway Mine
    Surface coal · Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company · MSHA ID 2300881
    Abandoned
  4. UNIVERSAL PORTABLE PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ash Grove Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2302127
    Abandoned
  5. Tiger Mine
    Surface coal · Midwest Coal Llc · MSHA ID 2302163
    Abandoned
  6. Foster Mine
    Surface coal · J L S Inc · MSHA ID 2302114
    Abandoned
  7. Cottonwood Creek Mine
    Surface coal · Continental Coal Inc · MSHA ID 2302277
    Abandoned
  8. Panther Creek Mine
    Surface coal · Continental Coal Inc · MSHA ID 2302186
    Abandoned
  9. Bates County Mine
    Surface coal · Continental Coal Inc · MSHA ID 2301920
    Abandoned
  10. Adrian Quarry LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Adrian Quarry LLC · MSHA ID 2302248
    Abandoned
  11. Island Pit
    Surface coal · Continental Coal, Inc. · MSHA ID 2302412
    Abandoned
  12. Rip Rap Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ash Grove Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2302365
    Abandoned
  13. Butler Quarry #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Batesco Quarries · MSHA ID 2300538
    Abandoned
  14. Wash Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ash Grove Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2302342
    Abandoned
  15. Cullor Portable
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ash Grove Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2302337
    Abandoned
  16. Amoret Mine #1
    Surface coal · Amoret Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 2301970
    Abandoned
  17. Amsterdam #6 Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bates County Rock Division · MSHA ID 2301071
    Abandoned
  18. Appleton Quarry #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Batesco Quarries · MSHA ID 2300016
    Abandoned
  19. B & B Quarry And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · B & B Rock & Lime Company · MSHA ID 2301501
    Abandoned
  20. Butler Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wade Crushed Stone · MSHA ID 2301757
    Abandoned
  21. Judy Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · B-Jay Rock Products · MSHA ID 2301904
    Abandoned
  22. Underwood Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · George E Underwood · MSHA ID 2300769
    Abandoned
  23. Wood Coal Company Mine #2
    Surface coal · Wood Coal Company · MSHA ID 2301998
    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.