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Mines in Wayne County, Mississippi

Wayne County, Mississippi has 7 mines on MSHA's register: 7 abandoned. Inspectors have issued 33 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Wayne 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 Wayne County →

Mines on register
7
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
33
0 underground · 6 surface · 1 facilities 0 coal · 7 metal and non-metal 7 abandoned
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.
Wayne County, Mississippi · Population 19,699
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$36,791
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
W C Pitts Construction Company Inc 2 0 0
Bush Construction Company Inc 1 0 0
Gaston Brothers Inc 1 0 0
Kelley Brothers Contractors Inc 1 0 0
Mississippi Department Of Agriculture & Commerce 1 0 0
T West & Sons Sand & Gravel 1 0 0
Mines in Wayne County7 on register
  1. Washer Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · W C Pitts Construction Co., Inc. · MSHA ID 2200783
    Abandoned
  2. GASTON BROS. LIME PLANT
    Facility metal/non-metal · Gaston Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2200640
    Abandoned
  3. Clara West Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bush Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2200498
    Abandoned
  4. Graham Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · W C Pitts Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2200522
    Abandoned
  5. Scott Paper Company Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kelley Brothers Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 2200486
    Abandoned
  6. Waynesboro Lime Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mississippi Department Of Agriculture & Commerce · MSHA ID 2200465
    Abandoned
  7. Yellow Creek Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · T West & Sons Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2200479
    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.