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Mines in Ashe County, North Carolina

Ashe County, North Carolina has 5 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 1 intermittent, 2 abandoned. 28 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1984 and 2023. Inspectors have issued 321 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Ashe 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 Ashe County →

Mines on register
5
Active
2
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
321
0 underground · 5 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 5 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 2 abandoned 28 reported accidents, 1984–2023
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.
Ashe County, North Carolina · Population 26,831
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$50,827
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
Cardinal Quarries LLC 1 1 0
Clark Stone Company Inc 1 0 0
E C Eller Construction Company 1 0 0
Jordan Land Development Inc 1 1 0
Radford Quarries of Boone, Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Ashe County5 on register
  1. Smethport Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cardinal Quarries LLC · MSHA ID 3101356
    Active
  2. Jordan Land Development Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jordan Land Development Inc · MSHA ID 3102208
    Active
  3. Glendale Springs Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Radford Quarries of Boone, Inc · MSHA ID 3102067
    Intermittent
  4. Three Tops Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · E C Eller Construction Company · MSHA ID 3100583
    Abandoned
  5. Todd Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Clark Stone Company Inc · MSHA ID 3101890
    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.