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Mines in Franklin County, North Carolina

Franklin County, North Carolina has 12 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 10 abandoned. 13 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1987 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 228 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Franklin 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 Franklin County →

Mines on register
12
Active
2
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
228
0 underground · 12 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 12 metal and non-metal 10 abandoned 13 reported accidents, 1987–2025
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.
Franklin County, North Carolina · Population 71,962
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$71,386
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
Wade Moore Equipment Company Inc 4 1 0
Elliott Sand Company 3 0 0
Rea Construction Company 2 0 0
H.B. Mellott Estate Inc 1 0 0
Martin Marietta Materials Inc 1 1 0
N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways 1 0 0
Mines in Franklin County12 on register
  1. Fleming Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wade Moore Equipment Co · MSHA ID 3100450
    Active
  2. FRANKLIN QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials Inc · MSHA ID 3102130
    Active
  3. HBME-Franklin
    Surface metal/non-metal · H.B. Mellott Estate Inc · MSHA ID 3102157
    Abandoned
  4. Davis Sand Dipping
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wade Moore Equipment Company Inc · MSHA ID 3101906
    Abandoned
  5. Franklin County
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rea Construction Company · MSHA ID 3101696
    Abandoned
  6. Franklin County Mines
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rea Construction Company · MSHA ID 3101834
    Abandoned
  7. Harris Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wade Moore Equipment Company Inc · MSHA ID 3101818
    Abandoned
  8. Sand Pit No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Elliott Sand Company · MSHA ID 3101880
    Abandoned
  9. Sand Pit No 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Elliott Sand Company · MSHA ID 3101881
    Abandoned
  10. Sherrod Sand Dipping Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wade Moore Equipment Company Inc · MSHA ID 3101945
    Abandoned
  11. Simms River Bridge
    Surface metal/non-metal · Elliott Sand Company · MSHA ID 3101699
    Abandoned
  12. Willis Nash Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways · MSHA ID 3100315
    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.