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Mines in Wilkes County, North Carolina

Wilkes County, North Carolina has 9 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 2 intermittent, 5 abandoned. 10 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1988 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 152 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Wilkes 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 Wilkes County →

Mines on register
9
Active
2
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
152
0 underground · 9 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 9 metal and non-metal 2 intermittent 5 abandoned 10 reported accidents, 1988–2026
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.
Wilkes County, North Carolina · Population 65,983
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$50,438
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
Tarheel Sand and Stone Inc 3 0 0
Carl Rose & Sons Inc 2 0 0
Blue Water Industries II LLC 1 1 0
Buechel Stone Corp 1 0 0
Tri County Sand Company Inc 1 0 0
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 1 1 0
Mines in Wilkes County9 on register
  1. 115 Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 3100095
    Active
  2. North Wilkesboro Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Blue Water Industries II LLC · MSHA ID 3102253
    Active
  3. Hayes Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tarheel Sand & Stone Inc · MSHA ID 3102049
    Intermittent
  4. Prevette
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tarheel Sand & Stone, Inc. · MSHA ID 3102273
    Intermittent
  5. HUIE PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carl Rose & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 3102137
    Abandoned
  6. Settle Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tarheel Sand and Stone Inc · MSHA ID 3102281
    Abandoned
  7. Johnson-Call Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carl Rose & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 3101870
    Abandoned
  8. Elk Quarry #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Buechel Stone Corp · MSHA ID 3102331
    Abandoned
  9. YADKIN VALLEY PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tri County Sand Company Inc · MSHA ID 3101384
    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.