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Mines in Benson County, North Dakota

Benson County, North Dakota has 11 mines on MSHA's register: 1 intermittent, 10 abandoned. 1 accident has been reported at these mines in 2010. Inspectors have issued 43 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Benson 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 Benson County →

Mines on register
11
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
43
0 underground · 11 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 11 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 10 abandoned 1 reported accidents, 2010
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.
Benson County, North Dakota · Population 5,861
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$68,049
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
Benson County Highway Department 2 0 0
Berger Enterprises 1 0 0
Durbin Excavating 1 0 0
Ebach Construction 1 0 0
Great Plains Excavating Co 1 0 0
Hulstrand Construction Inc 1 0 0
Kraft Gravel 1 0 0
Maddock Construction 1 0 0
Soper Brothers Construction Company 1 0 0
Sundhagen Construction Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Benson County11 on register
  1. Berger Enterprises
    Surface metal/non-metal · Berger Enterprises · MSHA ID 3200858
    Abandoned
  2. Plant 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Maddock Construction · MSHA ID 3200835
    Intermittent
  3. #3
    Surface metal/non-metal · Great Plains Excavating Co · MSHA ID 3200977
    Abandoned
  4. Portable Screener
    Surface metal/non-metal · Benson County · MSHA ID 3200833
    Abandoned
  5. Benson County Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Benson County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3200072
    Abandoned
  6. Cavanaugh Pit Or Vanderlin Brothers Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Durbin Excavating · MSHA ID 3200574
    Abandoned
  7. Fort Totten Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hulstrand Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3200582
    Abandoned
  8. Harold Garrke Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Soper Brothers Construction Company · MSHA ID 3200581
    Abandoned
  9. Portable Screener #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ebach Construction · MSHA ID 3200834
    Abandoned
  10. smith pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kraft Gravel · MSHA ID 3201068
    Abandoned
  11. SUNDHAGEN CONST INC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sundhagen Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3200553
    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.