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Mines in Oliver County, North Dakota

Oliver County, North Dakota has 4 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 2 abandoned. 2 are coal mines and 2 metal or non-metal. 2 miners have died and 201 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 242 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Oliver 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 Oliver County →

Mines on register
4
Active
2
Fatalities on record
2
Citations issued
242
0 underground · 3 surface · 1 facilities 2 coal · 2 metal and non-metal 2 abandoned 201 reported accidents, 1983–2025
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.
Oliver County, North Dakota · Population 1,821
6.2%
Mining share of county employment
$76,953
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
BNI Coal, Ltd 1 1 2
Center Coal Co-Div/General Industries Inc 1 1 0
Colaska Production Company 1 0 0
Oliver County Highway Dept 1 0 0
Mines in Oliver County4 on register
  1. Center Mine
    Surface coal · BNI Coal, Ltd · MSHA ID 3200218
    Active
  2. Center Coal Company
    Facility coal · Center Coal Co-Div/General Industries Inc · MSHA ID 3200727
    Active
  3. Sletton Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Colaska Production Company · MSHA ID 3200616
    Abandoned
  4. Wiesgarber Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Oliver County Highway Dept · MSHA ID 3200938
    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.