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Mines in Ransom County, North Dakota

Ransom County, North Dakota has 17 mines on MSHA's register: 8 intermittent, 9 abandoned. 7 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1988 and 2018. Inspectors have issued 343 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Ransom 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 Ransom County →

Mines on register
17
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
343
0 underground · 17 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 17 metal and non-metal 8 intermittent 9 abandoned 7 reported accidents, 1988–2018
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.
Ransom County, North Dakota · Population 5,662
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$74,521
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
Mark Sand & Gravel Dakota Co 2 0 0
Valley Gravel Products Inc 2 0 0
Arrowhead Transport Inc. 1 0 0
Bear Creek Gravel 1 0 0
Burlington Northern Railroad 1 0 0
Camas Sand & Gravel 1 0 0
Dicks Construction 1 0 0
Earl V Olson 1 0 0
Froemke Excavating 1 0 0
Gwinner Oil Company 1 0 0
Mines in Ransom County17 on register
  1. Camas Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Camas Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 3200747
    Intermittent
  2. Portable Crusher -101
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mark Sand & Gravel Dakota Co · MSHA ID 3200805
    Intermittent
  3. Portable Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dicks Construction · MSHA ID 3200714
    Intermittent
  4. PIKE PIT & MILL
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gutzmer Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 3200175
    Abandoned
  5. Stationary Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bear Creek Gravel · MSHA ID 3200857
    Intermittent
  6. Portable Screener
    Surface metal/non-metal · Arrowhead Transport Inc. · MSHA ID 3200817
    Abandoned
  7. Froemke Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Froemke Excavating · MSHA ID 3200954
    Intermittent
  8. Sundale Excavation
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sundale Excavation LLC · MSHA ID 3200856
    Intermittent
  9. Mobile 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rustad's LLC · MSHA ID 3200900
    Abandoned
  10. Evo Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Earl V Olson · MSHA ID 3200490
    Abandoned
  11. Hoenhause
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hoenhause · MSHA ID 3201099
    Intermittent
  12. Lisbon Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Burlington Northern Railroad · MSHA ID 3200262
    Abandoned
  13. OLSON PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Valley Gravel Products Inc · MSHA ID 3200744
    Abandoned
  14. OLSON PIT #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Valley Gravel Products Inc · MSHA ID 3200752
    Abandoned
  15. Olson Pit And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gwinner Oil Company · MSHA ID 3200263
    Abandoned
  16. Ransom County Pit (Jorgenson Pit)
    Surface metal/non-metal · Schoonover Brothers · MSHA ID 3200590
    Abandoned
  17. Storhaug Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lesmeister Gravel, Inc. · MSHA ID 3201078
    Intermittent

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.