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Mines in Wells County, North Dakota

Wells County, North Dakota has 14 mines on MSHA's register: 3 intermittent, 11 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 7 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1987 and 2018. Inspectors have issued 239 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Wells 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 Wells County →

Mines on register
14
Active
0
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
239
0 underground · 14 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 14 metal and non-metal 3 intermittent 11 abandoned 7 reported accidents, 1987–2018
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.
Wells County, North Dakota · Population 3,942
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$61,346
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
Susag Sand and Gravel, Inc. 5 0 1
Harvey Sand & Gravel Inc 4 0 0
Fike Crushing Inc 1 0 0
Halvorson Construction Company 1 0 0
HARVEY READY MIX, INC. 1 0 0
Harvey Sand & Gravel 1 0 0
Northern Improvement Company 1 0 0
Mines in Wells County14 on register
  1. C-2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Susag Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3200250
    Intermittent
  2. C-1 Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Susag Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3200593
    Intermittent
  3. Crusher #3
    Surface metal/non-metal · Susag Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3200710
    Abandoned
  4. Paul Deck Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Susag Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3200493
    Intermittent
  5. Plant #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Harvey Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3200762
    Abandoned
  6. MUSCHA PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · HARVEY READY MIX, INC. · MSHA ID 3201060
    Abandoned
  7. Plant #3
    Surface metal/non-metal · Harvey Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3200854
    Abandoned
  8. Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Harvey Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3200761
    Abandoned
  9. Wash Plant #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Susag Sand and Gravel, Inc. · MSHA ID 3200866
    Abandoned
  10. Academy Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Harvey Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 3200544
    Abandoned
  11. Don Nichols Pit Or Hazard Pit And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Northern Improvement Company · MSHA ID 3200322
    Abandoned
  12. ESTENSEN PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Harvey Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3200756
    Abandoned
  13. Portable Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Halvorson Construction Company · MSHA ID 3200499
    Abandoned
  14. Portable Plant No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fike Crushing Inc · MSHA ID 3200610
    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.