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Mines in Buffalo County, Nebraska

Buffalo County, Nebraska has 32 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 9 intermittent, 20 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 11 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1992 and 2021. Inspectors have issued 571 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Buffalo 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 Buffalo County →

Mines on register
32
Active
2
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
571
0 underground · 32 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 32 metal and non-metal 9 intermittent 20 abandoned 11 reported accidents, 1992–2021

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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.
Buffalo County, Nebraska · Population 50,323
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$74,570
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
Mid-Nebraska Aggregate Inc. 5 0 0
Broadfoot Sand & Gravel Inc 4 2 1
Buffalo County Highway Department 2 0 0
Carl Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc 2 0 0
Nebraska Credit Finance Corp 2 0 0
T&F Sand & Gravel Inc. 2 0 0
Vontz Paving, Inc. 2 0 0
Bruners Sand & Gravel Inc 1 0 0
Cook Construction Company 1 0 0
Edward D. Broadfoot & Sons Sand & Gravel Corp 1 0 0
Mines in Buffalo County32 on register
  1. Broadfoot #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Broadfoot Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2501118
    Active
  2. Turkey Creek Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Broadfoot Sand & Gravel Corp Inc · MSHA ID 2501234
    Active
  3. Newark Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Broadfoot Sand & Gravel Co Inc · MSHA ID 2501022
    Abandoned
  4. Minden Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mid-Nebraska Aggregate Inc · MSHA ID 2500573
    Intermittent
  5. Portable Crusher #3
    Surface metal/non-metal · Werner Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2501228
    Intermittent
  6. Gravel Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vontz Paving, Inc. · MSHA ID 2501278
    Intermittent
  7. PIT #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Edward D. Broadfoot & Sons Sand & Gravel Corp · MSHA ID 2501175
    Intermittent
  8. Odessa
    Surface metal/non-metal · T&F Sand & Gravel Inc. · MSHA ID 2501061
    Abandoned
  9. Dredge 3
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vontz Paving, Inc · MSHA ID 2501273
    Intermittent
  10. Newark
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mid-Nebraska Aggregate Inc. · MSHA ID 2501184
    Intermittent
  11. KEARNEY PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Buffalo County Highway Department · MSHA ID 2500099
    Abandoned
  12. Kilgore West
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mid-Nebraska Aggregate Inc. · MSHA ID 2501060
    Abandoned
  13. SHELTON PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bruners Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2500200
    Abandoned
  14. ODESSA PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Buffalo County Highway Department · MSHA ID 2500695
    Abandoned
  15. Windmill Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mid-Nebraska Aggregate Inc. · MSHA ID 2501289
    Intermittent
  16. Powerscreen Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mid-Nebraska Aggregate Inc. · MSHA ID 2501304
    Abandoned
  17. Portable Dredge 5
    Surface metal/non-metal · Werner Aggregates, Inc. · MSHA ID 2501319
    Intermittent
  18. Wells Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Overton Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2501333
    Intermittent
  19. Elm Creek Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · KE-BECK Company · MSHA ID 2501206
    Abandoned
  20. Kearney Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Interstate Development · MSHA ID 2501270
    Abandoned
  21. Booth Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Apex Sand & Gravel, LLC · MSHA ID 2501339
    New Mine
  22. Broadfoot Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Broadfoot Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2500339
    Abandoned
  23. Buffalo Portable #4
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carl Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2501076
    Abandoned
  24. Cook Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cook Construction Company · MSHA ID 2500956
    Abandoned
  25. East Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nebraska Credit Finance Corp · MSHA ID 2501009
    Abandoned
  26. Johnson Sand And Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Johnson Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2500261
    Abandoned
  27. LEONARD PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Leonard Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2500265
    Abandoned
  28. Newark Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2500460
    Abandoned
  29. North Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nebraska Credit Finance Corp · MSHA ID 2501121
    Abandoned
  30. Ospray Lake
    Surface metal/non-metal · Farmers Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2500203
    Abandoned
  31. Portable Dredge #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carl Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2501059
    Abandoned
  32. PORTABLE DREDGE MINE #3
    Surface metal/non-metal · T & F Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2501054
    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.