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Mines in Buffalo County, Nebraska

Buffalo County, Nebraska has 29 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 7 intermittent, 20 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 8 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1992 and 2021. Inspectors have issued 481 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
29
Active
2
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
481
0 underground · 29 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 29 metal and non-metal 7 intermittent 20 abandoned 8 reported accidents, 1992–2021
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
Bruners Sand & Gravel Inc 1 0 0
Cook Construction Company 1 0 0
Edward D. Broadfoot & Sons Sand & Gravel Corp 1 0 0
Farmers Sand & Gravel Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Buffalo County29 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. PIT #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Edward D. Broadfoot & Sons Sand & Gravel Corp · MSHA ID 2501175
    Intermittent
  6. Odessa
    Surface metal/non-metal · T&F Sand & Gravel Inc. · MSHA ID 2501061
    Abandoned
  7. Dredge 3
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vontz Paving, Inc · MSHA ID 2501273
    Intermittent
  8. Newark
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mid-Nebraska Aggregate Inc. · MSHA ID 2501184
    Intermittent
  9. KEARNEY PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Buffalo County Highway Department · MSHA ID 2500099
    Abandoned
  10. Kilgore West
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mid-Nebraska Aggregate Inc. · MSHA ID 2501060
    Abandoned
  11. SHELTON PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bruners Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2500200
    Abandoned
  12. ODESSA PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Buffalo County Highway Department · MSHA ID 2500695
    Abandoned
  13. Windmill Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mid-Nebraska Aggregate Inc. · MSHA ID 2501289
    Intermittent
  14. Powerscreen Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mid-Nebraska Aggregate Inc. · MSHA ID 2501304
    Abandoned
  15. Portable Dredge 5
    Surface metal/non-metal · Werner Aggregates, Inc. · MSHA ID 2501319
    Intermittent
  16. Wells Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Overton Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2501333
    Intermittent
  17. Elm Creek Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · KE-BECK Company · MSHA ID 2501206
    Abandoned
  18. Kearney Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Interstate Development · MSHA ID 2501270
    Abandoned
  19. Broadfoot Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Broadfoot Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2500339
    Abandoned
  20. Buffalo Portable #4
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carl Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2501076
    Abandoned
  21. Cook Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cook Construction Company · MSHA ID 2500956
    Abandoned
  22. East Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nebraska Credit Finance Corp · MSHA ID 2501009
    Abandoned
  23. Johnson Sand And Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Johnson Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2500261
    Abandoned
  24. LEONARD PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Leonard Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2500265
    Abandoned
  25. Newark Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2500460
    Abandoned
  26. North Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nebraska Credit Finance Corp · MSHA ID 2501121
    Abandoned
  27. Ospray Lake
    Surface metal/non-metal · Farmers Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2500203
    Abandoned
  28. Portable Dredge #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carl Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2501059
    Abandoned
  29. 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.