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Mines in Saunders County, Nebraska

Saunders County, Nebraska has 13 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 2 intermittent, 9 abandoned. 2 miners have died and 78 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 282 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Saunders 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 Saunders County →

Mines on register
13
Active
2
Fatalities on record
2
Citations issued
282
0 underground · 13 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 13 metal and non-metal 2 intermittent 9 abandoned 78 reported accidents, 1983–2026
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.
Saunders County, Nebraska · Population 22,761
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$89,395
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
Western Sand & Gravel Company 5 2 2
Wolf Sand & Gravel Company 3 0 0
Lyman-Richey Sand & Gravel Company 2 0 0
Bluff Aggregate LLC 1 0 0
Dolezal Sand & Gravel 1 0 0
Glen-Gery Corporation 1 0 0
Mines in Saunders County13 on register
  1. SAND CREEK PIT & PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Western Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2500759
    Active
  2. Wann Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Western Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2501291
    Active
  3. ABEL SPUR MILL
    Surface metal/non-metal · Western Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2500984
    Abandoned
  4. DOLEZAL SAND & GRAVEL
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dolezal Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2501052
    Intermittent
  5. Pit #83, Ashland
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lyman-Richey Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2501133
    Abandoned
  6. Bluff Aggregate LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bluff Aggregate LLC · MSHA ID 2500949
    Intermittent
  7. Abel'S Spur Pit And Plants
    Surface metal/non-metal · Western Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2500419
    Abandoned
  8. Plant #87
    Surface metal/non-metal · Central Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2500283
    Abandoned
  9. Twin Creek Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Glen-Gery Corporation · MSHA ID 2501318
    Abandoned
  10. Ashland South Pit And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Western Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2500925
    Abandoned
  11. Hwy 79 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wolf Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2500753
    Abandoned
  12. Morse Bluff East Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wolf Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2500344
    Abandoned
  13. Sand & Gravel Pit-871
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wolf Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2500345
    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.