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Mines in Brookings County, South Dakota

Brookings County, South Dakota has 22 mines on MSHA's register: 4 active, 3 intermittent, 15 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 41 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1988 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 527 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Brookings 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 Brookings County →

Mines on register
22
Active
4
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
527
0 underground · 22 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 22 metal and non-metal 3 intermittent 15 abandoned 41 reported accidents, 1988–2026
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.
Brookings County, South Dakota · Population 34,968
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$67,341
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
BOWES CONSTRUCTION, INC 6 1 1
Winter Contracting LLC 2 2 0
B&H CONTRACTORS OF SD 1 0 0
Brookings County Highway Department 1 0 0
Cotton & Company 1 0 0
Dick Grayson Crushing 1 0 0
Faber Construction 1 0 0
Halstead & Lewis Construction 1 0 0
L. G. Everist, Inc. 1 1 0
Lowell Wyland 1 0 0
Mines in Brookings County22 on register
  1. Plant 280
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bowes Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3901505
    Active
  2. Brookings Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · L. G. Everist, Inc. · MSHA ID 3900305
    Active
  3. Whitehead Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Winter Contracting LLC · MSHA ID 3901649
    Active
  4. Beynon Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Winter Contracting LLC · MSHA ID 3901677
    Active
  5. PLANT 200
    Surface metal/non-metal · BOWES CONSTRUCTION, INC · MSHA ID 3901025
    Intermittent
  6. Plant 250
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bowes Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3901422
    Intermittent
  7. Plant 260
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bowes Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3901475
    Abandoned
  8. PORTABLE PLANT - DREDGE OPERATION
    Surface metal/non-metal · BOWES CONSTRUCTION, INC · MSHA ID 3901540
    Intermittent
  9. ELKTON PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · B&H CONTRACTORS OF SD · MSHA ID 3901641
    Abandoned
  10. Plant 270
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bowes Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3901490
    Abandoned
  11. Willmott Gravel Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Willmott Gravel · MSHA ID 3900889
    Abandoned
  12. County Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dick Grayson Crushing · MSHA ID 3901205
    Abandoned
  13. ELKTON EXIT 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · WINTER INC · MSHA ID 3901642
    Abandoned
  14. Faber Crushing
    Surface metal/non-metal · Faber Construction · MSHA ID 3901372
    Abandoned
  15. Mannerud Pit No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mannerud Inc · MSHA ID 3900451
    Abandoned
  16. Mannerud Pit No 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lowell Wyland · MSHA ID 3901086
    Abandoned
  17. Nelson Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sylvan Granum Gravel · MSHA ID 3900699
    Abandoned
  18. Nelson Sand And Gravel Pit No 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cotton & Company · MSHA ID 3901021
    Abandoned
  19. Riddell Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Riddell Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3901330
    Abandoned
  20. Skyview Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sterzinger Destruction Company · MSHA ID 3901024
    Abandoned
  21. Wheeler Gravel Pit Or Wheeler Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Brookings County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3900888
    Abandoned
  22. Willmott Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Halstead & Lewis Construction · MSHA ID 3901257
    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.