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Mines in Brule County, South Dakota

Brule County, South Dakota has 9 mines on MSHA's register: 1 intermittent, 7 abandoned. 52 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1987 and 2021. Inspectors have issued 306 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Brule 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 Brule County →

Mines on register
9
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
306
0 underground · 9 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 9 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 7 abandoned 52 reported accidents, 1987–2021
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.
Brule County, South Dakota · Population 5,261
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$74,043
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
T.F. Luke & Sons Inc. 4 0 0
Brule County Hwy Dept. 1 0 0
Gregory County Highway Dept 1 0 0
Jeremy Thomas Construction LLC 1 0 0
Lloyd Priebe & Sons Construction Inc 1 0 0
Rod's Welding Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Brule County9 on register
  1. Portable #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · T F Luke & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 3901323
    Intermittent
  2. Portable #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · T F Luke & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 3901022
    Abandoned
  3. Portable #3
    Surface metal/non-metal · T F Luke & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 3901324
    Abandoned
  4. R&J Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rod's Welding Inc · MSHA ID 3901583
    Temporarily Idled
  5. Portable Crusher #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jeremy Thomas Construction LLC · MSHA ID 3901613
    Abandoned
  6. Portable #4
    Surface metal/non-metal · T.F. Luke & Sons Inc. · MSHA ID 3901537
    Abandoned
  7. Portable #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lloyd Priebe & Sons Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3901538
    Abandoned
  8. Brule Screener #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Brule County Hwy Dept. · MSHA ID 3901467
    Abandoned
  9. State Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gregory County Highway Dept · MSHA ID 3901213
    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.