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Mines in Hand County, South Dakota

Hand County, South Dakota has 10 mines on MSHA's register: 2 intermittent, 8 abandoned. Inspectors have issued 96 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Hand 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 Hand County →

Mines on register
10
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
96
0 underground · 10 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 10 metal and non-metal 2 intermittent 8 abandoned
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.
Hand County, South Dakota · Population 3,045
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$72,054
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
Rupp Construction Company Inc 2 0 0
Bowers Construction Company 1 0 0
Carr Towing and Construction LLC 1 0 0
Evans Construction Company 1 0 0
J Weelborg & Sons Inc 1 0 0
Odland Gravel 1 0 0
R E Hanks Owner 1 0 0
Turtle Creek Construction 1 0 0
Weelborg Brothers Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Hand County10 on register
  1. Odland Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Odland Gravel · MSHA ID 3901479
    Intermittent
  2. CARR CONST
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carr Towing and Construction LLC · MSHA ID 3901402
    Intermittent
  3. Plant 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Turtle Creek Construction · MSHA ID 3901566
    Abandoned
  4. Clement Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bowers Construction Company · MSHA ID 3901135
    Abandoned
  5. Gold Mine Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · R E Hanks Owner · MSHA ID 3900311
    Abandoned
  6. Hand County Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Evans Construction Company · MSHA ID 3900903
    Abandoned
  7. Hand County Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rupp Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 3901009
    Abandoned
  8. Pangburn Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rupp Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 3900996
    Abandoned
  9. Werdel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Weelborg Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 3900900
    Abandoned
  10. Williams Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · J Weelborg & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 3901028
    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.