Mining Incidents
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Mines in Spink County, South Dakota

Spink County, South Dakota has 8 mines on MSHA's register: 1 intermittent, 7 abandoned. Inspectors have issued 71 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Spink 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 Spink County →

Mines on register
8
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
71
0 underground · 8 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 8 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 7 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.
Spink County, South Dakota · Population 6,283
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$73,011
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
Bawek Construction 1 0 0
Beckler Construction 1 0 0
Bowers Construction Company 1 0 0
Dwight Noethlich 1 0 0
I W Wipf Construction 1 0 0
J & M Gravel & Construction Inc 1 0 0
Krueger Brothers Gravel & Dirt 1 0 0
Williamsons Trucking 1 0 0
Mines in Spink County8 on register
  1. PORTABLE ONE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Beckler Construction · MSHA ID 3901426
    Abandoned
  2. PORTABLE UNIT #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bawek Construction · MSHA ID 3901336
    Abandoned
  3. PORTABLE SCREENER
    Surface metal/non-metal · Krueger Brothers Gravel & Dirt · MSHA ID 3901432
    Intermittent
  4. SCREENING PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · J & M Gravel & Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3901425
    Abandoned
  5. Plant 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dwight Noethlich · MSHA ID 3901664
    Abandoned
  6. Dean Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · I W Wipf Construction · MSHA ID 3901127
    Abandoned
  7. Odland Pit No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bowers Construction Company · MSHA ID 3900795
    Abandoned
  8. Williamson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Williamsons Trucking · MSHA ID 3901286
    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.