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Mines in Freestone County, Texas

Freestone County, Texas has 9 mines on MSHA's register: 9 abandoned. 5 are coal mines and 4 metal or non-metal. 2 miners have died and 588 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2019. Inspectors have issued 404 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Freestone 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 Freestone County →

Mines on register
9
Active
0
Fatalities on record
2
Citations issued
404
0 underground · 7 surface · 2 facilities 5 coal · 4 metal and non-metal 9 abandoned 588 reported accidents, 1983–2019
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.
Freestone County, Texas · Population 19,813
5.5%
Mining share of county employment
$58,460
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
Luminant Mining Company LLC 2 0 2
Dow Chemical Company 2 0 0
Glen Walker 1 0 0
H B Zachry Company 1 0 0
Meridian Aggregates Company 1 0 0
Tca Building Company Inc 1 0 0
Teague Brick Sales Company 1 0 0
Mines in Freestone County9 on register
  1. Big Brown Strip
    Surface coal · Luminant Mining Company LLC · MSHA ID 4101192
    Abandoned
  2. PALESTINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Meridian Aggregates Company · MSHA ID 4100019
    Abandoned
  3. Turlington Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Luminant Mining Company LLC · MSHA ID 4104802
    Abandoned
  4. Freestone Beneficiation Pilot Plant
    Facility coal · Dow Chemical Company · MSHA ID 4103081
    Abandoned
  5. Carroll Test Pit
    Surface coal · Dow Chemical Company · MSHA ID 4103099
    Abandoned and Sealed
  6. Freestone County Pits
    Surface metal/non-metal · Glen Walker · MSHA ID 4102192
    Abandoned
  7. Richland Creek Dam Construction Project
    Surface metal/non-metal · H B Zachry Company · MSHA ID 4103180
    Abandoned
  8. Tca Jewett Mine
    Surface coal · Tca Building Company Inc · MSHA ID 4103826
    Abandoned
  9. Teague Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Teague Brick Sales Company · MSHA ID 4100302
    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.