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Mines in Gaines County, Texas

Gaines County, Texas has 10 mines on MSHA's register: 2 intermittent, 7 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 7 accidents have been reported at these mines between 2014 and 2018. Inspectors have issued 109 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Gaines 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 Gaines County →

Mines on register
10
Active
0
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
109
0 underground · 9 surface · 1 facilities 0 coal · 10 metal and non-metal 2 intermittent 7 abandoned 7 reported accidents, 2014–2018
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.
Gaines County, Texas · Population 21,904
12.7%
Mining share of county employment
$76,605
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
U.S. Silica Company 1 0 1
5-L Sales & Service 1 0 0
Appian Corp 1 0 0
BASE N ROCKZ, LLC 1 0 0
Dirt Works 1 0 0
jfwelding 1 0 0
Jones Brothers Rental Equipment Company Inc 1 0 0
Ozark-Mahoning Company 1 0 0
Pure Sand LLc 1 0 0
Thomason Construction Company Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Gaines County10 on register
  1. Seagraves, TX
    Surface metal/non-metal · U.S. Silica Company · MSHA ID 4105004
    Abandoned
  2. 5-L Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · 5-L Sales & Service · MSHA ID 4104873
    Abandoned
  3. jfwelding
    Surface metal/non-metal · jfwelding · MSHA ID 4105195
    Intermittent
  4. Dirt Works
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dirt Works · MSHA ID 4105707
    Intermittent
  5. TAN CONE
    Surface metal/non-metal · BASE N ROCKZ, LLC · MSHA ID 4105642
    Abandoned
  6. Gaines County Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jones Brothers Rental Equipment Company Inc · MSHA ID 4102800
    Abandoned
  7. Higginbotham Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Appian Corp · MSHA ID 4102796
    Abandoned
  8. Lamesa
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pure Sand LLc · MSHA ID 4105883
    New Mine
  9. S H Davis Works
    Facility metal/non-metal · Ozark-Mahoning Company · MSHA ID 4102922
    Abandoned
  10. Wescott Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Thomason Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4103072
    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.