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Mines in Houston County, Texas

Houston County, Texas has 4 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 3 abandoned. 2 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1988 and 2005. Inspectors have issued 150 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Houston 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 Houston County →

Mines on register
4
Active
1
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
150
0 underground · 4 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 4 metal and non-metal 3 abandoned 2 reported accidents, 1988–2005
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.
Houston County, Texas · Population 22,042
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$54,563
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
Holsey Mining Inc. 2 1 0
Durrett Trucking Inc 1 0 0
Neches Valley Mining 1 0 0
Mines in Houston County4 on register
  1. Knox Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Holsey Mining Inc. · MSHA ID 4104039
    Active
  2. Portable #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Durrett Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 4103508
    Abandoned
  3. Neches Valley Mining
    Surface metal/non-metal · Neches Valley Mining · MSHA ID 4104714
    Abandoned
  4. Austonio Pit And Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Crockett Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4102687
    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.