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Mines in Rusk County, Texas

Rusk County, Texas has 5 mines on MSHA's register: 5 abandoned. 3 are coal mines and 2 metal or non-metal. 335 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1985 and 2021. Inspectors have issued 367 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Rusk 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 Rusk County →

Mines on register
5
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
367
0 underground · 5 surface · 0 facilities 3 coal · 2 metal and non-metal 5 abandoned 335 reported accidents, 1985–2021
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.
Rusk County, Texas · Population 52,613
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$67,506
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 0
Carter Oil Company 1 0 0
General Shale Brick, Inc. 1 0 0
Henderson Clay Products Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Rusk County5 on register
  1. Oak Hill Strip
    Surface coal · Luminant Mining Company LLC · MSHA ID 4103660
    Abandoned
  2. Liberty
    Surface coal · Luminant Mining Company LLC · MSHA ID 4104964
    Abandoned
  3. HENDERSON BRICK PLT & PITS
    Surface metal/non-metal · General Shale Brick, Inc. · MSHA ID 4100276
    Abandoned
  4. East Texas Strip
    Surface coal · Carter Oil Company · MSHA ID 4102709
    Abandoned
  5. Henderson Clay Pits & Plant No 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Henderson Clay Products Inc · MSHA ID 4100285
    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.