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Mines in Giles County, Virginia

Giles County, Virginia has 6 mines on MSHA's register: 6 abandoned. 5 miners have died and 299 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2024. Inspectors have issued 1,184 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Giles 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 Giles County →

Mines on register
6
Active
0
Fatalities on record
5
Citations issued
1,184
3 underground · 3 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 6 metal and non-metal 6 abandoned 299 reported accidents, 1983–2024
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.
Giles County, Virginia · Population 16,610
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,819
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
Lhoist North America of Virginia, Inc. 2 0 4
Eastern Ridge Lime Company L P 1 0 1
Appalachia Stone Corp 1 0 0
J S Redpath Corp 1 0 0
Virginian Limestone Corp 1 0 0
Mines in Giles County6 on register
  1. KIMBALLTON PLANT #1
    Underground metal/non-metal · Lhoist North America of Virginia, Inc. · MSHA ID 4400082
    Abandoned
  2. Eastern Ridge Lime Company L P
    Underground metal/non-metal · Eastern Ridge Lime Company L P · MSHA ID 4400040
    Abandoned
  3. KIMBALLTON PLT #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Chemical Lime Company Of Virginia Inc · MSHA ID 4406818
    Abandoned
  4. Kimballton Air Shaft And Conveyor Shaft
    Underground metal/non-metal · J S Redpath Corp · MSHA ID 4404945
    Abandoned
  5. Klotz Mine Limestone Operation
    Surface metal/non-metal · Virginian Limestone Corp · MSHA ID 4400147
    Abandoned
  6. Pearisburg Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Appalachia Stone Corp · MSHA ID 4403287
    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.