Mines in Lincoln County, West Virginia
Lincoln County, West Virginia has 20 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 19 abandoned. 19 are coal mines and 1 metal or non-metal. 2 miners have died and 393 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2019. Inspectors have issued 2,962 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Lincoln 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.
- Mines on register
- 20
- Active
- 1
- Fatalities on record
- 2
- Citations issued
- 2,962
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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.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.
| Operator | Mines | Active | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal River Mining LLC | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Winchester Coals Inc | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| A & N Dredging Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Allied Coal Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Big Rivers Coal | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brumfield Construction Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Deep Ford Mining Company Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Guyan Coal Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Heartland Coal Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hobet Mining, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Fork Creek Prep PlantActive 0 fatal 455 citationsFacility coal · Lexington Coal Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4608752
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Fork Creek No 1Abandoned and Sealed 1 fatal 2,007 citationsUnderground coal · Coal River Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4608763
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Tiny Creek No 2 MineAbandoned 1 fatal 296 citationsUnderground coal · Coal River Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4608835
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Berry Branch MineAbandoned and Sealed 0 fatal 156 citationsUnderground coal · Hobet Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 4608744
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Surface Mine No 2Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface coal · Heartland Coal Company · MSHA ID 4608071
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Mine 5Abandoned 0 fatal 46 citationsSurface coal · Coal River Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4609120
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Daisy Prep PlantAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility coal · Winchester Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4606443
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No 2Abandoned and Sealed 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Deep Ford Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608519
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Sand Plant #1Abandoned 0 fatal 2 citationsFacility coal · Big Rivers Coal · MSHA ID 4606062
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Auger No 1Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface coal · Wilder Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4608126
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Auger No 1Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface coal · J & L Auger Inc · MSHA ID 4608255
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Dredge No 3Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility coal · Guyan Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4605967
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Mule #1Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility coal · Keyrock Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4608187
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No 1 DredgeAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility coal · A & N Dredging Inc · MSHA ID 4605945
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No 1 MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Allied Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4604527
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No 1 MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · W & C Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604754
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River DredgeAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility coal · Rio Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606015
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Sanders Clay PitAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Sanders Dummy Company · MSHA ID 4600152
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Southfork SurfaceAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface coal · Brumfield Construction Inc · MSHA ID 4608347
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Tantrough No 1 MineAbandoned and Sealed 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Winchester Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4606678
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.
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.