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Mines in Mercer County, West Virginia

Mercer County, West Virginia has 56 mines on MSHA's register: 6 active, 45 abandoned. 52 are coal mines and 4 metal or non-metal. 1 miner has died and 172 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 1,270 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Mercer 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 Mercer County →

Mines on register
56
Active
6
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
1,270
23 underground · 25 surface · 8 facilities 52 coal · 4 metal and non-metal 45 abandoned 172 reported accidents, 1983–2026
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.
Mercer County, West Virginia · Population 59,062
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$47,799
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
ONYX ENERGY, LLC 8 3 0
Consolidation Coal Company 7 0 0
Kitchekan Fuel Corp 3 0 0
Hunsaker Coal Company 2 0 0
Star Services, LLC 2 0 0
Appalachian Aggregates, LLC 1 1 1
Allied Chemical Corp-Semet Solvay Div 1 0 0
Benafuels Inc 1 0 0
Benafuels Inc 1 0 0
Benafuels Mc Comas Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Mercer County56 on register
  1. MERCER STONE PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Appalachian Aggregates, LLC · MSHA ID 4602793
    Active
  2. OLAN PROCESSING PLANT
    Facility coal · ONYX ENERGY, LLC · MSHA ID 4609556
    Active
  3. INGLESIDE PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · EAST RIVER AGGREGATES, INC · MSHA ID 4609582
    Active
  4. SHM #67
    Surface coal · Onyx Energy, LLC · MSHA ID 4609374
    Active
  5. Highwall Park Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Monument Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 4609612
    Active
  6. Godfrey Branch Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Onyx Energy, LLC · MSHA ID 4609613
    Active
  7. Rane Deep Mine
    Underground coal · Star Services, LLC · MSHA ID 4609572
    NonProducing
  8. Mine No. 1
    Surface coal · Onyx Energy, LLC · MSHA ID 4609311
    NonProducing
  9. Crane Creek #6
    Underground coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601586
    Abandoned and Sealed
  10. Crane Creek No 12
    Underground coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605942
    Abandoned and Sealed
  11. Saturn Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Onyx Energy, LLC · MSHA ID 4609568
    NonProducing
  12. West Virginia Magnetite Corp
    Facility metal/non-metal · West Virginia Magnetite Corp · MSHA ID 4606287
    Abandoned
  13. Modoc Mine
    Underground coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602056
    Abandoned and Sealed
  14. No 1
    Surface coal · Enviroserve Inc · MSHA ID 4608666
    Abandoned
  15. McComas Processing Facility
    Facility coal · Star Services, LLC · MSHA ID 4602827
    Abandoned
  16. Benafuels Mccomas Inc
    Facility coal · Benafuels Mc Comas Inc · MSHA ID 4606704
    Abandoned
  17. Turkey Gap Mine
    Underground coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601443
    Abandoned and Sealed
  18. Turkey Gap
    Surface coal · Coal Valley LLC · MSHA ID 4609149
    Abandoned
  19. MINE NO. 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bluestone Quarries Inc · MSHA ID 4605571
    Abandoned
  20. 12-A Mine
    Underground coal · Kitchekan Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 4603874
    Abandoned and Sealed
  21. Allied Chemical Rebuild Shop
    Facility coal · Allied Chemical Corp-Semet Solvay Div · MSHA ID 4605374
    Abandoned
  22. Ares Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Onyx Energy, LLC · MSHA ID 4609644
    Abandoned
  23. Auger No 3
    Surface coal · Old Mill Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4606733
    Abandoned
  24. BECKLEY DEEP MINE
    Underground coal · ONXY ENERGY, LLC · MSHA ID 4609617
    Temporarily Idled
  25. C & T No 2 Surface
    Surface coal · C & T Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 4605061
    Abandoned
  26. Crane Creek #11
    Underground coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604969
    Abandoned and Sealed
  27. Crane Creek No 11-B
    Underground coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601442
    Abandoned
  28. Crane Creek No 9
    Underground coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605941
    Abandoned and Sealed
  29. Crane Creek Refuse Recovery
    Facility coal · Onyx Energy, LLC · MSHA ID 4609555
    New Mine
  30. Flat Top Mine
    Underground coal · Princess Missy Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4604579
    Abandoned
  31. Leatherhead #2
    Underground coal · Wildcat Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605372
    Abandoned and Sealed
  32. Leatherhead No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Mc Kenzie Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605498
    Abandoned
  33. Lilly Strip
    Surface coal · G & I Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602414
    Abandoned
  34. Lin-A-Quip No 2
    Underground coal · N R C Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606273
    Abandoned and Sealed
  35. Nancy Kay Mine
    Underground coal · Unity Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4605832
    Abandoned and Sealed
  36. No 1
    Underground coal · Egeria Mining Company · MSHA ID 4605192
    Abandoned and Sealed
  37. No 1 Auger
    Surface coal · Wells Auger Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608281
    Abandoned
  38. No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Hunsaker Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605015
    Abandoned
  39. No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · L & M Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605162
    Abandoned and Sealed
  40. No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Rich Eagle Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605708
    Abandoned and Sealed
  41. No 1 Surface
    Facility coal · Hillbilly Mining Company · MSHA ID 4605347
    Abandoned
  42. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Bmc Mining Company · MSHA ID 4608094
    Abandoned
  43. No 1 Ug
    Underground coal · Berry Coal Co · MSHA ID 4600789
    Abandoned
  44. No 10 Kitchekan Strip
    Surface coal · G & I Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603325
    Abandoned
  45. No 21 Surface
    Surface coal · Lillybrook Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606662
    Abandoned
  46. No 28 Ug
    Underground coal · W & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4600807
    Abandoned
  47. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Hunsaker Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605499
    Abandoned
  48. Operation No 1
    Surface coal · Benafuels Inc · MSHA ID 4606234
    Abandoned
  49. Permit No A5591 Auger
    Surface coal · Wrights Trucking & Mining Company · MSHA ID 4600812
    Abandoned
  50. Piedmont Strip 11-80
    Surface coal · Preservati Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606163
    Abandoned
  51. Poca Auger #9 Mine
    Surface coal · Kitchekan Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 4603302
    Abandoned
  52. Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Kitchekan Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 4603229
    Abandoned
  53. Springton 93-78 (Surface)
    Underground coal · I & S Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605827
    Abandoned
  54. Strip
    Surface coal · Junior Pocahontas Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4600794
    Abandoned
  55. Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Thompson Coal Company · MSHA ID 4600806
    Abandoned
  56. Thomas No 2
    Surface coal · Benafuels Inc · MSHA ID 4606327
    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.