Mines in Pocahontas County, West Virginia
Pocahontas County, West Virginia has 7 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 6 abandoned. 3 are coal mines and 4 metal or non-metal. 45 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1987 and 2019. Inspectors have issued 106 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas County →
- Mines on register
- 7
- Active
- 1
- Fatalities on record
- 0
- Citations issued
- 106
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian Aggregates, LLC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bowman Limestone Company Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Coal Contracting Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Craigsville Coal Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pocahontas Construction Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| W & G Coal Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Waco Stone | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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MILL POINT QUARRYActive 0 fatal 105 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Appalachian Aggregates, LLC · MSHA ID 4600005
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LYNWOOD QUARRYAbandoned 0 fatal 1 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Waco Stone · MSHA ID 4604215
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Bowman Limestone Company IncorporatedAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Bowman Limestone Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607595
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No 1 MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Coal Contracting Company · MSHA ID 4600978
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No 1 UgAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Craigsville Coal Company · MSHA ID 4600980
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No 2 UgAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · W & G Coal Company · MSHA ID 4600979
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Pocahontas Contruction CompanyAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Pocahontas Construction Company · MSHA ID 4600054
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.