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Mines in Wayne County, West Virginia

Wayne County, West Virginia has 47 mines on MSHA's register: 3 active, 36 abandoned. 46 are coal mines and 1 metal or non-metal. 2 miners have died and 1,641 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 12,215 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Wayne 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 Wayne County →

Mines on register
47
Active
3
Fatalities on record
2
Citations issued
12,215
23 underground · 7 surface · 17 facilities 46 coal · 1 metal and non-metal 36 abandoned 1,641 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.
Wayne County, West Virginia · Population 38,498
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$55,539
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
Argus Energy WV, LLC 9 0 0
Pen Coal Corp 6 0 0
Cub Branch Mining Inc 3 0 0
East Fork Coal Company 2 0 0
Rockspring Development Inc 1 0 1
SNR Stonecoal LLC 1 0 1
Allied Coal Inc 1 0 0
Big Sandy Reclamation Inc 1 0 0
Calcutta Energy, Inc 1 0 0
Ceredo Synfuel LLC 1 0 0
Mines in Wayne County47 on register
  1. Docks Creek, LLC
    Facility coal · Docks Creek, LLC · MSHA ID 4607458
    Active
  2. Ceredo Dock
    Facility coal · Kanawha River Terminals · MSHA ID 4609051
    Active
  3. Quality Magnetite LLC
    Facility metal/non-metal · Quality Magnetite LLC · MSHA ID 4607318
    Active
  4. Camp Creek Mine
    Underground coal · Rockspring Development Inc · MSHA ID 4605121
    Abandoned and Sealed
  5. Deep Mine No 8
    Underground coal · Argus Energy WV LLC · MSHA ID 4608994
    Temporarily Idled
  6. STONECOAL
    Underground coal · SNR Stonecoal LLC · MSHA ID 4601939
    Abandoned
  7. Deep Mine No 7
    Underground coal · Argus Energy WV LLC · MSHA ID 4608772
    Temporarily Idled
  8. Copley Trace Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Argus Energy WV LLC · MSHA ID 4608704
    Abandoned
  9. KIAH CREEK PREPARATION PLANT
    Facility coal · ARGUS ENERGY WV LLC · MSHA ID 4607809
    NonProducing
  10. ROCKSPRING PLANT
    Facility coal · Lexington Coal Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4608030
    NonProducing
  11. Deep Mine No 3
    Underground coal · Pen Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4608470
    Abandoned and Sealed
  12. Kiah Creek Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Pen Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4606606
    Abandoned
  13. Frank Branch #1
    Underground coal · Pen Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4607838
    Abandoned and Sealed
  14. Deep Mine No 6
    Underground coal · Argus Energy WV, LLC · MSHA ID 4608821
    Abandoned and Sealed
  15. Wayne County River Terminal
    Facility coal · Argus Energy WV, LLC · MSHA ID 4607547
    Temporarily Idled
  16. Frank Branch No 2
    Underground coal · Pen Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4608412
    Abandoned
  17. No 2
    Underground coal · Eastco Mining L P · MSHA ID 4607839
    Abandoned and Sealed
  18. Cyrus River Terminal LLC
    Facility coal · Cyrus River Terminal LLC · MSHA ID 4607946
    NonProducing
  19. Deep Mine No 5
    Underground coal · Pen Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4608661
    Abandoned and Sealed
  20. Deep Mine #4
    Underground coal · Pen Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4608579
    Abandoned and Sealed
  21. Honey Branch Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Cub Branch Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607322
    Abandoned
  22. Ceredo Synfuel Plant
    Facility coal · Ceredo Synfuel LLC · MSHA ID 4608831
    Abandoned
  23. No 1
    Underground coal · Sequoia Mining Company · MSHA ID 4608124
    Abandoned and Sealed
  24. No. 10
    Underground coal · Argus Energy WV LLC · MSHA ID 4609428
    Abandoned
  25. Stone Mine No. 1
    Surface coal · Powdermill Processing Inc · MSHA ID 4609443
    Temporarily Idled
  26. Riverside Synfuel Plant
    Facility coal · Riverside Synfuel, LLC · MSHA ID 4608971
    Abandoned
  27. No. 11
    Underground coal · Argus Energy WV, LLC · MSHA ID 4609470
    Temporarily Idled
  28. Bull Branch Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Cub Branch Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607710
    Abandoned
  29. Ceredo Ponds
    Facility coal · Kanawha River Terminals Inc · MSHA ID 4607907
    Abandoned
  30. Paragon Coal Corporation
    Facility coal · Paragon Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4606544
    Abandoned
  31. Auger Mine No 1
    Surface coal · Queens Ridge Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4606837
    Abandoned
  32. Big Lynn Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Spring Branch Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603714
    Abandoned
  33. East Lynn Mine
    Underground coal · Allied Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4604993
    Abandoned
  34. Glenhayes Site
    Facility coal · Columbia Coal Gasification Corp · MSHA ID 4606494
    Abandoned
  35. Honey Branch Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Cub Branch Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607321
    Abandoned
  36. No 1
    Underground coal · Jacob Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605825
    Abandoned and Sealed
  37. No 1
    Facility coal · Big Sandy Reclamation Inc · MSHA ID 4607231
    Abandoned
  38. No 1 Dredge
    Facility coal · Scioto Coal & Coke · MSHA ID 4608012
    Abandoned
  39. No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · East Fork Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604645
    Abandoned
  40. No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Lewis Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605112
    Abandoned
  41. No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Ferguson Branch Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605740
    Abandoned
  42. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · East Fork Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604646
    Abandoned
  43. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Cove Gap Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601998
    Abandoned
  44. No 9
    Underground coal · Argus Energy WV, LLC · MSHA ID 4609403
    Abandoned
  45. Powdermill Auger #1
    Surface coal · Calcutta Energy, Inc · MSHA ID 4609547
    Abandoned
  46. Tripp Tipple
    Facility coal · Hugheston Dock Company · MSHA ID 4605613
    Abandoned
  47. Wayco Lmtd Ptrsp No 1 Shop (1)
    Facility coal · Wayco Limited Partnership No 1 · MSHA ID 4608388
    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.