Black Diamond Mine No 3 Coal
Black Diamond Coal Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Ely Arnold
Lee County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4403165
MSHA record for Black Diamond Mine No 3 (mine ID 4403165). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Ownership history
- Mason Coal Company Inc 1950 to 1976
- Black Diamond Coal Inc 1976 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Black Diamond Mine No 3 sits in Lee County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Lee County, Virginia · Population 22,042
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$42,269
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.