Mine No 3 Coal
Black Bear Coal Corp
· Underground
Controlled by
Layne Earnest
Hurley,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406484
MSHA record for Mine No 3 (mine ID 4406484). 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
- Black Bear Coal Corp 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Mine No 3 sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.Buchanan County, Virginia · Population 19,857
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,216
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.