Mines in Breathitt County, Kentucky
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Breathitt County, Kentucky has 136 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 2 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is coal (bituminous), with 135 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.
All Mines in Breathitt County
| Mine | Commodity | Type | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howards Creek Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Active | MSHA |
| Sturgeon Freeman Fork | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Active | MSHA |
| #1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned | MSHA |
| #1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| #1 Prep Plant | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| #1 Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| #1 Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| #1 Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| #1 Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| #11 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| #16 Auger | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| #2 | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned and Sealed | MSHA |
| #2 Prep Plant | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| #2 Prep Plant | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| #2 Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| #2 Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| #3 Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| #3 Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| #4 Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| #5 Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| #9 Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| 1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| 17 South | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| 4-M | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Auger Mine No. 12 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Beargrass #1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Big Energy Coal #6 | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Breathitt | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Breathitt #1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Carbon Tech Fuels #1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Contract P-3 Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned and Sealed | MSHA |
| Cow Creek Const Co Inc #2 | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned and Sealed | MSHA |
| D & H #1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Davis Energy | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Davis Energy / Red Bush | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Della D Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned and Sealed | MSHA |
| Diablo #4 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Temporarily Idled | MSHA |
| Durr Prep Plant | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| E Nickell Tipple | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Five Mile Creek Job | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Flint Ridge Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Flint Ridge Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned and Sealed | MSHA |
| Flint Ridge Mine #2 | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned and Sealed | MSHA |
| Gentry Tipple | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Goddess #1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| H-2 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Haddix Cont Loading Facility | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Haddix Prep Plant | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Hazard Star Loadout | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Hillside Roadcut | Clay | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Hrn #4 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Huscaol #9 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Huscoal No 6 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| J & M #1 Surface Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Jackson #1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| K-2 Preparation Plant | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | NonProducing | MSHA |
| K-2 Surface Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Kentucky River Loadout | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Kentucky River Surface Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Kragon Tipple | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Log Mountain #3 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Long Branch #9 | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned and Sealed | MSHA |
| Morris Fork 1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Magnum #19 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Magnum #19 Prep Plant | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Marty Mine #4 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Marty No 5 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Mill Creek | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Miller Henson Caudill Inc #1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Mine #1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned and Sealed | MSHA |
| Mine #2 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Mine #3 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Mine No 1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Mine No 1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Mine No 1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Mine Number 1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Mor-Coal No 1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Mountainside Coal Co #1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Mullins Branch Prep Plant | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| New Hope Coal Company | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned and Sealed | MSHA |
| Nix Branch Ug Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned and Sealed | MSHA |
| No 1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned and Sealed | MSHA |
| No 1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned and Sealed | MSHA |
| No 1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| No 1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| No 1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| No 1 Auger | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| No 1 Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned | MSHA |
| No 1 Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned and Sealed | MSHA |
| No 1 Prep Plant | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| No 1 Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| No 1 Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| No 1 Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| No 1 Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| No 1 Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| No 1 Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| No 1 Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| No 1 Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| No 1 Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| No 1 Surface Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| No 1 Tipple | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| No 2 Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned and Sealed | MSHA |
| No 2 Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| No 2 Prep Plant | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| No 7 Prep Plant | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| No1 Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Oakdale Tipple | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Open Fork #5 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| P-1 Flint Ridge | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | NonProducing | MSHA |
| Panbowl #1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Perry County #2 | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned and Sealed | MSHA |
| Poor Branch Surface #1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Potato Branch Mine #2 | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Power Prep Plant | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Prater Branch No 1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned and Sealed | MSHA |
| Prep Plant #1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Prep Plant #1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Quicksand Coal Co Inc #1 Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Redwood Coal Co Loadout Facility | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Richie Br #1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Ridgeline Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Ridgetop #5 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| River Mining Co | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| S-12 Calhoun | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| S-16 Gobblers Knob | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| South Fork Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Surface #3 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Tri-County #1 Preparation Plant | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| U K #1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Vancleve Coal Processing Plant | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| White Oak | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Wiley Surface | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Wolf Creek Job | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Wolverine Loadout (T-4) | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Wye Prep Plant | Coal (Bituminous) | Facility | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Wynn Branch #1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |