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2017 Industrial Minerals Surface / Underground Mines Reporting Production - Listed by County 2017 INDUSTRIAL MINERALS SURFACE / UNDERGROUND MINES REPORTING PRODUCTION - LISTED BY COUNTY Adams County Permit Total Tons Explosives Number of Hours Accidents Company Permit Site Name Acres Production Mineral Used Employees Worked Fatal Non-Fatal Gettysberg Granite LLC 0179301 Clapsaddle Quarry 15.0 200 Sand & Gravel 0 1 8 0 0 Glen-Gery Corp 4975SM5 Alwine Oxford Quarry 110.0 33,434 Shale 0 1 39 0 0 New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co Inc 01080301 Gettysburg Quarry North 9.0 184,567 Industrial Minerals 58,878 11 14,404 0 0 New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co Inc 01740401 Fairfield Quarry 35.0 56,369 Limestone 38,892 5 5,504 0 0 New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co Inc 01930301 Fairfield Quarry 141.0 56,369 Limestone 38,892 5 5,504 0 0 Topsoil New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co Inc 01740601 Gettysburg Quarry 113.0 184,567 Limestone 58,878 11 14,404 0 0 Other Metamorphic Topsoil Specialty Granules Inc 6477SM5 Charmian Quarry 313.0 789,432 Other Metamorphic 881,814 12 16,838 0 0 Vulcan Const Materials LP 01870301 Hanover Quarry 1,293.0 2,932,970 Limestone 1,316,632 56 118,736 0 0 Adams County Total 8 2,029.0 4,237,908 2,393,986 102 175,437 0 0 Armstrong County Permit Total Tons Explosives Number of Hours Accidents Company Permit Site Name Acres Production Mineral Used Employees Worked Fatal Non-Fatal Allegheny Metals & Minerals Inc 3572SM15 Godfrey Pit 635.0 555 Sand & Gravel 0 2 23 0 0 Allegheny Mineral Corp 03122001 Bison Mine 186.0 6,218 Limestone 151,860 10 19,342 0 0 David Jay Edwards 03090802 Edwards Shale 1,460 Industrial Minerals 0 1 146 0 0 Glacial Sand & Gravel Co 03950301 Tarrtown 2 Mine 310.0 300,516 Clay 0 14 34,195 0 0 Sand & Gravel Shale Glenn Fleming Const Co 03090801 Charlie #1 Strip 1.3 520 Sandstone 0 2 200 0 0 M & M Lime Co Inc 03132801 7 Mine 8.0 0 Industrial Minerals 0 2 80 0 0 M & M Lime Co Inc 03052001 M & M Lime Co Inc 77.0 321,800 Limestone 235,744 14 28,056 0 0 M & M Lime Co Inc 03982801 M & M 6 Mine 7.0 13,400 Limestone 256 3 490 0 0 Merle J Rupp 03842302 Rupp Mine 16.0 1,050 Sand & Gravel 0 1 65 0 0 Shirey Farms 03080801 Shirey Mine 2.0 200 Industrial Minerals 0 1 0 0 0 Armstrong County Total 10 1,242.3 645,719 387,860 50 82,597 0 0 Beaver County Permit Total Tons Explosives Number of Hours Accidents Company Permit Site Name Acres Production Mineral Used Employees Worked Fatal Non-Fatal Bet Tech Intl Inc 04000301 Blacks Run Site 253.0 122,670 Slag 0 10 483 0 0 Georgetown Sand & Gravel Inc 3172SM3 Georgetown Mine 137.0 397,683 Sand & Gravel 0 15 35,835 0 0 Jetart Inc 04910301 Slag Recovery Opr 28.0 38,800 Slag 0 9 16,610 0 1 Three Rivers Aggregates LLC 04150301 Palmer 2 Mine 6.0 0 Sand & Gravel 0 3 60 0 0 Page 1 of 31 Three Rivers Aggregates LLC 04020301 Palmer Mine 85.0 0 Sand & Gravel 0 3 1,520 0 0 Topsoil Beaver County Total 5 509.0 559,153 0 40 54,508 0 1 Bedford County Permit Total Tons Explosives Number of Hours Accidents Company Permit Site Name Acres Production Mineral Used Employees Worked Fatal Non-Fatal New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co Inc 05960302 Ashcom III Quarry 139.7 1,121 Limestone 0 3 2,140 0 0 New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co Inc 05920301 Ashcom Quarry 372.0 500,580 Limestone 224,838 12 27,363 0 0 Topsoil New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co Inc 05910301 New Paris Quarry 133.0 508 Limestone 0 3 208 0 0 Robert L Fleegle SM 400651-1 Fleegle Shale 3.0 1,600 Shale 0 1 200 0 0 Stuart M Shaffer 05080801 Shaffer Slate Bank 2.0 1,606 Slate 0 4 146 0 0 Troy A Crist 5090801 Crist Mine 5.0 15 Slate 0 1 20 0 0 Bedford County Total 6 654.7 505,430 224,838 24 30,077 0 0 Berks County Permit Total Tons Explosives Number of Hours Accidents Company Permit Site Name Acres Production Mineral Used Employees Worked Fatal Non-Fatal Dyer Quarry Inc 7775SM8 Dyer Quarry (SMP 06970301) 323.0 1,089,337 Diabase 648,902 33 71,506 0 0 Subsoil Topsoil Dyer Quarry Inc 06080301 Dyer E Quarry 102.0 901,712 Diabase 625,529 13 7,545 0 0 Subsoil Topsoil Empire Wrecking Co Reading PA 6177SM2 Neversink Quarry 10.0 100 Sand & Gravel 0 1 10 0 0 Empire Wrecking Co Reading PA 06992801 Neversink Quarry 5.0 300 Shale 0 1 10 0 0 Glen-Gery Corp 7775SM11 Lwr Heidelberg Quarry 181.6 569 Shale 0 6 48 0 0 Glen-Gery Corp 7775SM6 Shoemakersville 1 Quarry 115.0 58,158 Shale 0 2 1,288 0 0 Glen-Gery Corp 7775SM9 Shoemakersville 2 Quarry 225.0 51,574 Shale 0 2 1,144 0 0 Glen-Gery Corp 06070301 Shoemakersville 3 Quarry 184.0 511 Clay 0 1 10 0 0 Shale Haines & Kibblehouse Inc 06970302 Birdsboro Quarry 289.6 2,057,136 Diabase 1,093,340 34 67,684 0 4 Sandstone Shale Topsoil Haines & Kibblehouse Inc 7773SM1 Douglassville Quarry 244.0 789,559 Diabase 322,963 16 37,048 0 1 Hornfels Lehigh Cement Co 06960301 Oley West Quarry 160.8 39,050 Limestone 0 6 735 0 0 Other Sedimentary Lehigh Cement Co 7775SM10 Evansville Plt & Quarry 329.9 750,553 Limestone 535,574 6 13,788 0 0 Other Sedimentary Lehigh Cement Co 7775SM3 Lehigh Cement 5 Quarry 202.1 1,158 Limestone 0 4 17 0 0 Page 2 of 31 Lehigh Cement Co 7775SM4 Oley 2 Quarry 180.2 936 Limestone 0 4 27 0 0 Other Sedimentary Lehigh Cement Co 7775SM5 Oley 1 Quarry 91.1 885 Limestone 0 4 27 0 0 Martin Stone Quarries Inc 7776SM1 Bethelsville Quarry 349.0 1,370,697 Sandstone 976,576 38 75,369 0 0 New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co Inc 06010301 Kutztown II Quary 38.0 5,776 Limestone 0 3 1,255 0 0 New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co Inc 06100301 Leesport Quarry 367.0 684,236 Limestone 365,274 12 23,704 0 0 Topsoil New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co Inc 7774SM3 Kutztown Quarry 267.0 535,700 Limestone 349,900 19 32,222 0 0 New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co Inc 7774SM1 Oley Quarry 675.0 546 Limestone 0 2 8 0 0 Rolling Rock Bldg Stone Inc 06880302 Rolling Rock Bldg Stone Quarry 427.0 3,611 Limestone 0 31 53,700 0 1 Berks County Total 21 4,766.3 8,342,104 4,918,058 238 387,145 0 6 Blair County Permit Total Tons Explosives Number of Hours Accidents Company Permit Site Name Acres Production Mineral Used Employees Worked Fatal Non-Fatal Glass Bagging Enterprises Inc 07152801 Frankstown Pit 8.0 5,376 Sand & Gravel 0 2 600 0 0 Grannas Bros Contr Co Inc 4273SM6A2 Holidaysburg Quarry 55.0 0 Limestone 0 3 7,910 0 0 Grannas Bros Contr Co Inc 07960301 Ganister Opr 195.0 808,958 Limestone 405,958 8 19,108 0 0 Henry Enterprises Inc 07020801 George Mine 19.0 1,520 Topsoil 0 3 250 0 0 New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co Inc 4274SM11 Roaring Spring Quarry 430.0 1,262,453 Limestone 559,201 37 75,833 0 1 Other Igneous Terry L Long 07100801 Agway Road Pit 2.0 1,980 Slate 0 3 297 0 0 Blair County Total 6 709.0 2,080,287 965,159 56 103,998 0 1 Bradford County Permit Total Tons Explosives Number of Hours Accidents Company Permit Site Name Acres Production Mineral Used Employees Worked Fatal Non-Fatal Anthony P Bennett 08162501 Lombardo 105 Pit 10.0 13,200 Bluestone 42,000 6 2,770 0 0 Anthony P Bennett 08112503 Edwards Quarry 10.0 1,500 Bluestone 0 2 860 0 0 BC Crushing Inc 08102802 Sharer #1 3.0 1,880 Bluestone 0 1 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County Quarry 23.0 4,887 Limestone 0 2 431 0 0 Shale Page 3 of 31 Glenn O Hawbaker Inc 08990301 Greens Landing Quarry 21.0 99,480 Sand & Gravel 0 4 8,127 0 0 Glenn O Hawbaker Inc 08040301 Canton Gravel Quarry 22.0 36,179 Sand & Gravel 7,659 4 1,980 0 0 Glenn O Hawbaker Inc 08960301 Graham Pit 22.0 8,700 Sand & Gravel 0 3 425 0 0 Hanson Aggregates PA LLC 08110302 Fenton Quarry II Mine 61.0 20,918 Sandstone 16,670 2 322 0 0 Heeman Quarries Inc 08162502 Cadis 105 Quarry 10.0 678 Bluestone 270 19 13,769 0 0 Insinger Excav Inc 08100307 Big Pond Quarry 63.0 46,929 Bluestone 13,702 3 2,314 0 0 Shale Insinger Excav Inc 08100304 Prattville Quarry 41.0 57,742 Bluestone 27,735 7 14,394 0 0 Shale Insinger Excav Inc 08120303 Ward Quarry 84.0 64,047 Shale 8,820 3 3,083 0 0 Sandstone Insinger Excav Inc 08120304 Windham Quarry 36.0 83,011 Shale 22,045 3 4,410 0 0 Bluestone Jesse Gerould 08082801 Gerould Excav Gravel Quarry 5.0 540 Sand & Gravel 0 1 16 0 0 Johnson Quarries Inc 08100302 Cobbs Corners Quarry 128.0 124,000 Other Sedimentary 5,967 8 8,907 0 0 Sandstone Shale Johnson Quarries Inc 08112502 Dewey Quarry 10.0 1,155 Bluestone 1,036 3 401 0 0 Johnson Quarries Inc 08010803 McCarty Quarry 10.0 144 Bluestone 191 4 1,876 0 0 Johnson Quarries Inc 08090305 Rocky Forest 54.0 14,488 Bluestone 10,570 8 8,609 0 0 Marcus Cole DBA Coles Constr 08100306 Peck Hill Quarry 20.0 0 Bluestone 13,693 2 1,636 0 0 Shale MR Dirt Inc 08112501 Camptown Quarry 5.0 5,160 Industrial Mineral 0 2 612 0 0 MR Dirt Inc 08090304 Forbes Quarry 42.0 3,548 Sand & Gravel 0 2 482 0 0 Shale MR Dirt Inc 08120306 Ober 3 Quarry 37.0 33,391 Shale 0 2 2,954 0 0 Northstar Leasing Inc 08152501 Northstar 2 Quarry 6.0 125 Bluestone 0 1 200 0 0 P
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