Mine · Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States
Dry Branch Surface No 1
Dry Branch Surface No 1 is an idle mine in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, operated by Pritchard Mining Co Inc.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Kanawha County | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Idle (temporarily idled) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Commodities | coal (mainly coal) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Pritchard Mining Co Inc. | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Employees | 1 people (annual average, in 2021) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Mine type | Surface | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 38.2019, -81.4589 | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchHow its operator compares
Pritchard Mining Co Inc. operates 2 of the 2,675 mines in the United States in our data with a named owner; 200 owners have more. Counts cover the mines in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Operator in United States | Rank | Mines | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc | 1st | 56 | 2.1% |
| Sev.en Global Investments a.s. | 2nd | 50 | 1.9% |
| Rosebud Mining Company | 3rd | 40 | 1.5% |
| Martin Marietta Materials Inc | 4th | 29 | 1.1% |
| Metinvest B V | 4th | 29 | 1.1% |
| Pritchard Mining Co Inc. | 201st | 2 | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this mine: 2 power plants (1 operating, 2,933 MW) and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanawha River | Power plant | 439 MW | Closed | 3.3 km |
| Alpha Federal | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| John E Amos | Power plant | 2,933 MW | Operating | 44 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.