WV Office of Miners Health,
Safety, and Training
Mission
To facilitate and continually improve industry and
citizen safety in and around active and abandoned
mines in West Virginia.
WV Office of Miners Health,
Safety, and Training
Current Projects
• WV Mines and Facilities Location Atlas
• Recovery, processing, and permanent archiving of
previously undocumented abandoned underground
mines
Geospacial Goals for Coming Year
• Accelerate collection, processing, and archiving of
old mine maps not currently in the Mine Map
Repository
• Acquire additional hardware and software to
facilitate GIS, engineering, and data management
capabilities
• Develop secure procedures for locking digital
mine maps to allow use of industry maps while
preventing misuse through alteration or data
piracy