Annesburg Mine

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Also known as	Annesburg mine, Jameson Mine and Coal Company mine
Setting	Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games)
Location	On the hill above Annesburg, a company coal town on the Lannahechee River in Roanoke Ridge, New Hanover, in the 1899 of Red Dead Redemption 2.
Type	Coal mine (company town)
Worked	The town was settled by German immigrants who found coal in the hills; a water tower dates it to 1869 – Working in 1899
Extent	Several entrances on the hilltop joined by mine-cart tracks, a deep chamber with a shaft and ladders inside, and the Jameson company's works building reaching from the foot of the hill to the top.
Controlled by	Jameson Mine and Coal Company (1899 (Archibald Jameson, owner))

Overview

The coal mine of Annesburg, a company town in Red Dead Redemption 2, worked in 1899 under the Jameson Mine and Coal Company. The town has supplied coal along the Lannahechee River for almost a century, its miners are badly paid and often killed, and the mine is guarded against outsiders.

History

Annesburg was founded by German settlers who found rich coal seams in the hills around it, and by 1899 it had been sending coal up and down the Lannahechee River for almost a century; a water tower above the mine gives the date 1869. The mine and almost everything in the town belong to the Jameson Mine and Coal Company of Archibald Jameson. Most of the townspeople work in the mine or live with someone who does, in rows of identical grey wooden huts on the hillside, and the game's own description says working conditions are terrible, pay is poor and many men have died underground. In the story, the gang's loan shark sends Arthur Morgan to collect a debt from a miner, Arthur Londonderry, only for the foreman to tell him the man has died after working to pay it off.

Workings

Drift entrances on the hilltop linked by mine-cart tracks, with the miners striking the coal by pick; inside, chambers and a shaft reached by ladders. Coal comes down through the company's long red works building on stilts, under which the railway and a road pass, and freight trains with hopper cars carry it away.

What became of it

Working in 1899, guarded by armed men who turn hostile to intruders.

Canon & adaptations

The game gives the mine no name of its own; it is the Annesburg mine or the Jameson company's mine. The settlement date of 1869 rests on a water tower, against Rockstar's 'almost a century' of coal; both are given.

Recorded claims

Each claim is marked with its basis — explicit canon, MineArchive inference, adaptation only, or fandom interpretation — and attached to the source(s) below. Where tellings disagree, both are kept.

Annesburg is a coal-mining town in Roanoke Ridge, New Hanover, on the Lannahechee River. (explicit canon) ^1,2
The town was established by German settlers who discovered rich coal seams in the surrounding hills. (explicit canon) ¹
Rockstar's description says working conditions are terrible, pay is little and many men have lost their lives down the pit. (explicit canon) ^1,2
The mining areas are restricted and guarded, and the guards become hostile to intruders. (explicit canon) ^1,2
The Jameson Mine and Coal Company, owned by Archibald Jameson, has a large red works building spanning the hill. (explicit canon) ¹
A water tower north of the mining complex gives the town's founding date as 1869. (explicit canon, uncertain) ¹
Sent to collect a debt from the miner Arthur Londonderry, Arthur Morgan learns from the foreman that he has died after working to pay it off. (explicit canon) ¹

Sources

(primary canon) Annesburg — Red Dead Wiki — Fandom (community wiki)
(interpretation) Annesburg — Red Dead Redemption 2 Guide, IGN — IGN

Record created: 9 October 2026 · Last researched: 10 October 2026