Mines in Hinsdale County, Colorado
Hinsdale County, Colorado has 11 mines on MSHA's register: 11 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 15 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2020. Inspectors have issued 47 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Hinsdale County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.
- Mines on register
- 11
- Active
- 0
- Fatalities on record
- 1
- Citations issued
- 47
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.
| Operator | Mines | Active | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orvis-Barker Mining | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ada-Mar Mines Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bear Creek Mining Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Coal Creek Construction | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Colorado Gold & Silver Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Wonder Mining Llc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hinsdale County Road and Bridge | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hughes Mining Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reserve Mining Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Southway Construction Company Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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GOLDEN WONDERAbandoned 1 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Orvis-Barker Mining · MSHA ID 0502387
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Golden WonderAbandoned 0 fatal 47 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Coal Creek Construction · MSHA ID 0501506
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Claussen mesa pitAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Hinsdale County Road and Bridge · MSHA ID 0505120
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Champion MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Reserve Mining Company · MSHA ID 0502568
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Gladiator-Gen ShermanAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Colorado Gold & Silver Inc · MSHA ID 0503576
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GolcondaAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Bear Creek Mining Company · MSHA ID 0503083
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Pride Of AmericaAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Ada-Mar Mines Inc · MSHA ID 0502734
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RisorgimentoAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Hughes Mining Company · MSHA ID 0503103
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Ute Ule Mine & MillAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Golden Wonder Mining Llc · MSHA ID 0502945
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Varden BellAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Varden Bell Mining Company · MSHA ID 0504008
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Vc Bar Ranch PitAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Southway Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 0503722
Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.
The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.