Mining Incidents
MSHA mine register by county

Mines in Dawson County, Montana

Dawson County, Montana has 13 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 11 abandoned. 20 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1984 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 242 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Dawson 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.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Dawson County →

Mines on register
13
Active
1
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
242
0 underground · 13 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 13 metal and non-metal 11 abandoned 20 reported accidents, 1984–2025
Local economic context
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.
Dawson County, Montana · Population 8,874
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$70,953
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

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.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
Badinger Sand & Gravel 3 0 0
Prince Inc 2 0 0
Dawson County Highway Department 1 0 0
Duininck Brothers & Gilchrist 1 0 0
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company 1 1 0
Gene Wood Ready-Mix Inc 1 0 0
J & J Inc 1 0 0
Knolls Ready Mix 1 0 0
Peak Aggregate Products 1 0 0
Mines in Dawson County13 on register
  1. Fisher Industries Plant 19
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2400499
    Active
  2. PRINCE PORTABLE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Prince Inc · MSHA ID 2401859
    Temporarily Idled
  3. Knolls Pit & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Knolls Ready Mix · MSHA ID 2400469
    Abandoned
  4. Pugmill- New C6
    Surface metal/non-metal · Prince Inc · MSHA ID 2402370
    Abandoned
  5. Paul'S Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Badinger Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2401410
    Abandoned
  6. Timber Creek
    Surface metal/non-metal · Peak Aggregate Products · MSHA ID 2402672
    Abandoned
  7. Circle Highway Pit & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · J & J Inc · MSHA ID 2401151
    Abandoned
  8. Crisaffuli Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Duininck Brothers & Gilchrist · MSHA ID 2401551
    Abandoned
  9. Dawson County Mines
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dawson County Highway Department · MSHA ID 2401480
    Abandoned
  10. Dawson-Crisafulli Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Badinger Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2400869
    Abandoned
  11. Ed'S Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Badinger Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2401539
    Abandoned
  12. Langstaff Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gene Wood Ready-Mix Inc · MSHA ID 2400464
    Abandoned
  13. Ree Scoria Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Excel Industries Inc · MSHA ID 2402664
    Abandoned

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.

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How to read these numbers

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.