Mining Incidents
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Mines in Valley County, Montana

Valley County, Montana has 12 mines on MSHA's register: 2 intermittent, 9 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 3 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1994 and 2014. Inspectors have issued 170 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Valley 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 Valley County →

Mines on register
12
Active
0
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
170
0 underground · 12 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 12 metal and non-metal 2 intermittent 9 abandoned 3 reported accidents, 1994–2014
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.
Valley County, Montana · Population 7,540
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$64,515
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
James Carney Construction 2 0 0
Fossum Ready Mix 1 0 1
American Contracting Inc 1 0 0
Century Companies Inc dba Century Construction 1 0 0
Earth Builders Inc 1 0 0
Federal Ore & Chemicals Inc 1 0 0
Francis Muggli Inc 1 0 0
Imerys Minerals USA, Inc. 1 0 0
Missing Link Gravel LLC 1 0 0
Valley County Road Department 1 0 0
Mines in Valley County12 on register
  1. Belzer Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fossum Ready Mix · MSHA ID 2400420
    Abandoned
  2. J. C. Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · James Carney Construction · MSHA ID 2402196
    Intermittent
  3. Missing Link Gravel LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Missing Link Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 2402358
    Abandoned
  4. Fossum Materials Wash Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Century Companies Inc dba Century Construction · MSHA ID 2402256
    Intermittent
  5. Kolberg 271
    Surface metal/non-metal · Valley County Road Department · MSHA ID 2402048
    Abandoned
  6. BLM BENT #4
    Surface metal/non-metal · Imerys Minerals USA, Inc. · MSHA ID 2402691
    Abandoned
  7. DUWAYNE & EDITH JOHNSON PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · American Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 2402130
    Abandoned
  8. Earth Crusher No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Earth Builders Inc · MSHA ID 2401449
    Abandoned
  9. Garden Pit And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wolf Point Ready Mix Company · MSHA ID 2401244
    Abandoned
  10. Glasgow Mine & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Federal Ore & Chemicals Inc · MSHA ID 2400411
    Abandoned
  11. James Crushing
    Surface metal/non-metal · James Carney Construction · MSHA ID 2402811
    Temporarily Idled
  12. PORTABLE CRUSHER #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Francis Muggli Inc · MSHA ID 2401984
    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.