Mining Incidents

Bacon Mine Coal

Nurseries Inc Of Wyoming · Surface
Controlled by Randall & Blake Inc
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, CO  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 0503282

MSHA record for Bacon Mine (mine ID 0503282). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Capstan Mining Company Inc 1979 to 1980
  2. Nurseries Inc Of Wyoming 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bacon Mine sits in El Paso County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.

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.
El Paso County, Colorado · Population 736,008
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$87,470
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.