Mining Incidents

Box Creek Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Yellow Eagle Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Rich Edward
Lake County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504437

MSHA record for Box Creek Mine (mine ID 0504437). 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. Box Creek Inc 1990 to 1991
  2. Yellow Eagle Mining Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Box Creek Mine sits in Lake County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 3.4% 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.
Lake County, Colorado · Population 7,411
3.4%
Mining share of county employment
$93,655
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.