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Buffalo Gulch: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Idaho Gold Corp · Surface
Controlled by Bema Gold Corp
Idaho County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1001794

Buffalo Gulch has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989–1990
Latest incident
Dec 1990
Ownership history
  1. Buffalo Mining Company 1987 to 1989
  2. Idaho Gold Corp 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1992 3
1991 12
1990 14
1989 9
1988 1
1987 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Buffalo Gulch sits in Idaho County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Idaho County, Idaho · Population 17,120
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$60,975
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1990 · 1 incident

December 11, 1990 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Idaho Gold Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS STANDING ON TOP OF A FALLEN TREE WHICH WAS LAYING ACROSS A RAVINE.SHE WAS LIMBING AND TRIMMING AS SHE CUT THE TOP THE TREE SPRANG LOOSE AND THREW HER OFF.SHE FELL ALMOST 6 FEET AND LANDED ON ANOTHER LOG.

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1989 · 1 incident

August 18, 1989 ID · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Idaho Gold Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SURVEYING LOST CONTROL OF MOTORCYCLE WHILE TURNING.