Blake Mining Company · Struck by falling object
SMALL ROCK FELL AND HIT EMPL ON LIP AND CHIN
C-Jd5: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal
Gold Eagle Mining Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Coram Donald L & Phuong Nguyen
Montrose County,
CO
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0502959
MSHA record for C-Jd5 (mine ID 0502959). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1989
- Latest incident
- May 1989
Ownership history
- Gates & Fox Company Inc 1950 to 1989
- Blake Mining Company 1989 to 1998
- Gold Eagle Mining Inc 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
C-Jd5 sits in Montrose County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 1.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Montrose County, Colorado · Population 43,272
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,072
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.