Dark Canyon Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Southway Construction Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Southway Henry Jr & Paul Wood
Eddy County,
NM
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901950
MSHA record for Dark Canyon Pit (mine ID 2901950). 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
- Southway Construction Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Dark Canyon Pit sits in Eddy County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 15.0% 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.Eddy County, New Mexico · Population 61,114
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$79,605
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.