Dicha No 1 Mine Coal
Gopher Mining Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Groves S J & Sons Company
MSHA Mine ID: 4603970
Dicha No 1 Mine has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- Wyoming Mining Company Inc 1974 to 1974
- Impco-Springdale Fuels Company 1974 to 1976
- Manlo Mining Company Inc 1977 to 1977
- Gopher Mining Company 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1983 | 0 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Dicha No 1 Mine sits in Summers County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.Summers County, West Virginia · Population 11,833
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$42,544
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.