Mining Incidents

Eldorado Bar: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Speerstra Sam
Lewis And Clark County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401878

MSHA record for Eldorado Bar (mine ID 2401878). 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
1991
Latest incident
Oct 1991
Ownership history
  1. Gem Resources Management Corp 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Eldorado Bar sits in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Lewis and Clark County, Montana · Population 72,580
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$74,543
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1991 · 1 incident

October 24, 1991 MT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Gem Resources Management Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING UP HEATER AT DOOR OF BUILDING USING LIGHTS FROM TRUCK.TRUCK ROLLED INTO EM[PLOYEE MOMENTARILY TRAPPING LOWER LEFT LEG BETWEEN TRUCK AND HEATER.MINOR CITS AND BRUISES TO LO WER LEFT LEG AND KNEE.