Mining Incidents

Ely Colby Company Peat Moss Metal/Non-Metal

Eli Colby Company · Surface
Controlled by Colby John E
Winnebago County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300468

MSHA record for Ely Colby Company Peat Moss (mine ID 1300468). 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
  1. Eli Colby Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Ely Colby Company Peat Moss sits in Winnebago County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Winnebago County, Iowa · Population 10,648
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$63,719
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.