Mining Incidents

Fence Lake No 1 Coal

Williams Fork Mining Company · Surface
Quemado, Catron County, NM  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 2901997

MSHA record for Fence Lake No 1 (mine ID 2901997). 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. Salt River Proj Agricultrl Improvmt & Power Dist 1985 to 1986
  2. Williams Fork Mining Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Fence Lake No 1 sits in Catron County, New Mexico, 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.
Catron County, New Mexico · Population 3,685
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,439
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.