Mining Incidents

Fishtail Creek Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Herb Russell-Contractor · Underground
Stillwater County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401433

MSHA record for Fishtail Creek Mine (mine ID 2401433). 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. Herb Russell-Contractor 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Fishtail Creek Mine sits in Stillwater County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 13.1% 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.
Stillwater County, Montana · Population 9,052
13.1%
Mining share of county employment
$81,503
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.