Mining Incidents

Golden Eagle Mine: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Silver King Mines Inc · Underground
Converse County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4801051

MSHA record for Golden Eagle Mine (mine ID 4801051). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1985–1986
Latest incident
Mar 1986
Ownership history
  1. Unc Mining & Milling Services Inc 1950 to 1981
  2. Silver King Mines Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Golden Eagle Mine sits in Converse County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 14.1% 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.
Converse County, Wyoming · Population 13,759
14.1%
Mining share of county employment
$79,164
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1986 · 1 incident

March 13, 1986 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Silver King Mines Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MOVING FURNITUR9 STEPPED ON EDGE OF THRESHOLD TWISTED KNEE.

1985 · 2 incidents

May 2, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Silver King Mines Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN HOISTING THE SLUSHER BUCKET OUT OF THE TRENCH BY OUNTING THREE SHEAVE BLOCKS AND THREADING A 1/2 INCH CABLE THROUGH BLOCKS TO A LOCOMOTIVE. THE EYE PAD AND CHAIN HOLDING THE BLOCKS BROKE FREE AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT SHOULDER AND THIGH.

February 14, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal hoistman, hoist operator MACHINERY
Silver King Mines Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS ASSISTING A MECHANIC IN PRESSING A BEARING OFF OF A PUMP SHAFT. THE SHAFT SLIPPED FROM UNDER THE PRESS TILTING THE SHAFT AND PINCHING THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT THUMB AGAINST A PRESS BRACE