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GOLDEN WONDER: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Orvis-Barker Mining · Underground
Controlled by Lance Barker; Ken Orvis
Hinsdale County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0502387

MSHA record for GOLDEN WONDER (mine ID 0502387). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1985–1988
Latest incident
Sep 1988
Ownership history
  1. Tesoro Mining Corp 1950 to 1980
  2. Oro Plata Mining Inc 1980 to 1981
  3. Mc Leroy Mining Company 1981 to 1984
  4. Ritter Mining Company 1984 to 1986
  5. Gold Star Mining Company 1986 to 1989
  6. La Plata Joint Venture 1989 to 1991
  7. Nordlander Mining 1991 to 1994
  8. Orvis-Barker Mining 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

GOLDEN WONDER sits in Hinsdale County, Colorado, 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.
Hinsdale County, Colorado · Population 939
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$64,327
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 17, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Ritter Mining Company · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

2 EMPL OUTSIDE 4ORKING OUTSIDE PUTTING UP SNOWSHED.I.NAME IN LOADER BUCKET PUTTING UP TIMBER AND VICTIM WAS STANDING BELOW BUCKET HOLDING TIMBER WHILE I.NAME WAS BLOCKING TIMBER WITH HAMMER.SU DDENLY SNOWLIDE3CAME DOWN AND BURIED THE TWO.I,MNAME CRAWLED 50-65' THROUGH SNOW.BURIED ON SUNDAY AND TUNNELED OUT MONDAY.TUNNELED IN AGAIN MONDAY PM TO PROTECT HIMSELF FROM COLD.TUES-HEARD H

Reportable incidents

5 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1988 · 1 incident

September 29, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Gold Star Mining Company · Struck by falling object

COMPANY GEOLOGIST WAS CONDUCTING AN UNDERGROUND TOUR OF INACTIVE MINE WORKINGS WHILE INSPECTING A VEIN EXPOSURE INSIDE ON OPEN STOPE A ROCK DISLODGED FROM THE ROOF BACK & STRUCK THE GEOLOGIST ON THE LOWER BACK MINE WAS NOT IN PRODUCTION AT THE TIME

1987 · 3 incidents

October 9, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Star Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS INSTALL3NG TIMBER IN THE MAIN HAULAGE DRIFT BACK, WHERE A PILLAR HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REMOVED AND A CONNECTION HAD BEEN MADE TO THE UPPER ABANDONED WORKINGS, WHILE THIS WORK WAS BEING D ONE SOME MATERI5L BECAME DISLODGED STRIKING THE TIMBERS BEING INSTALLED KNOCKING THE INDIVIDUAL DOWN

October 9, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Star Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS INSTALL3NG TIMBER IN THE MAIN HAULAGE DRIFT BACK WHERE A PILLAR HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REMOVED AND A CONNECTION HAD BEEN MADE TO THE UPPER ABANDONED WORKINGS WHILE THIS WORK WAS B9ING DONE SOME MATERIAL BECAME DISLODGED STRIKING THE TIMBERS BEING INSTALLED KNOCKING HIM DOWN

1986 · 1 incident

June 12, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gold Star Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE INJURED WAS3A CONTRACTOR DOING THE MINE SURVEYING. AT THE TIME OF INJURY HE HAD GONE OUTSIDE OF THE MINE TO TAKE A WORK BREAK. DURING THE WORK BREAK HE WAS SLIDING DOWN A SNOW FIELD ON HIS FEET WHEN A SU8DEN STOP CAUSED HIS LEG TO BREAK. THIS INJURY WAS UNRELATED TO HIS WORKER CONTRACT WITH GOLD STAR MINING CO.