Sand South-Div/Silver Sand Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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Hortense Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal
Sand South-Div/Silver Sand Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Tarmac Plc
Brantley County,
GA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0901041
Hortense Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1991.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1991
- Latest incident
- Apr 1991
Ownership history
- Sand South Inc 1989 to 1990
- Sand South-Div/Silver Sand Company 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1992 | 6 |
| 1991 | 6 |
| 1990 | 5 |
| 1989 | 5 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Hortense Mine sits in Brantley County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Brantley County, Georgia · Population 18,171
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$47,801
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.