Mining Incidents

Old River Mill Metal/Non-Metal

Western Earth Movers · Surface
Controlled by Watson Tom & Mike Guffey
Montrose County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0501589

MSHA record for Old River Mill (mine ID 0501589). 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. L & M Oro Ii Inc 1950 to 1990
  2. Western Earth Movers 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Old River Mill sits in Montrose County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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.
Montrose County, Colorado · Population 43,272
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,072
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.