Sheldons Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Town Of Minden
· Surface
Controlled by
Town Of Minden-Ny
Montgomery County,
NY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3002533
MSHA record for Sheldons Pit (mine ID 3002533). 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
- Town Of Minden 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Sheldons Pit sits in Montgomery County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.Montgomery County, New York · Population 49,461
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$62,923
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.