Mining Incidents

Silver Heels Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Kendall Mining Corp · Surface
Park County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503662

MSHA record for Silver Heels Mine (mine ID 0503662). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Mar 1983
Ownership history
  1. Texas Mining Corp 1981 to 1983
  2. Kendall Mining Corp 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Silver Heels Mine sits in Park County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Park County, Colorado · Population 17,739
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$95,450
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

March 3, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Texas Mining Corp · Accident type, without injuries

FIRE WAS IN PROGRESS WHEN I ARRIVED AT MINE CBI REPORT PENDING WAYNE WILLEY INVESTIGATOR.