Sunlight Coal
Black Rock Mining Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Energy Capital Development Corp
MSHA Mine ID: 0500256
MSHA record for Sunlight (mine ID 0500256). 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
- Four Mile Coal Company Inc 1950 to 1979
- Carbon King Ltd 1976 to 1978
- Bessinger & Bessinger Inc 1979 to 1980
- Black Rock Mining Company 1980 to 1981
- Black Rock Mining Company Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Sunlight sits in Garfield County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.Garfield County, Colorado · Population 62,034
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$86,172
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.