Mining Incidents

The Slim Chance Metal/Non-Metal

Ditman Placer Gold Inc · Surface
Controlled by Robert I Ditman
Valdez, Valdez-Cordova County, AK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5000326

MSHA record for The Slim Chance (mine ID 5000326). 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. Alaska Gold Company 1982 to 2012
  2. Ditman Placer Gold Inc 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

The Slim Chance sits in Chugach Census Area, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.
Chugach Census Area, Alaska · Population 6,964
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$88,565
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.