Mining Incidents

U S Treasury Mine: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

St Cloud Mining Company · Underground
Controlled by Equalizer Inc
Sierra County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901920

MSHA record for U S Treasury Mine (mine ID 2901920). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jun 1984
Ownership history
  1. St Cloud Mining Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

U S Treasury Mine sits in Sierra County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 2.0% 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.
Sierra County, New Mexico · Population 11,511
2.0%
Mining share of county employment
$37,840
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1984 · 1 incident

June 15, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
St Cloud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS HOLDING DRILL STEEL WHILE OPERATOR WAS COLLARING HOLE. GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN DRILL CENTRALIZER SMASHED MIDDLE FINGER.

1983 · 2 incidents

July 12, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
St Cloud Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

LOADING TIMBER INTO MINE TURCK. THE FOOTING WAS WET FROM RAIN AND HE SLIPPED AND SPRAINED HIS BACK.

June 8, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
St Cloud Mining Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ON UPPER DECK OFLOWBOY FELL THRU UPPER DECK AND HIT TILBONE ON STEEL CROSSBAR