Valley Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

High Country Mining · Underground

Controlled by Black Leonard

Ferry County, WA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4502358

MSHA record for Valley Mine (mine ID 4502358). 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: 1986
Latest incident: Oct 1986

Ownership history

Ruby Mines Inc 1950 to 1983
High Country Mining 1983 to present

Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

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.

Ferry County, Washington · Population 7,326

1.0%

Mining share of county employment

$54,650

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

1986 · 1 incident

October 14, 1986 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY

High Country Mining · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS AT T2E FILTER WITH GREASE GUN. WHILE STANDING ON STAIRS HE GRABBED THE EXISTING GUARD MANUFACTURER QUARD FOR SUPPORT AND THE TIPS OF HIS INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER OF SUPPORT AND THE T IPS OF HIS INDE3 AND MIDDLE FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND MADE CONTACT WITH THE CHAIN.

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Valley Mine sits in Ferry County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 1.0% of county employment.

Reportable incidents

1986 · 1 incident

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