Mining Incidents

Washington Claim Metal/Non-Metal

Bland Mining Company · Underground
Albuquerque, Sandoval County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901926

MSHA record for Washington Claim (mine ID 2901926). 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. Bland Mining Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Washington Claim sits in Sandoval County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Sandoval County, New Mexico · Population 151,538
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$84,053
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.