Watkins Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Buck Creek Sand & Gravel
· Surface
Controlled by
Smith Toxie & Lonnie Bolling
Perry County,
MS
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200588
MSHA record for Watkins Pit (mine ID 2200588). 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
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Ownership history
- Toxie Smith Sand & Gravel 1986 to 1987
- Buck Creek Sand & Gravel 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Watkins Pit sits in Perry County, Mississippi, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.Perry County, Mississippi · Population 11,459
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$50,435
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.