Wee Hope Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Jim Butt Mining Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Butt Jim C
San Juan County,
UT
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4201286
MSHA record for Wee Hope Mine (mine ID 4201286). 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
- Charles N Pickens Mining Company 1950 to 1978
- Jim Butt Mining Company 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Wee Hope Mine sits in San Juan County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 4.9% 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.San Juan County, Utah · Population 14,466
4.9%
Mining share of county employment
$54,890
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.