Western Coal Underground Test Mine Coal
Western Coal Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Tucson Gas & Electric Co; Public Service Co of New Mexico
San Juan County,
NM
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901609
Western Coal Underground Test Mine has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- Western Coal Company 1976 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Western Coal Underground Test Mine sits in San Juan County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 7.5% 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, New Mexico · Population 121,178
7.5%
Mining share of county employment
$53,020
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.