Mining Incidents

Wonder Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Avino Mines & Resources Ltd · Surface
Controlled by Wolfin Louis
Churchill County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2601851

MSHA record for Wonder Mine (mine ID 2601851). 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
1983
Latest incident
Aug 1983
Ownership history
  1. Belmont Resources Inc Usa 1983 to 1987
  2. International Recovery Service Ltd 1987 to 1988
  3. Avino Mines & Resources Ltd 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Wonder Mine sits in Churchill County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Churchill County, Nevada · Population 25,614
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$73,268
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

1983 · 1 incident

August 12, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Belmont Resources Inc Usa · Struck by flying object

DRIVING A PIN OT OF DOZER TRACK WHEN HAMMER HEAD CAME OFF OF HANDLE AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON R LEG