# Vortex Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2401835
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Gemstones
- **Location:** Judith Basin, MT
- **Operator:** Yogo Mining Company LLC
- **Controller:** Don  Baide
- **Public source rows linked:** 464
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Don  Baide (0137061) → Yogo Mining Company LLC (0154033) → Vortex Mine (2401835)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Peter J  Ecker → Vortex Mining:** 1986-12-01 through 2002-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 2401835; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Calvin  Houser et al → Yogo Creek Mining LLC:** 2002-05-07 through 2005-11-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 2401835; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ron  Guill et al → Yogo Creek Mining LLC:** 2002-05-07 through 2005-11-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 2401835; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kim Lanny  Perry → Kim Lanny Perry:** 2005-11-28 through 2010-03-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 2401835; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mike D Roberts → Blue Ice Sapphire Mining, Inc.:** 2010-03-30 through 2012-04-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 2401835; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Laurie L Roberts → Blue Ice Sapphire Mining, Inc.:** 2012-04-09 through 2017-10-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 2401835; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Don  Baide → Yogo Mining Company LLC:** 2017-10-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2401835; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 18
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 26 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 84 violation rows across the full record; 17 carry an S&S flag and $9,346 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 9 samples:** Occupational health samples 9 personal. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 921 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 25 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 10 contested-violation rows, 10 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 5 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 9 since 2021:** Inspections 45 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 57.4360 — Underground alarm systems.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4360
- **30 CFR 45.4 — Independent contractor register.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-45/section-45.4
- **30 CFR 57.8520 — Ventilation plan.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-G/section-57.8520
- **30 CFR 49.3 — Alternative mine rescue capability for small and remote mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-49/subpart-A/section-49.3

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2012-03-20 through 2012-03-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-05-02 through 2023-05-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 80 rows; 2000-08-29 through 2021-04-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 10 rows; 2013-10-25 through 2013-11-22; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2021-08-16 through 2021-08-16; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 10 rows; 2012-04-18 through 2012-05-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 55 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1986-12-01 through 2017-10-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 45 rows; 2000-08-29 through 2022-03-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 112 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 26 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Samples:** 9 rows; 2000-08-31 through 2003-02-25; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 84 rows; 2000-08-29 through 2021-07-21; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/vortex-mine-2401835`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/vortex-mine-2401835`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2401835/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2401835/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2401835/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`