# Winston Gold Mining Corp.

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2402651
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Gold Ore
- **Location:** Broadwater, MT
- **Operator:** Winston Gold Mining Corp.
- **Controller:** Murray R Nye
- **Public source rows linked:** 225
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Murray R Nye (0165441) → Winston Gold Mining Corp. (0147753) → Winston Gold Mining Corp. (2402651)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Darko  Smilovic → Winston Realty:** 2013-05-10 through 2016-09-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 2402651; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Murray R  Nye et al → Winston Gold Mining Corp.:** 2016-09-26 through 2021-10-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 2402651; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Maxwell A  Polinsky et al → Winston Gold Mining Corp.:** 2016-09-26 through 2021-10-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 2402651; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Murray R Nye et al → Winston Gold Mining Corp.:** 2021-10-25 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2402651; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 208 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 9 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 32 violation rows across the full record; 5 carry an S&S flag and $5,660 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 4 samples:** Occupational health samples 4 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 2K employee hours and 9 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 — 11 since 2021:** Inspections 26 inspection events and 325 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 56.18002 — Examination of working places.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-Q/section-56.18002
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 57.4361 — Underground evacuation drills.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4361
- **30 CFR 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **30 CFR 57.12018 — Identification of power switches.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12018
- **30 CFR 57.11052 — Refuge areas.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11052
- **30 CFR 57.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12032
- **30 CFR 57.13021 — High-pressure hose connections.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-L/section-57.13021
- **30 CFR 57.3200 — Correction of hazardous conditions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-B/section-57.3200
- **30 CFR 57.14205 — Machinery, equipment, and tools.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14205
- **30 CFR 57.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14100

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2020-11-02 through 2021-03-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2022-08-10 through 2022-08-10; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 32 rows; 2017-01-09 through 2022-05-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2020-12-31 through 2020-12-31; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2020-05-05 through 2020-05-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2013-05-10 through 2016-09-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 26 rows; 2017-01-09 through 2022-05-13; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 58 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 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:** 4 rows; 2017-09-20 through 2019-09-19; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 32 rows; 2017-01-09 through 2022-05-13; 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/winston-gold-mining-corp-2402651`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/winston-gold-mining-corp-2402651`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2402651/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2402651/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2402651/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`