# Murray Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2602211
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Gold Ore
- **Location:** Elko, NV
- **Operator:** Veris Gold U.S.A., Inc.
- **Controller:** Veris Gold Corp.
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,609
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Veris Gold Corp. (0071711) → Veris Gold U.S.A., Inc. (L10244) → Murray Mine (2602211)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Independence Mining Co Inc et al → Independence Mining Company Inc:** 1991-10-01 through 1999-09-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602211; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Anglogold Ltd & Meridian Gold Company → Anglogold (Jerritt Canyon) Corp:** 1999-09-28 through 2003-06-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602211; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Queenstake Resources Ltd → Veris Gold U.S.A., Inc.:** 2003-06-25 through 2007-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602211; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Veris Gold Corp. → Veris Gold U.S.A., Inc.:** 2007-10-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602211; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 11
- 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 27 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 6 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 404 violation rows across the full record; 81 carry an S&S flag and $50,039 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 44 samples:** Occupational health samples 44 personal. 14 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 2 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 22 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 17 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 49 inspection events and 3K 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 57.4201 — Inspection.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4201
- **30 CFR 57.20003 — Housekeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-S/section-57.20003
- **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 57.12008 — Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12008
- **30 CFR 57.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14100
- **30 CFR 57.12030 — Correction of dangerous conditions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12030
- **30 CFR 57.12019 — Access to stationary electrical equipment or switchgear.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12019
- **30 CFR 57.16005 — Securing gas cylinders.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-O/section-57.16005

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 27 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2006-05-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-11-05 through 2014-11-05; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 396 rows; 2000-02-09 through 2006-07-24; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2001-12-13 through 2004-08-05; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 17 rows; 2002-06-21 through 2005-12-22; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 460 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 109 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1991-10-01 through 2003-06-25; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 49 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2014-09-25; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 75 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 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:** 44 rows; 2002-06-05 through 2005-08-16; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 404 rows; 2000-02-09 through 2006-07-24; 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/murray-mine-2602211`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/murray-mine-2602211`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2602211/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2602211/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2602211/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`