In the past 51 years one miner died while mining in the Sixteen to One vein. His name was Mark. He began mining with his father at the age of four. He had his own wet suit and together they looked for gold in the waters of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. His life ended on November 6, 2000, on the 1700 foot level of the Sixteen to One Mine. It [...]
Michael M. Miller, 60, the Alleghany mine's president and chief executive officer, and Jonathan T. Farrell, 32, the mine's manager, were charged with violating Occupational and Health Safety Administration rules, resulting in a death, court records show. The charges filed in Sierra County Superior Court carry possible penalties of three years in prison and a $100,000 fine. The charges allege both men broke state law by willfully violating OSHA rules [...]
in Superior Court on charges of felony manslaughter stemming from a mine accident in November, 2000. In the accident, miner Mark Fussell was killed when he ran a trammer under a chute which protruded into the haulage way, breaking his neck. According to the charges, Miller as CEO and Farrell as Mine Manager, were criminally negligent in allowing a violation of OSHA standards which consequently killed Fussell. District Attorney O'Sullivan's [...]