A Joseph A. Holmes Safety Award Certificate was presented to Management and Employees of the Sherman Mine, Oliver Mining Division of U.S. Steel in April 1963 for working an open pit iron ore mine 1,245,634 man hours without a disabling injury from February 11, 1961, through December 31, 1962.
A Joseph A. Holmes Safety Award Certificate was presented to the Snyder Mine in April 1940 for accident free operation at the Virginia and Shenango open pit mines and the Webb open pit-underground combination mine for a year or more. In the 12 months ending December 1939, the Virginia mine completed 91,746 man hours without a lost-time accident; the Shenango completed 155,543 man hours; while the Webb went 15 1/3 months through August 1939 with 304,879 man hours without a lost-time accident.
The U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Mines presented a Certificate of Award in Safety for disabling accident-free operation on July 1968. The certificate denotes the awarding of the Sentinel of Safety statue for display at the mine or mine offices.
The U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Mines presented a Certificate of Mine Rescue Training to Charles H. Isaacson in June 1914. It certified that Charles H. Isaacson of Virginia, Minnesota had been trained in the use of mine rescue apparatus at the Government Mine Rescue Station at Car No. 8 Virginia during which training he performed hard labor within a gallery filled with noxious and irrespirable gases and gave evidence of being qualified to use such apparatus within mines.