# Vulture Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0203344
- **Status:** Intermittent
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Gold Ore
- **Location:** Maricopa, AZ
- **Operator:** Vulture Peak Holding LLC
- **Controller:** Jon  Shipley
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,300
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jon  Shipley (0170401) → Vulture Peak Holding LLC (0148593) → Vulture Mine (0203344)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Paul  Hyde et al → Vulture Peak Gold, Inc.:** 2014-10-23 through 2016-09-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 0203344; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Roderic  Pratt et al → Vulture Peak Gold, Inc.:** 2014-10-23 through 2016-09-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 0203344; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **BWCI Pension Trustees Limited → Vulture Peak Holding LLC:** 2016-09-29 through 2017-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0203344; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Elton E Sheldon et al → Vulture Peak Holding LLC:** 2017-06-01 through 2017-12-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 0203344; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steven G Scott et al → Vulture Peak Holding LLC:** 2017-06-01 through 2017-12-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 0203344; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jon  Shipley et al → Vulture Peak Holding LLC:** 2017-12-26 through 2022-07-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 0203344; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ewan  Sheriff et al → Vulture Peak Holding LLC:** 2017-12-26 through 2022-07-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 0203344; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Elton E Sheldon et al → Vulture Peak Holding LLC:** 2017-12-26 through 2022-07-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 0203344; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jon  Shipley → Vulture Peak Holding LLC:** 2022-07-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0203344; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 16
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 35 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 76 violation rows across the full record; 25 carry an S&S flag and $11,196 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 17 samples:** Occupational health samples 17 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 145 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 — 21 since 2021:** Inspections 39 inspection events and 460 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.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **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 56.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12004
- **30 CFR 56.14205 — Machinery, equipment, and tools.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14205
- **30 CFR 56.4201 — Inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4201
- **30 CFR 56.16005 — Securing gas cylinders.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-O/section-56.16005
- **30 CFR 56.1000 — Notification of commencement of operations and closing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-A/section-56.1000

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2016-03-18 through 2020-08-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-07-23 through 2025-07-23; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 61 rows; 2015-08-03 through 2024-10-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 802 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 182 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 2014-10-23 through 2016-09-29; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 39 rows; 2015-08-03 through 2026-09-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 85 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 25 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:** 17 rows; 2015-08-04 through 2021-08-17; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 76 rows; 2015-08-03 through 2026-09-23; 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/vulture-mine-0203344`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/vulture-mine-0203344`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0203344/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0203344/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0203344/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`