# King I

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0500266
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** La Plata, CO
- **Operator:** GCC Energy LLC
- **Controller:** GCC SAB de CV
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,614
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**GCC SAB de CV (M10343) → GCC Energy LLC (0059743) → King I (0500266)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Irving A  Smith → Irving A Smith-Operator:** 1950-01-01 through 1976-11-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 0500266; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Henrietta Mines Ltd → Henrietta Mines Inc:** 1976-11-23 through 1978-01-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 0500266; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William C  Kirkwood → National King Coal Inc:** 1978-01-11 through 1995-06-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 0500266; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Amci Llc Of Co & Ns Resources Of Co → National King Coal, LLC:** 1995-06-30 through 2003-03-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 0500266; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → National King Coal, LLC:** 2003-03-12 through 2005-04-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 0500266; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **GCC SAB de CV → GCC Energy LLC:** 2005-04-14 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0500266; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 17
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 73 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,389 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,116 violation rows across the full record; 345 carry an S&S flag and $557,673 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,465 coal dust; 112 coal quartz; 112 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 13 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 — 74K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 28K employee hours and 58 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 233 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 91 contested-violation rows, 97 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 45 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 9 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 143 inspection events and 7K 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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 47.44 — Temporary, portable containers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.44
- **30 CFR 75.1106-5 — Maintenance and tests of liquefied and nonliquefied compressed gas cylinders; accessories and equipment; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1106-5
- **30 CFR 75.1106-4 — Use of liquefied and nonliquefied compressed gas cylinders; general requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1106-4
- **30 CFR 75.1501 — Emergency evacuations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1501
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.605 — Clamping of trailing cables to equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.605
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.515 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.515

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 73 rows; 2000-05-30 through 2008-12-10; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2009-03-09 through 2009-03-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,112 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2009-03-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 97 rows; 2000-10-12 through 2011-08-24; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,465 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2009-03-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 45 rows; 2000-07-27 through 2008-02-04; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 91 rows; 2003-11-18 through 2008-12-22; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 966 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 209 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2005-04-14; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 143 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2009-02-25; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 30 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 112 rows; 2000-10-23 through 2008-11-18; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 112 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2008-07-17; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,116 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2009-03-11; 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/king-i-0500266`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/king-i-0500266`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0500266/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0500266/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0500266/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`