# New Elk Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0500296
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Las Animas, CO
- **Operator:** New Elk Coal Company LLC
- **Controller:** Allegiance Coal LTD
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,473
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Allegiance Coal LTD (0159821) → New Elk Coal Company LLC (0071504) → New Elk Mine (0500296)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Crane Company → C F & I Steel Corp:** 1950-01-01 through 1984-01-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 0500296; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kn Energy Inc → Wyoming Fuel Company:** 1984-01-05 through 2006-06-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 0500296; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John  McCulloch et al → New Elk Coal Company LLC:** 2006-06-08 through 2009-06-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 0500296; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wayne  Coverdale et al → New Elk Coal Company LLC:** 2006-06-08 through 2009-06-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 0500296; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cline Mining Corporation et al → New Elk Coal Company LLC:** 2009-06-10 through 2010-07-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 0500296; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Keith  Buhrdorf et al → T K Mining Services, LLC:** 2010-07-12 through 2012-02-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 0500296; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David A  Schaaf  et al → T K Mining Services, LLC:** 2010-07-12 through 2012-02-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 0500296; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wayne  Coverdale et al → New Elk Coal Company LLC:** 2012-02-16 through 2009-06-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 0500296; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John  McCulloch et al → New Elk Coal Company LLC:** 2012-02-16 through 2009-06-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 0500296; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cline Mining Corporation et al → New Elk Coal Company LLC:** 2012-02-16 through 2020-10-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 0500296; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Allegiance Coal LTD → New Elk Coal Company LLC:** 2020-10-26 through 2010-07-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 0500296; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Allegiance Coal LTD → New Elk Coal Company LLC:** 2020-10-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0500296; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 12
- Typed edges: 23
- Interval anomalies: 3
- 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 33 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,018 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 146 violation rows across the full record; 53 carry an S&S flag and $171,856 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 154 samples:** Occupational health samples 146 coal dust; 4 coal quartz; 4 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 24 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 9 contested-violation rows, 9 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 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 55 inspection events and 2K 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 75.350 — Belt air course ventilation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.350
- **30 CFR 49.18 — Training for mine rescue teams.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-49/subpart-B/section-49.18
- **30 CFR 49.17 — Physical requirements for mine rescue team.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-49/subpart-B/section-49.17
- **30 CFR 75.223 — Evaluation and revision of roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.223
- **30 CFR 48.7 — Training of miners assigned to a task in which they have had no previous experience; minimum courses of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.7
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **30 CFR 75.321 — Air quality.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.321
- **30 CFR 75.203 — Mining methods.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.203

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 33 rows; 2010-05-07 through 2013-01-14; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-01-14 through 2017-01-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 133 rows; 2010-06-18 through 2015-07-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 9 rows; 2014-05-02 through 2014-06-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 146 rows; 2010-05-08 through 2012-07-10; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2011-12-21 through 2012-08-30; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 9 rows; 2011-05-19 through 2012-08-03; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 736 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 165 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 12 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2012-02-16; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 55 rows; 2009-01-06 through 2015-07-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 4 rows; 2011-02-23 through 2011-02-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 4 rows; 2012-02-01 through 2012-06-12; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 146 rows; 2010-06-18 through 2015-07-07; 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/new-elk-mine-0500296`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/new-elk-mine-0500296`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0500296/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0500296/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0500296/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`