# Golden Wonder

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0501506
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Gold Ore
- **Location:** Hinsdale, CO
- **Operator:** Coal Creek Construction
- **Controller:** Michael Ray  Schell
- **Public source rows linked:** 350
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Michael Ray  Schell (0093753) → Coal Creek Construction (0110865) → Golden Wonder (0501506)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Michael  MacGuire → Lake City Mines:** 1950-01-01 through 1980-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0501506; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hughes Edward → Hughes Mining Company:** 1980-02-01 through 1980-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0501506; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael  MacGuire → Lake City Mines:** 1980-11-01 through 1983-05-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 0501506; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **LKA International → Lka Minerals Inc:** 1983-05-10 through 1992-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0501506; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Environmental Data Corp et al → Golden Wonder Mining Lc:** 1992-11-01 through 1994-04-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 0501506; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Henry M  Carter → Carter Mine Development:** 1994-04-05 through 1998-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0501506; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lance  Barker  et al → Au Mining Inc:** 1998-02-01 through 2008-03-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 0501506; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ken  Orvis  et al → Au Mining Inc:** 1998-02-01 through 2008-03-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 0501506; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richmont Mines Inc → Richmont Mines USA Inc:** 2008-03-18 through 2009-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0501506; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Williams Brothers Mining & Exploration et al → Williams Brothers Mining and Exploration:** 2009-02-01 through 2010-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0501506; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael Ray  Schell → Coal Creek Construction:** 2010-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0501506; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 11
- Typed edges: 30
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 47 violation rows across the full record; 7 carry an S&S flag and $5,860 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 6 samples:** Occupational health samples 6 personal. 1 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 15 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 6 contested-violation rows, 6 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 46 inspection events and 724 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 57.14101 — Brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14101
- **30 CFR 57.4131 — Surface fan installations and mine openings.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4131
- **30 CFR 57.11053 — Escape and evacuation plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11053
- **30 CFR 57.6160 — Main facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-E/section-57.6160
- **30 CFR 49.6 — Equipment and maintenance requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-49/subpart-A/section-49.6
- **30 CFR 57.6102 — Explosive material storage practices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-E/section-57.6102
- **30 CFR 57.4402 — Safety can use.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4402
- **30 CFR 57.11012 — Protection for openings around travelways.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11012
- **30 CFR 57.11041 — Landings for inclined ladderways.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11041
- **30 CFR 57.11003 — Construction and maintenance of ladders.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11003
- **30 CFR 57.5001 — Exposure limits for airborne contaminants.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-D/section-57.5001

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2015-04-24 through 2015-04-24; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2019-10-01 through 2019-10-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 41 rows; 2000-03-28 through 2015-03-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 6 rows; 2011-04-20 through 2012-08-28; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2000-10-02 through 2000-10-02; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 6 rows; 2010-06-21 through 2011-08-02; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 11 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2010-06-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 46 rows; 2000-03-28 through 2020-01-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 144 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 37 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:** 6 rows; 2010-09-09 through 2011-10-13; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 47 rows; 2000-03-28 through 2015-03-10; 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/golden-wonder-0501506`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/golden-wonder-0501506`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0501506/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0501506/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0501506/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`