# Providence Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0504827
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Gold Ore
- **Location:** Teller, CO
- **Operator:** Providence Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Shannon P  Murphy; Gary  Nordic
- **Public source rows linked:** 216
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Shannon P  Murphy; Gary  Nordic (0098613) → Providence Mining LLC (0063363) → Providence Mine (0504827)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James E  Watson Jr et al → Providence Mining LLC:** 2005-08-04 through 2010-12-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 0504827; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Shannon P  Murphy et al → Providence Mining LLC:** 2005-08-04 through 2010-12-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 0504827; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary  Nordic et al → Providence Mining LLC:** 2010-12-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0504827; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Shannon P  Murphy et al → Providence Mining LLC:** 2010-12-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0504827; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 7
- 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 2 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 43 violation rows across the full record; 13 carry an S&S flag and $6,408 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 9 samples:** Occupational health samples 9 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 2K employee hours and 9 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 11 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 29 inspection events and 520 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 57.5015 — Oxygen deficiency.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-D/section-57.5015
- **30 CFR 57.11051 — Escape routes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11051
- **30 CFR 57.11052 — Refuge areas.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11052
- **30 CFR 57.8520 — Ventilation plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-G/section-57.8520
- **30 CFR 49.3 — Alternative mine rescue capability for small and remote mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-49/subpart-A/section-49.3
- **30 CFR 57.1000 — 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-57/subpart-A/section-57.1000
- **30 CFR 57.14115 — Stationary grinding machines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14115
- **30 CFR 57.18002 — Examination of working places.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-Q/section-57.18002
- **30 CFR 57.15014 — Eye protection when operating grinding wheels.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-N/section-57.15014

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2005-07-29 through 2011-07-26; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-01-29 through 2014-01-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 40 rows; 2005-08-04 through 2014-01-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2011-08-09 through 2013-02-21; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2005-08-31 through 2005-08-31; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2010-12-21 through 2012-03-13; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2005-08-04 through 2005-08-04; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 29 rows; 2005-08-02 through 2014-01-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 42 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 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:** 9 rows; 2006-03-30 through 2012-05-01; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 43 rows; 2005-08-04 through 2014-01-08; 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/providence-mine-0504827`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/providence-mine-0504827`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0504827/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0504827/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0504827/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`