# Wildcat Hills Mine - Cottage Grove Pit

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1103017
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Gallatin, IL
- **Operator:** Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,158
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Peabody Energy Corporation (C15833) → Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC (P23854) → Wildcat Hills Mine - Cottage Grove Pit (1103017)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Peabody Energy Corporation → Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC:** 1997-11-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1103017; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 44 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,173 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 276 violation rows across the full record; 80 carry an S&S flag and $76,506 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 799 samples:** Occupational health samples 572 coal dust; 70 coal quartz; 157 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 14 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 410 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 72 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 22 contested-violation rows, 22 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 28 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 21 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 105 inspection events and 5K 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 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **30 CFR 77.1112 — Welding, cutting, or soldering with arc or flame; safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1112
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 44 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2019-06-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-08-12 through 2020-08-12; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 272 rows; 2000-03-14 through 2019-06-24; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 22 rows; 2010-05-25 through 2013-02-04; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 572 rows; 2000-02-01 through 2020-07-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 28 rows; 2002-06-19 through 2019-03-07; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 22 rows; 2008-01-24 through 2012-01-05; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,732 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 576 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 1997-11-01 through 1997-11-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 105 rows; 2000-03-13 through 2020-06-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 222 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 57 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 157 rows; 2000-03-22 through 2020-07-06; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 70 rows; 2000-03-22 through 2019-04-22; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 276 rows; 2000-03-14 through 2019-06-24; 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/wildcat-hills-mine-cottage-grove-pit-1103017`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/wildcat-hills-mine-cottage-grove-pit-1103017`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1103017/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1103017/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1103017/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`