# Cheyenne Saline Co. #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1103057
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Saline, IL
- **Operator:** Cheyenne Resources, Inc.
- **Controller:** Ricky D  Kirk; Jerry  Wells Jr
- **Public source rows linked:** 289
- **Source coverage:** 9 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ricky D  Kirk; Jerry  Wells Jr (C13425) → Cheyenne Resources, Inc. (P24147) → Cheyenne Saline Co. #1 (1103057)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Downen Robert-John Seigel Et Al → Jader Coal Company Llc:** 2001-03-01 through 2001-11-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1103057; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John C  Smith Jr → Illinois Fuel Company, LLC:** 2001-12-01 through 2003-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1103057; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kevin S  Beltowski → K B Coal Incorporated:** 2003-02-01 through 2003-09-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1103057; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John C  Smith Jr → Illinois Fuel Company LLC:** 2003-09-29 through 2006-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1103057; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Energy Coal Resources Inc → Illinois Fuel Company, LLC:** 2006-01-17 through 2003-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1103057; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Energy Coal Resources Inc → Illinois Fuel Company LLC:** 2006-01-17 through 2015-10-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1103057; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jerry  Wells Jr  et al → Cheyenne Resources, Inc.:** 2015-10-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1103057; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ricky D  Kirk  et al → Cheyenne Resources, Inc.:** 2015-10-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1103057; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 18
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 40 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 40 violation rows across the full record; 14 carry an S&S flag and $5,584 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 0 samples:** Occupational health samples No published samples. 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 7 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 59 inspection events and 800 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 77.800-1 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; procedures.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.800-1
- **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 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 77.800-2 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.800-2
- **30 CFR 77.1005 — Scaling highwalls; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1005
- **30 CFR 75.602 — Trailing cable junctions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.602
- **30 CFR 75.601-1 — Short circuit protection; ratings and settings of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601-1
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2003-05-20 through 2008-03-19; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-09-17 through 2013-09-17; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 36 rows; 2003-04-29 through 2009-12-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2001-03-01 through 2015-10-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 59 rows; 2002-12-02 through 2013-07-03; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 126 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Violations:** 40 rows; 2003-04-29 through 2009-12-10; 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/cheyenne-saline-co-1-1103057`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/cheyenne-saline-co-1-1103057`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1103057/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1103057/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1103057/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`