# Prosperity Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1202249
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, IN
- **Operator:** Sunrise Coal, LLC
- **Controller:** Hallador Energy Company
- **Public source rows linked:** 25,903
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Hallador Energy Company (0141083) → Sunrise Coal, LLC (0051576) → Prosperity Mine (1202249)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Donald  Blankenberger → Five Star Mining Inc:** 1999-03-01 through 2014-08-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202249; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Brent K  Bilsland et al → Sunrise Coal, LLC:** 2014-08-30 through 2018-05-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202249; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronald E  Laswell et al → Sunrise Coal, LLC:** 2014-08-30 through 2012-04-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202249; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hallador Energy Company → Sunrise Coal, LLC:** 2018-05-11 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202249; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 604 historical accident/injury rows; 2 coded fatalities and 8,766 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 5 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 6,384 violation rows across the full record; 1,444 carry an S&S flag and $6,385,473 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 5K samples:** Occupational health samples 4,585 coal dust; 375 coal quartz; 420 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 96 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 3K employee hours and 7 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 3,209 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1,316 contested-violation rows, 1,316 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 577 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 22 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 — 24 since 2021:** Inspections 895 inspection events and 50K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 22,519 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 21,879
- **Average employees:** 9
- **Coal supply region:** Illinois Basin
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 604 rows; 2000-08-21 through 2023-08-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-10-06 through 2026-10-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 6,234 rows; 2000-03-09 through 2023-07-26; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1,316 rows; 2008-10-27 through 2015-11-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 4,585 rows; 2001-01-25 through 2026-08-13; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 577 rows; 2002-06-03 through 2019-09-27; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1,316 rows; 2007-02-07 through 2014-08-20; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,255 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 499 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1999-03-01 through 2014-08-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 895 rows; 2000-01-07 through 2026-09-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 367 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 70 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 420 rows; 2001-01-23 through 2026-05-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 375 rows; 2001-01-22 through 2022-09-14; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 6,384 rows; 2000-03-09 through 2023-07-26; 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/prosperity-mine-1202249`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/prosperity-mine-1202249`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1202249/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1202249/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1202249/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`