# POINT ROCK MINE

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1507010
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** KOW MINING LLC
- **Controller:** Vernon  King Jr
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,331
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Vernon  King Jr (0134601) → KOW MINING LLC (0151933) → POINT ROCK MINE (1507010)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Leonard F  McCoy → Caney Branch Coal Company Inc:** 1974-01-01 through 1980-10-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507010; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **El Paso Energy Corp → Mc Coy Caney Coal Company:** 1980-10-09 through 1982-06-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507010; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cecil  Correll → Correct Processing Inc:** 1982-06-11 through 1984-03-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507010; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Johnny  Dotson → Garath Coal Company Inc:** 1984-03-09 through 1984-05-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507010; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J R  Montgomery → Montgomery Coal Company Inc:** 1984-05-16 through 1984-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507010; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **El Paso Energy Corp → Mc Coy Caney Coal Company:** 1984-11-09 through 1987-03-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507010; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bill  Lykins → Bill Lykins Coal Company Inc:** 1987-03-26 through 1987-10-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507010; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James A  Comyns → Colonial Coal Company Inc:** 1987-10-15 through 1988-10-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507010; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **B W  McDonald → Colonial Coal Company Inc:** 1988-10-19 through 1999-01-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507010; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Iracoal Incorporated → Lodestar Energy, Inc:** 1999-01-18 through 2003-05-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507010; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wexford Capital LLC → CAM Mining LLC:** 2003-05-12 through 2010-10-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507010; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rhino Resource Partners LP → CAM Mining LLC:** 2010-10-05 through 2014-03-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507010; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Revelation Energy, LLC:** 2014-03-10 through 2016-05-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507010; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Synergy Coal, LLC → SYNERGY COAL KENTUCKY, LLC:** 2016-05-06 through 2017-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507010; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Vernon  King Jr → KOW MINING LLC:** 2017-07-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507010; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 15
- Typed edges: 43
- 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 9 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 341 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 204 violation rows across the full record; 109 carry an S&S flag and $48,035 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 246 samples:** Occupational health samples 163 coal dust; 17 coal quartz; 66 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 7 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 — 11K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 7 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 94 inspection events and 2K 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 77.1109 — 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1001 — Stripping; loose material.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1001
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **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 77.1007 — Drilling; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1007
- **30 CFR 71.201 — Sampling; general and technical requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.201
- **30 CFR 77.1200 — Mine map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-M/section-77.1200
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 9 rows; 2001-10-24 through 2005-04-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-08-15 through 2023-08-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 199 rows; 2000-04-26 through 2018-02-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2001-02-21 through 2013-03-29; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 163 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2018-03-19; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2001-02-08 through 2012-03-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2012-03-15 through 2012-03-15; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,194 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 232 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 15 rows; 1974-01-01 through 2017-07-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 94 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2020-02-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 112 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 66 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2018-02-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 17 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2018-02-13; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 204 rows; 2000-04-26 through 2018-02-22; 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/point-rock-mine-1507010`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/point-rock-mine-1507010`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1507010/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1507010/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1507010/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`