# Mine No 3

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1508079
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Excel Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Public source rows linked:** 24,787
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alliance Resource Partners LP (C15455) → Excel Mining LLC (P24012) → Mine No 3 (1508079)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Crawford Coal Company et al → Scotts Branch Mine:** 1975-02-28 through 1989-03-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1508079; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **MAPCO Inc → M C Mining Inc:** 1989-03-31 through 1994-10-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1508079; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **(Donald) Todd  Kiscaden et al → Pentagram Mining Company:** 1994-10-31 through 1996-03-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1508079; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rex  Fought → Garrett Mining Inc:** 1996-03-09 through 2000-10-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1508079; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alliance Resource Partners LP → Excel Mining LLC:** 2000-10-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1508079; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 15
- 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 442 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 10,035 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 5,383 violation rows across the full record; 1,717 carry an S&S flag and $4,159,308 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 9K samples:** Occupational health samples 7,420 coal dust; 724 coal quartz; 547 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 175 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 — 14K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 19K employee hours and 74 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2,162 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 768 contested-violation rows, 922 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 472 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 1,408 inspection events and 48K 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 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403
- **30 CFR 75.1714-8 — Reporting SCSR inventory and malfunctions; retention of SCSRs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-8
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.311 — Main mine fan operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.311
- **30 CFR 75.312 — Main mine fan examinations and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.312
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 442 rows; 2000-01-14 through 2013-05-06; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-09-09 through 2013-09-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 5,269 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2013-07-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 922 rows; 2001-11-20 through 2015-04-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 7,420 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2019-03-20; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 472 rows; 2000-02-16 through 2013-04-02; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 768 rows; 2003-08-26 through 2013-07-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 959 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 215 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1975-02-28 through 2000-10-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 1,408 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2013-08-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 209 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 42 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 547 rows; 2000-03-13 through 2013-05-24; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 724 rows; 2000-03-06 through 2013-05-24; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 5,383 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2013-07-23; 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/mine-no-3-1508079`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-3-1508079`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1508079/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1508079/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1508079/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`