# Black Hills Mine #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1511793
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Hopkins, KY
- **Operator:** Black Hills Coal Inc
- **Controller:** Gary Wayne  Johnson
- **Public source rows linked:** 427
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Gary Wayne  Johnson (C15011) → Black Hills Coal Inc (P24161) → Black Hills Mine #1 (1511793)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Raymond L  McIntosh → Barmac Coal Inc:** 1979-03-01 through 1980-01-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511793; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lawrence  Chappell → Chappell Coal Company Inc:** 1980-01-03 through 1981-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511793; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Donald E  Bowles → Charolais Corp:** 1981-08-01 through 1997-03-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511793; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Centennial Coal Inc → Centennial Resources Inc:** 1997-03-07 through 2000-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511793; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary Wayne  Johnson → Black Hills Coal Inc:** 2000-07-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511793; 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 128 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 12 violation rows across the full record; 5 carry an S&S flag and $1,190 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 30 samples:** Occupational health samples 26 coal dust; 4 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 5K employee hours and 9 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 — 2 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 12 inspection events and 583 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 77.404 — 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
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 72.620 — Drill dust control at surface mines and surface areas of underground mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.620
- **30 CFR 77.1102 — Warning signs; smoking and open flame.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1102
- **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 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.402 — Hand-held power tools; safety devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.402
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2000-03-20 through 2001-04-26; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2002-01-02 through 2002-01-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 11 rows; 2000-03-17 through 2001-03-15; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 26 rows; 2000-09-05 through 2002-01-29; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 268 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 64 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1979-03-01 through 2000-07-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 12 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2001-10-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 4 rows; 2000-03-08 through 2000-03-08; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 12 rows; 2000-03-17 through 2001-03-15; 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/black-hills-mine-1-1511793`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/black-hills-mine-1-1511793`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1511793/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1511793/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1511793/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`