# Hollybush Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1515289
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knott, KY
- **Operator:** Quest Energy Corp.
- **Controller:** American Resources Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,727
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**American Resources Corporation (0150901) → Quest Energy Corp. (0054616) → Hollybush Mine (1515289)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Clifford  Jones et al → Beech Tree Mining:** 1985-07-01 through 1987-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515289; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Johnny  Walker → Hollybush Coal Company Inc:** 1987-06-01 through 1989-06-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515289; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Shell Oil Company → Knott County Coal Company:** 1989-06-26 through 1992-11-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515289; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Zeigler Coal Holding Company → Knott County Mining Company:** 1992-11-23 through 1998-09-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515289; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Knott County Mining Co.:** 1998-09-02 through 1999-10-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515289; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hansel D  Fleming → Fleming Enterprises Inc:** 1999-10-08 through 2000-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515289; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Benjamin  Hampton → Purity Fuels Corp:** 2000-09-01 through 2001-05-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515289; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Knott County Mining Company:** 2001-05-04 through 2004-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515289; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Coal Group Inc (ICG) → Quest Energy Corp.:** 2004-10-01 through 2011-06-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515289; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Quest Energy Corp.:** 2011-06-15 through 2016-04-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515289; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Quest Energy Corporation → Quest Energy Corp.:** 2016-04-12 through 2017-01-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515289; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Resources Corporation → Quest Energy Corp.:** 2017-01-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515289; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 12
- Typed edges: 32
- 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 20 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 399 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 328 violation rows across the full record; 100 carry an S&S flag and $33,055 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 639 samples:** Occupational health samples 553 coal dust; 51 coal quartz; 35 noise. 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 16 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 16 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 79 inspection events and 4K 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 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 75.320 — Air quality detectors and measurement devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.320
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **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 75.518 — Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short circuit protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.518
- **30 CFR 75.1702 — Smoking; prohibition.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1702
- **30 CFR 75.321 — Air quality.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.321
- **30 CFR 75.1202 — Temporary notations, revisions, and supplements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1202

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 20 rows; 2000-02-10 through 2006-11-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-01-30 through 2018-01-30; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 316 rows; 2000-02-24 through 2007-09-06; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 553 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2007-07-10; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 16 rows; 2004-08-12 through 2007-08-14; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 167 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 42 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 12 rows; 1985-07-01 through 2004-10-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 79 rows; 2000-01-20 through 2017-11-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 92 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`
- **Noise Samples:** 35 rows; 2000-04-04 through 2007-05-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 51 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2007-05-24; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 328 rows; 2000-02-24 through 2007-09-06; 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/hollybush-mine-1515289`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/hollybush-mine-1515289`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1515289/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1515289/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1515289/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`