# No. 4

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1516823
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Lawrence, KY
- **Operator:** Coalburg Enterprises, Inc.
- **Controller:** James H  Booth
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,290
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James H  Booth (C11194) → Coalburg Enterprises, Inc. (P15627) → No. 4 (1516823)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Carl  Kirk et al → Bear Branch Mining Company:** 1990-02-01 through 1997-08-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516823; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richard  Goff → Bethel Energy Corp:** 1997-08-18 through 1999-12-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516823; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pen Holdings Inc → Levisa Fork Mining Company:** 1999-12-04 through 2002-12-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516823; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Argus Energy, LLC:** 2002-12-30 through 2002-12-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516823; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Coalburg Enterprises, Inc.:** 2002-12-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516823; 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 49 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,743 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 423 violation rows across the full record; 155 carry an S&S flag and $52,634 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 802 samples:** Occupational health samples 710 coal dust; 56 coal quartz; 36 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 12 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 — 311 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 94 contested-violation rows, 161 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 56 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 142 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 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.701 — Grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-H/section-75.701
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.1710-1 — Canopies or cabs; self-propelled diesel-powered and electric face equipment; installation requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1710-1
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.1103-8 — Automatic fire sensor and warning device systems; examination and test requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-8

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 49 rows; 2000-03-22 through 2006-06-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2006-11-01 through 2006-11-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 413 rows; 2000-02-16 through 2006-07-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 161 rows; 2003-06-24 through 2006-09-19; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 710 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2006-07-19; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 56 rows; 2001-09-07 through 2006-07-18; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 94 rows; 2004-05-16 through 2006-05-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 63 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1990-02-01 through 2002-12-31; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 142 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2006-11-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 56 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:** 36 rows; 2001-10-02 through 2005-11-03; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 56 rows; 2000-08-29 through 2006-06-14; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 423 rows; 2000-02-16 through 2006-07-19; 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/no-4-1516823`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-4-1516823`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1516823/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1516823/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1516823/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`