# No 2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517194
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Cavalier Mineral Inc
- **Controller:** Gary  Dotson
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,534
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Gary  Dotson (C00283) → Cavalier Mineral Inc (0052632) → No 2 (1517194)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Henry  Chaney Jr → Elkhorn Eagle Mining Company Inc:** 1992-02-01 through 1997-03-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517194; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **TECO Energy Inc → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 1997-03-03 through 1997-04-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517194; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Tony O  Mullins → Triple T Coal Inc:** 1997-04-03 through 1997-04-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517194; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John H  Parton → Parton Brothers Contracting Inc:** 1997-04-29 through 2001-03-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517194; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **TECO Energy Inc → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 2001-03-09 through 2001-04-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517194; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Douglas  Sayers → Dad'S Coal Company Llc:** 2001-04-20 through 2003-04-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517194; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Danny  Justice → Dags Branch Coal Co., Inc.:** 2003-04-15 through 2003-10-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517194; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bill  Detherage → Suggie Sue Coal Company L L C:** 2003-10-30 through 2004-12-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517194; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Griffith → Dags Branch Coal Co., Inc.:** 2004-07-01 through 2003-10-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517194; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Connie  Bryant → Foggy Mountain Coal Co. Inc.:** 2004-12-02 through 2005-05-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517194; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary  Dotson  et al → Cavalier Mineral Inc:** 2005-05-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517194; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Herbert R  Hamilton et al → Dags Branch Coal Co., Inc.:** 2015-01-01 through 2003-10-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517194; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Griffith et al → Dags Branch Coal Co., Inc.:** 2015-01-01 through 2003-10-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517194; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 2015-09-21 through 1997-04-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517194; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 2015-09-21 through 2001-04-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517194; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Griffith → Dags Branch Coal Co., Inc.:** 2016-05-26 through 2003-10-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517194; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Mark  Campbell → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 2019-06-16 through 1997-04-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517194; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Mark  Campbell → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 2019-06-16 through 2001-04-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517194; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 18
- Typed edges: 42
- Interval anomalies: 8
- 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 10 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 44 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 346 violation rows across the full record; 147 carry an S&S flag and $51,977 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 529 samples:** Occupational health samples 451 coal dust; 30 coal quartz; 48 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 4 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 120 employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 19 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 16 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 80 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 75.1714-2 — Self-rescue devices; use and location requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-2
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **30 CFR 75.601-1 — Short circuit protection; ratings and settings of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601-1
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 10 rows; 2000-07-25 through 2008-08-29; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2009-02-26 through 2009-02-26; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 339 rows; 2000-03-13 through 2008-09-09; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2003-12-15 through 2009-09-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 451 rows; 2000-03-01 through 2008-09-25; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 16 rows; 2000-03-29 through 2008-02-08; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2007-04-27 through 2007-04-27; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 86 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 21 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 18 rows; 1992-02-01 through 2005-05-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 80 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2008-10-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 68 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 48 rows; 2000-12-12 through 2008-02-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 30 rows; 2000-03-01 through 2008-06-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 346 rows; 2000-03-13 through 2008-09-09; 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-2-1517194`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-2-1517194`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517194/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517194/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517194/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`