# Pine Creek Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517586
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Letcher, KY
- **Operator:** Engle Hollow Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** Myron G.  McCoy
- **Public source rows linked:** 742
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Myron G.  McCoy (0088393) → Engle Hollow Mining, LLC (0104465) → Pine Creek Mine (1517586)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **J Douglas  Hunsaker → Pine Creek Energy Inc:** 1994-08-01 through 1996-03-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517586; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David  Bolling → Massive Mining Inc:** 1996-03-04 through 1999-02-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517586; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Foyster  Bolling Jr → Ben Hollow Mining Inc:** 1999-03-01 through 2003-03-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517586; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steve  Meade → Mountaintop Incorporated:** 2003-03-15 through 2004-01-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517586; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jim  Shubert et al → Tri-Energy, Inc.:** 2004-01-29 through 2004-07-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517586; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert  Jennings et al → Tri-Energy, Inc.:** 2004-01-29 through 2004-07-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517586; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Peggy T  Turner  et al → Blue Mountain Ventures Inc:** 2004-07-08 through 2004-09-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517586; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **W Paul  Turner  et al → Blue Mountain Ventures Inc:** 2004-07-08 through 2004-09-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517586; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **R David  Barbe et al → Blue Mountain Ventures Inc:** 2004-09-22 through 2009-08-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517586; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John G  Rocovich Jr et al → Blue Mountain Ventures Inc:** 2004-09-22 through 2009-08-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517586; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Myron G.  McCoy → Engle Hollow Mining, LLC:** 2009-08-27 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517586; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 11
- Typed edges: 26
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 112 violation rows across the full record; 25 carry an S&S flag and $11,483 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 169 samples:** Occupational health samples 122 coal dust; 7 coal quartz; 40 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 14 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 — 350 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 1K employee hours and 3 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 58 inspection events and 978 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 71.208 — Respirable dust samples; report to operator; posting.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.208
- **30 CFR 47.43 — Label alternatives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.43
- **30 CFR 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **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
- **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 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2006-06-02 through 2006-06-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-07-21 through 2010-07-21; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 109 rows; 2000-04-05 through 2009-06-15; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 122 rows; 2000-02-01 through 2009-06-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 16 rows; 2001-10-04 through 2001-10-04; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 191 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 31 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 11 rows; 1994-08-01 through 2009-08-27; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 58 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2010-06-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 33 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 40 rows; 2000-02-09 through 2008-07-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 7 rows; 2000-02-09 through 2008-02-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 112 rows; 2000-04-05 through 2009-06-15; 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/pine-creek-mine-1517586`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/pine-creek-mine-1517586`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517586/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517586/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517586/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`