# T-11 Coldiron

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517650
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** Revelation Energy, LLC
- **Controller:** Jeffery A  Hoops
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,983
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jeffery A  Hoops (C15863) → Revelation Energy, LLC (0100767) → T-11 Coldiron (1517650)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Billy Ray  Carroll → B R C Coal Company Inc:** 1995-03-01 through 1997-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517650; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Nicholas  Saylor et al → Saylor Brothers Enterprises Inc:** 1997-11-01 through 1999-08-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517650; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Aubra P  Dean et al → New Coal Company Inc:** 1999-08-30 through 2008-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517650; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Carl E  McAfee et al → New Coal Company Inc:** 1999-08-30 through 2008-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517650; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **U S Coal Corporation → Fox Knob Coal Company  Inc:** 2008-04-18 through 2015-04-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517650; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Aubra P  Dean et al → Fox Knob Coal Company  Inc:** 2008-04-18 through 2008-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517650; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Carl E  McAfee et al → Fox Knob Coal Company  Inc:** 2008-04-18 through 2008-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517650; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Revelation Energy, LLC:** 2015-04-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517650; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 19
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 283 violation rows across the full record; 92 carry an S&S flag and $28,408 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 186 samples:** Occupational health samples 114 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 69 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 133 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 61 contested-violation rows, 61 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 11 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 20 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 — 6 since 2021:** Inspections 98 inspection events and 2K 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 77.1605 — 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 77.900-1 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; procedures.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.900-1
- **30 CFR 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **30 CFR 77.516 — Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.516
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-10-11 through 2023-10-11; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 265 rows; 2000-03-20 through 2019-08-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 61 rows; 2009-02-13 through 2016-11-08; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 114 rows; 2000-01-17 through 2016-06-16; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 11 rows; 2000-04-27 through 2012-08-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 61 rows; 2007-12-03 through 2016-02-29; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 696 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 153 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1995-03-01 through 2015-04-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 98 rows; 2000-03-20 through 2023-10-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 133 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 26 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 69 rows; 2000-04-26 through 2016-06-16; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2000-04-26 through 2016-02-29; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 283 rows; 2000-03-20 through 2019-08-14; 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/t-11-coldiron-1517650`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/t-11-coldiron-1517650`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517650/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517650/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517650/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`