# Mine #3

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517691
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knox, KY
- **Operator:** Alden Resources LLC
- **Controller:** Ferroglobe PLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,401
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ferroglobe PLC (0100987) → Alden Resources LLC (0080224) → Mine #3 (1517691)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **TECO Energy Inc → Gatliff Coal Company Inc:** 1995-07-01 through 1996-09-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517691; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert M  Keen → Minton Hickory Coal Company:** 1996-09-18 through 2003-03-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517691; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jackie  Hembree → Headache Coal Co. Inc.:** 2003-03-19 through 2004-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517691; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Timothy L  Webb → Goodin Creek Mining Company Inc:** 2004-08-24 through 2006-01-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517691; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James  Cox et al → Goodin Creek Mining Company Inc:** 2006-01-26 through 2007-05-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517691; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James  Cox et al → Alden Resources LLC:** 2007-05-15 through 2009-07-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517691; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **NCGPAsset Holdings II LP et al → Alden Resources LLC:** 2009-07-17 through 2011-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517691; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ferroglobe PLC → Alden Resources LLC:** 2011-08-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517691; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 21
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 35 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 959 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,153 violation rows across the full record; 330 carry an S&S flag and $335,652 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,628 coal dust; 86 coal quartz; 189 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 29 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 — 12K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 12K employee hours and 21 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 846 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 391 contested-violation rows, 391 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 64 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 206 inspection events and 13K 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 75.1711-2 — Sealing of slope or drift openings.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711-2
- **30 CFR 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **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 75.370 — 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 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 35 rows; 2001-08-08 through 2017-05-22; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2019-08-23 through 2019-08-23; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,125 rows; 2000-03-07 through 2019-06-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 391 rows; 2009-01-26 through 2018-12-06; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,628 rows; 2000-02-01 through 2018-12-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 64 rows; 2011-05-05 through 2018-07-30; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 391 rows; 2007-08-06 through 2018-05-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 45 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1995-07-01 through 2007-05-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 206 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2019-08-23; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 36 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 38 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 189 rows; 2001-10-04 through 2018-11-20; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 86 rows; 2000-02-01 through 2018-11-20; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,153 rows; 2000-03-07 through 2019-06-07; 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/mine-3-1517691`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-3-1517691`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517691/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517691/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517691/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`