# Sandlick

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517896
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Letcher, KY
- **Operator:** Smoky Quartz
- **Controller:** John T  Quintrell
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,340
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John T  Quintrell (0150681) → Smoky Quartz (0177913) → Sandlick (1517896)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **First Capital Corp of Chicago  et al → Golden Oak Mining Company L P:** 1997-02-01 through 2000-11-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517896; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **GOM Management Inc et al → Golden Oak Mining Company L P:** 1997-02-01 through 2000-11-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517896; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael K  Cook et al → Cook & Sons Mining Inc:** 2000-11-10 through 2004-04-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517896; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randy A  Cook et al → Cook & Sons Mining Inc:** 2000-11-10 through 2004-04-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517896; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth L  Stacy → Coal Extraction LLC:** 2004-04-26 through 2004-11-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517896; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Sapphire Coal Company:** 2004-11-15 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517896; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Sapphire Coal Company:** 2009-04-30 through 2021-08-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517896; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John T  Quintrell → Smoky Quartz:** 2021-08-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517896; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 19
- 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 38 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 967 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 571 violation rows across the full record; 331 carry an S&S flag and $147,515 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 471 samples:** Occupational health samples 425 coal dust; 19 coal quartz; 27 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 8 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 — 51 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 44 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 7 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 — 1 since 2021:** Inspections 75 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 75.372 — Mine ventilation map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.372
- **30 CFR 77.513 — Insulating mats at power switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.513
- **30 CFR 75.1107-16 — Inspection of fire suppression devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-16
- **30 CFR 75.703 — Grounding offtrack direct-current machines and the enclosures of related detached components.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-H/section-75.703
- **30 CFR 75.601 — Short circuit protection of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601
- **30 CFR 62.130 — Permissible exposure level.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.130
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.402 — Rock dusting.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.402
- **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 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **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 75.370 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 38 rows; 2000-10-09 through 2005-07-18; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2022-10-28 through 2022-10-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 566 rows; 2000-06-07 through 2005-12-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 44 rows; 2001-04-04 through 2003-05-14; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 425 rows; 2000-11-25 through 2005-08-26; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 7 rows; 2001-09-07 through 2005-06-28; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 384 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 105 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1997-02-01 through 2021-08-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 75 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2021-09-07; 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:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 27 rows; 2001-10-24 through 2005-07-12; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 19 rows; 2000-11-28 through 2005-07-12; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 571 rows; 2000-06-07 through 2005-12-27; 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/sandlick-1517896`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/sandlick-1517896`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517896/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517896/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517896/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`