# Cotton Coal #2 Mine - **MSHA mine ID:** 1518201 - **Status:** Abandoned - **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous) - **Location:** Letcher, KY - **Operator:** Cotton Coal Co Inc - **Controller:** Mark Craft - **Public source rows linked:** 314 - **Source coverage:** 13 / 20 - **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z ## Current entity hierarchy **Mark Craft (0048189) → Cotton Coal Co Inc (0057917) → Cotton Coal #2 Mine (1518201)** Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim. ## Controller and operator valid-time history - **Randy A Cook et al → Earnest Cook & Sons Mining Inc:** 1999-09-01 through 1999-11-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518201; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Michael K Cook et al → Earnest Cook & Sons Mining Inc:** 1999-09-01 through 1999-11-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518201; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Bruce Addington → North Fork Development Company Inc:** 1999-11-08 through 2004-02-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518201; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Garry W Carroll → Silver Cloud Coal Co., Inc.:** 2004-02-02 through 2005-07-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518201; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Mark Craft → Cotton Coal Co Inc:** 2005-07-13 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518201; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - History rows: 5 - Typed edges: 13 - 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 324 lost days across the published record. 2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 49 violation rows across the full record; 17 carry an S&S flag and $6,703 appears in current assessed amounts. 3. **HEALTH — 43 samples:** Occupational health samples 33 coal dust; 10 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 32 inspection events and 371 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 77.1110 — 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 48.31 — Hazard training.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31 - **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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404 - **30 CFR 77.1202 — Availability of mine map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-M/section-77.1202 - **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 - **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109 - **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000 - **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605 ## Source coverage - **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2002-03-15 through 2002-03-15; source ID `msha-accidents` - **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-01-16 through 2013-01-16; source ID `msha-addresses` - **Assessed Violations:** 47 rows; 2000-06-26 through 2006-07-24; source ID `msha-assessed-violations` - **Coal Dust Samples:** 33 rows; 2000-06-30 through 2006-03-07; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples` - **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 88 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly` - **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly` - **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1999-09-01 through 2005-07-13; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history` - **Inspections:** 32 rows; 2000-06-07 through 2006-12-18; source ID `msha-inspections` - **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 26 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly` - **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly` - **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines` - **Noise Samples:** 10 rows; 2002-03-25 through 2005-09-20; source ID `msha-noise-samples` - **Violations:** 49 rows; 2000-06-26 through 2006-07-24; 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/cotton-coal-2-mine-1518201` - JSON: `/api/v1/mines/cotton-coal-2-mine-1518201` - Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518201/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows) - Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518201/relationships` - MCP resource: `mine://1518201/assessment` - Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`