# Mine #16

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518250
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** McCoy Elkhorn Coal Co.
- **Controller:** American Resources Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,988
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**American Resources Corporation (0150901) → McCoy Elkhorn Coal Co. (0150473) → Mine #16 (1518250)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James River Coal Company → McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp:** 2000-03-01 through 2014-09-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518250; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Opes Resources Inc → McCoy Elkhorn Coal Co.:** 2014-09-06 through 2016-02-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518250; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Quest Energy Corporation → McCoy Elkhorn Coal Co.:** 2016-02-17 through 2019-10-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518250; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Resources Corporation → McCoy Elkhorn Coal Co.:** 2019-10-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518250; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 11
- 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 47 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,082 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 830 violation rows across the full record; 336 carry an S&S flag and $247,503 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,731 coal dust; 171 coal quartz; 147 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 24 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 — 270 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 131 contested-violation rows, 131 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 8 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 270 inspection events and 11K 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 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 77.1710 — Protective clothing; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1710
- **30 CFR 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **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 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 75.336 — Sampling and monitoring requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.336
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 47 rows; 2000-07-22 through 2016-02-08; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-09-25 through 2018-09-25; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 806 rows; 2000-05-31 through 2018-08-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 131 rows; 2008-07-30 through 2016-12-21; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,731 rows; 2000-05-25 through 2014-04-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 8 rows; 2004-02-24 through 2017-07-17; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 131 rows; 2007-10-16 through 2016-06-23; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 523 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 89 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2000-03-01 through 2016-02-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 270 rows; 2000-04-25 through 2018-09-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 79 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 19 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 147 rows; 2000-06-06 through 2012-01-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 171 rows; 2000-06-08 through 2012-03-07; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 830 rows; 2000-05-31 through 2018-08-07; 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-16-1518250`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-16-1518250`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518250/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518250/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518250/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`