# Abundance # 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518711
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knott, KY
- **Operator:** Kentucky Fuel Corporation
- **Controller:** James C  Justice III
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,119
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice III (0171761) → Kentucky Fuel Corporation (0059863) → Abundance # 1 (1518711)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Ray  Slone Jr → Abundance Coal Inc:** 2004-02-02 through 2008-02-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518711; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ray  Slone Sr → Abundance Coal Inc:** 2008-02-11 through 2014-06-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518711; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Kentucky Fuel Corporation:** 2014-06-05 through 2017-04-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518711; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Kentucky Fuel Corporation:** 2017-04-14 through 2022-09-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518711; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Kentucky Fuel Corporation:** 2017-04-14 through 2022-09-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518711; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → Kentucky Fuel Corporation:** 2022-09-14 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518711; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 50 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 691 violation rows across the full record; 207 carry an S&S flag and $183,612 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 644 samples:** Occupational health samples 565 coal dust; 37 coal quartz; 42 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 12 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 71 inspection events and 5K 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 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 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 75.208 — Warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.208
- **30 CFR 75.1502 — Mine emergency evacuation and firefighting program of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1502
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **30 CFR 72.630 — Drill dust control at underground areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.630
- **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 75.1715 — Identification check system.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1715
- **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:** 2 rows; 2004-04-08 through 2010-01-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-07-23 through 2014-07-23; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 680 rows; 2004-03-08 through 2014-07-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2012-12-18 through 2015-04-22; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 565 rows; 2004-04-05 through 2011-07-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2006-11-21 through 2006-11-21; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2010-01-21 through 2014-07-11; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2004-02-02 through 2014-06-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 71 rows; 2004-02-25 through 2014-06-30; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 42 rows; 2004-09-07 through 2010-05-20; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 37 rows; 2004-07-22 through 2011-05-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 691 rows; 2004-03-08 through 2014-07-11; 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/abundance-1-1518711`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/abundance-1-1518711`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518711/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518711/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518711/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`