# Feds Creek Surface

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518940
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Surface Minerals Company
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,249
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Metinvest B V (0085453) → Surface Minerals Company (P24715) → Feds Creek Surface (1518940)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Charles I.  Griffith et al → Contour Coal Mining LLC.:** 2005-11-14 through 2006-08-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518940; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bill  Nave et al → Contour Coal Mining LLC.:** 2005-11-14 through 2006-08-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518940; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Brian  Edmonds → Double E Augering Inc:** 2006-08-11 through 2007-05-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518940; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ron D  Bowling → Joshua Enterprises Inc:** 2007-05-15 through 2008-10-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518940; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bathurst Resources LTD → C & R Holdings of Eastern Ky LLC:** 2008-10-10 through 2010-02-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518940; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Surface Minerals Company:** 2010-02-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518940; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Surface Minerals Company:** 2010-02-05 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518940; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth L  Stacy → Surface Minerals Company:** 2010-02-05 through 2006-02-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518940; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 20
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 5 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 96 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 109 violation rows across the full record; 44 carry an S&S flag and $38,224 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 117 samples:** Occupational health samples 75 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 39 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 6 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 — 24 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 10 contested-violation rows, 10 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 1K 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 71.501 — Sanitary toilet facilities; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.501
- **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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2007-03-12 through 2013-05-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-06-05 through 2014-06-05; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 106 rows; 2006-04-17 through 2013-03-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 10 rows; 2011-02-02 through 2013-05-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 75 rows; 2006-06-01 through 2012-04-05; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2007-07-25 through 2012-01-17; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 10 rows; 2007-06-28 through 2011-06-01; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 690 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 118 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2005-11-14 through 2010-02-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 32 rows; 2006-01-09 through 2014-03-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 31 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:** 39 rows; 2006-06-01 through 2011-12-08; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2006-06-01 through 2010-08-17; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 109 rows; 2006-04-17 through 2013-03-19; 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/feds-creek-surface-1518940`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/feds-creek-surface-1518940`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518940/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518940/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518940/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`