# #17 South

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519238
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Floyd, KY
- **Operator:** James River Coal Service Company
- **Controller:** James River Coal Company
- **Public source rows linked:** 184
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James River Coal Company (C13562) → James River Coal Service Company (0068343) → #17 South (1519238)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Clearwater Natural Resources LP → Miller Bros Coal LLC:** 2008-05-29 through 2010-01-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519238; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Resources LLC → Laurel Mountain Resources, LLC:** 2010-01-13 through 2011-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519238; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → James River Coal Service Company:** 2011-04-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519238; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 31 violation rows across the full record; 12 carry an S&S flag and $4,392 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 43 samples:** Occupational health samples 23 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 18 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 5 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 — 1 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 7 inspection events and 276 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 77.1104 — 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 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 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.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-11-20 through 2014-11-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 31 rows; 2008-07-09 through 2013-09-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 23 rows; 2008-08-18 through 2009-11-03; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2008-08-20 through 2008-08-20; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 34 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2008-05-29 through 2011-04-18; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 7 rows; 2008-06-05 through 2013-08-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 23 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 2 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 18 rows; 2008-08-20 through 2009-11-04; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2008-08-18 through 2008-08-18; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 31 rows; 2008-07-09 through 2013-09-04; 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/17-south-1519238`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/17-south-1519238`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519238/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519238/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519238/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`