# #3 - **MSHA mine ID:** 1519309 - **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed - **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous) - **Location:** Letcher, KY - **Operator:** Clark Mining, Inc. - **Controller:** Joshua Clark - **Public source rows linked:** 789 - **Source coverage:** 14 / 20 - **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z ## Current entity hierarchy **Joshua Clark (0078853) → Clark Mining, Inc. (0093785) → #3 (1519309)** Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim. ## Controller and operator valid-time history - **Haskell E Addington → Traditions Mining Company, LLC:** 2008-09-10 through 2009-02-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519309; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **William Ridley Elkins Jr → Clas Coal Company Inc:** 2009-02-09 through 2009-07-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519309; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Joey Taylor → Elwood Energy Inc:** 2009-07-22 through 2010-10-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519309; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Anthony Newsome et al → New Jet LLC:** 2010-10-27 through 2011-08-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519309; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Robert Newsome et al → New Jet LLC:** 2010-10-27 through 2011-08-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519309; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Joshua Clark → Clark Mining, Inc.:** 2011-08-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519309; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - History rows: 6 - Typed edges: 16 - 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 0 lost days across the published record. 2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 277 violation rows across the full record; 68 carry an S&S flag and $48,381 appears in current assessed amounts. 3. **HEALTH — 124 samples:** Occupational health samples 102 coal dust; 7 coal quartz; 15 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 — 16K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 11K employee hours and 11 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 — 1 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 35 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 75.1106-3 — Storage of liquefied and nonliquefied compressed gas cylinders; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1106-3 - **30 CFR 75.1100-1 — Type and quality of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-1 - **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364 - **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512 - **30 CFR 75.310 — Installation of main mine fans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.310 - **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503 - **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 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2 - **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380 ## Source coverage - **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2009-01-22 through 2009-01-22; source ID `msha-accidents` - **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2012-03-29 through 2012-03-29; source ID `msha-addresses` - **Assessed Violations:** 268 rows; 2008-12-05 through 2012-02-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations` - **Coal Dust Samples:** 102 rows; 2008-12-11 through 2011-07-19; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples` - **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 46 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly` - **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly` - **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2008-09-10 through 2011-08-16; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history` - **Inspections:** 35 rows; 2008-09-29 through 2012-02-13; source ID `msha-inspections` - **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly` - **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly` - **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines` - **Noise Samples:** 15 rows; 2008-12-11 through 2011-05-03; source ID `msha-noise-samples` - **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 7 rows; 2008-12-11 through 2011-07-19; source ID `msha-quartz-samples` - **Violations:** 277 rows; 2008-12-05 through 2012-02-23; 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/3-1519309` - JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3-1519309` - Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519309/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows) - Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519309/relationships` - MCP resource: `mine://1519309/assessment` - Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`