# Mine #2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519327
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Letcher, KY
- **Operator:** Clark Mining, Inc
- **Controller:** Joshua  Clark
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,935
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Joshua  Clark (0078853) → Clark Mining, Inc (0093785) → Mine #2 (1519327)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **TECO Energy Inc → Premier Elkhorn Coal Company:** 2008-10-07 through 2008-11-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519327; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Willis  Ring → R & R Mining Inc:** 2008-11-06 through 2010-01-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519327; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **TECO Energy Inc → Premier Elkhorn Coal Company:** 2010-01-08 through 2010-11-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519327; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joshua  Clark → Clark Mining, Inc:** 2010-11-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519327; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Premier Elkhorn Coal Company:** 2015-09-21 through 2008-11-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519327; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Premier Elkhorn Coal Company:** 2015-09-21 through 2010-11-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519327; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Mark  Campbell → Premier Elkhorn Coal Company:** 2019-06-16 through 2008-11-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519327; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Mark  Campbell → Premier Elkhorn Coal Company:** 2019-06-16 through 2010-11-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519327; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 17
- Interval anomalies: 4
- 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 12 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 20 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 950 violation rows across the full record; 232 carry an S&S flag and $660,092 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 520 samples:** Occupational health samples 427 coal dust; 23 coal quartz; 70 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 — 7K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 7K employee hours and 14 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 974 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 461 contested-violation rows, 461 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 52 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 130 inspection events and 7K 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 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **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 75.202 — 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 75.1100-2 — 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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **30 CFR 75.1100 — Requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **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 75.1731 — Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1731
- **30 CFR 77.516 — Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.516

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 12 rows; 2009-06-04 through 2015-03-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-08-01 through 2016-08-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 927 rows; 2008-12-11 through 2016-02-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 461 rows; 2009-10-29 through 2015-09-09; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 427 rows; 2009-03-16 through 2015-12-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 52 rows; 2010-11-16 through 2014-10-28; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 461 rows; 2008-12-11 through 2014-03-19; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 258 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 67 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2008-10-07 through 2010-11-16; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 130 rows; 2008-11-06 through 2016-01-13; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 66 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 21 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 70 rows; 2009-03-30 through 2015-12-16; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 23 rows; 2009-03-16 through 2015-12-01; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 950 rows; 2008-12-11 through 2016-02-02; 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-2-1519327`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-2-1519327`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519327/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519327/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519327/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`