# Alden Resources, LLC #6

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519486
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knox, KY
- **Operator:** Alden Resources, LLC
- **Controller:** Ferroglobe PLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,936
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ferroglobe PLC (0100987) → Alden Resources, LLC (0080224) → Alden Resources, LLC #6 (1519486)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Brett  Morehouse → True Energy, LLC:** 2010-04-21 through 2010-10-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519486; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Edward A  Green → True Energy, LLC:** 2010-10-11 through 2011-09-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519486; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James  Cox et al → Alden Resources LLC:** 2011-09-23 through 2009-07-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519486; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **NCGPAsset Holdings II LP et al → Alden Resources LLC:** 2011-09-23 through 2011-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519486; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ferroglobe PLC → Alden Resources LLC:** 2011-09-23 through 2012-06-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519486; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Xinergy Ltd → True Energy, LLC:** 2012-01-25 through 2011-09-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519486; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John C  Davenport et al → Davex  Energy, LLC:** 2012-06-21 through 2017-01-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519486; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Tina  Davenport et al → Davex  Energy, LLC:** 2012-06-21 through 2017-01-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519486; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **White Forest Resources, Inc → True Energy, LLC:** 2016-02-10 through 2011-09-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519486; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James  Cox et al → Alden Resources, LLC:** 2017-01-06 through 2009-07-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519486; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **NCGPAsset Holdings II LP et al → Alden Resources, LLC:** 2017-01-06 through 2011-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519486; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ferroglobe PLC → Alden Resources, LLC:** 2017-01-06 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519486; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John  Davenport → Davex  Energy, LLC:** 2019-09-18 through 2017-01-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519486; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David  Ison → True Energy, LLC:** 2022-01-27 through 2011-09-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519486; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 14
- Typed edges: 28
- Interval anomalies: 8
- 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 454 violation rows across the full record; 141 carry an S&S flag and $118,749 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 660 samples:** Occupational health samples 527 coal dust; 28 coal quartz; 105 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 17 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 — 3K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 4K employee hours and 13 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 180 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 63 contested-violation rows, 62 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 55 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 62 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 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **30 CFR 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **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 75.1101-11 — Inspection of water sprinkler systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-11
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **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 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-09-25 through 2017-09-25; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 450 rows; 2010-05-26 through 2017-02-01; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 62 rows; 2013-03-20 through 2017-02-16; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 527 rows; 2010-06-11 through 2016-11-22; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 55 rows; 2013-02-26 through 2015-10-02; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 63 rows; 2011-11-10 through 2016-08-04; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 52 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:** 14 rows; 2010-04-21 through 2017-01-06; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 62 rows; 2010-05-03 through 2017-07-31; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 47 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:** 105 rows; 2010-08-16 through 2016-11-02; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 28 rows; 2010-11-05 through 2016-11-02; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 454 rows; 2010-05-26 through 2017-02-01; 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/alden-resources-llc-6-1519486`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/alden-resources-llc-6-1519486`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519486/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519486/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519486/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`