# Samuel Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519559
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knott, KY
- **Operator:** KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC
- **Controller:** American Resources Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 987
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**American Resources Corporation (0150901) → KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC (0054616) → Samuel Mine (1519559)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Barbara A  Slone → Samuel Coal Company Inc:** 2011-02-02 through 2013-01-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519559; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bee  Handshoe → Bee B & B LLC:** 2013-01-03 through 2014-02-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519559; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Earl  Jones et al → CBL Mining LLC:** 2014-02-20 through 2015-01-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519559; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James D  Dotson et al → CBL Mining LLC:** 2014-02-20 through 2015-01-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519559; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Bevins et al → CBL Mining LLC:** 2014-02-20 through 2015-01-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519559; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Quest Energy Corporation → Samuel Coal Co., Inc.:** 2015-01-27 through 2016-03-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519559; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Anthony  Newsome → Jet Coal Co., Inc..:** 2016-03-02 through 2016-11-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519559; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Coal Group Inc (ICG) → KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC:** 2016-11-08 through 2011-06-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519559; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Quest Energy Corporation → KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC:** 2016-11-08 through 2017-01-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519559; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC:** 2016-11-08 through 2016-04-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519559; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Resources Corporation → KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC:** 2017-01-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519559; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Josh  Young → Bee B & B LLC:** 2019-03-07 through 2014-02-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519559; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 12
- Typed edges: 28
- Interval anomalies: 3
- 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 7 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 608 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 216 violation rows across the full record; 61 carry an S&S flag and $29,555 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 114 samples:** Occupational health samples 99 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 14 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 — 102 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 51 contested-violation rows, 51 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 88 inspection events and 2K 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 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.1714-8 — Reporting SCSR inventory and malfunctions; retention of SCSRs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-8
- **30 CFR 75.1600-2 — Communication facilities; working sections; installation and maintenance requirements; audible or visual alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-Q/section-75.1600-2
- **30 CFR 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505
- **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 75.512 — 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 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 7 rows; 2013-09-17 through 2014-11-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2022-03-09 through 2022-03-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 207 rows; 2011-03-23 through 2018-05-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 51 rows; 2014-10-28 through 2015-07-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 99 rows; 2013-07-03 through 2014-12-05; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 51 rows; 2013-12-12 through 2014-12-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 124 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 12 rows; 2011-02-02 through 2016-11-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 88 rows; 2011-03-07 through 2020-03-12; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 77 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 14 rows; 2013-08-08 through 2014-06-26; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2014-03-26 through 2014-03-26; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 216 rows; 2011-03-23 through 2018-05-11; 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/samuel-mine-1519559`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/samuel-mine-1519559`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519559/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519559/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519559/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`