# Lick Fork Mine #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519596
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Whitley, KY
- **Operator:** Alden Resources LLC
- **Controller:** Ferroglobe PLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 309
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ferroglobe PLC (0100987) → Alden Resources LLC (0080224) → Lick Fork Mine #1 (1519596)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James  Cox et al → Alden Resources LLC:** 2011-06-13 through 2009-07-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519596; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **NCGPAsset Holdings II LP et al → Alden Resources LLC:** 2011-06-13 through 2011-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519596; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ferroglobe PLC → Alden Resources LLC:** 2011-08-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519596; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 11 violation rows across the full record; 1 carry an S&S flag and $2,372 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 32 samples:** Occupational health samples 20 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 10 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 192 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 8 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 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 8 inspection events and 120 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 47.44 — Temporary, portable containers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.44
- **30 CFR 47.31 — Requirement for a HazCom program.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-D/section-47.31
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 48.26 — Experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.26
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2015-04-28 through 2015-04-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 11 rows; 2014-05-27 through 2015-01-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2015-06-03 through 2015-08-26; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 20 rows; 2014-08-19 through 2015-03-25; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2014-12-11 through 2014-12-11; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2014-05-27 through 2014-05-27; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 191 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 36 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2011-06-13 through 2011-06-13; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 8 rows; 2014-05-27 through 2015-05-04; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 5 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:** 10 rows; 2014-08-19 through 2014-12-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2014-12-15 through 2015-03-23; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 11 rows; 2014-05-27 through 2015-01-08; 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/lick-fork-mine-1-1519596`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/lick-fork-mine-1-1519596`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519596/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519596/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519596/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`