# Maple Creek Mine #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519614
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Whitley, KY
- **Operator:** Alden Resources, LLC
- **Controller:** Ferroglobe PLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,520
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ferroglobe PLC (0100987) → Alden Resources, LLC (0080224) → Maple Creek Mine #1 (1519614)**

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:** 2011-08-08 through 2009-07-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519614; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **NCGPAsset Holdings II LP et al → Alden Resources, LLC:** 2011-08-08 through 2011-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519614; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ferroglobe PLC → Alden Resources, LLC:** 2011-08-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519614; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 74 violation rows across the full record; 17 carry an S&S flag and $28,815 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 209 samples:** Occupational health samples 144 coal dust; 11 coal quartz; 54 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 61 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 25 contested-violation rows, 25 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 11 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 31 inspection events and 894 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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **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 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 71.501 — Sanitary toilet facilities; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.501
- **30 CFR 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2011-11-17 through 2015-04-27; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-05-16 through 2017-05-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 70 rows; 2011-09-22 through 2016-11-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 25 rows; 2012-09-05 through 2015-07-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 144 rows; 2011-09-27 through 2017-03-10; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 11 rows; 2015-03-17 through 2015-04-09; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 25 rows; 2012-02-10 through 2015-02-24; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 902 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 158 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2011-08-08 through 2011-08-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 31 rows; 2011-09-22 through 2017-05-17; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 54 rows; 2011-09-27 through 2016-11-07; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 11 rows; 2012-12-19 through 2016-11-07; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 74 rows; 2011-09-22 through 2016-11-16; 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/maple-creek-mine-1-1519614`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/maple-creek-mine-1-1519614`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519614/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519614/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519614/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`