# King Mountain Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519854
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Whitley, KY
- **Operator:** Alden Resources LLC
- **Controller:** Ferroglobe PLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 383
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ferroglobe PLC (0100987) → Alden Resources LLC (0080224) → King Mountain Mine (1519854)**

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:** 2019-01-22 through 2009-07-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519854; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **NCGPAsset Holdings II LP et al → Alden Resources LLC:** 2019-01-22 through 2011-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519854; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ferroglobe PLC → Alden Resources LLC:** 2019-01-22 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519854; 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 10 violation rows across the full record; 1 carry an S&S flag and $1,762 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 66 samples:** Occupational health samples 47 coal dust; 4 coal quartz; 15 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 299 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 6K employee hours and 12 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 — 3 since 2021:** Inspections 15 inspection events and 443 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 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **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
- **30 CFR 77.1302 — Vehicles used to transport explosives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-N/section-77.1302
- **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 77.410 — 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 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 77.106 — Records of certified and qualified persons.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-B/section-77.106
- **30 CFR 50.20-1 — General instructions for completing MSHA Form 7000-1.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20-1
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2019-02-28 through 2019-02-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2021-04-26 through 2021-04-26; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 9 rows; 2019-03-04 through 2020-12-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 47 rows; 2019-04-10 through 2021-03-16; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 229 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; 2019-01-22 through 2019-01-22; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 15 rows; 2019-02-28 through 2021-05-19; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 3 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 15 rows; 2019-04-10 through 2020-11-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 4 rows; 2020-02-11 through 2020-11-23; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 10 rows; 2019-02-28 through 2020-12-10; 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/king-mountain-mine-1519854`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/king-mountain-mine-1519854`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519854/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519854/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519854/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`