# Elkhorn Mine/ Golden Dream

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2402207
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Gold Ore
- **Location:** Jefferson, MT
- **Operator:** Elkhorn Goldfields Inc
- **Controller:** Eastern Resources, Inc.
- **Public source rows linked:** 616
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Eastern Resources, Inc. (0104953) → Elkhorn Goldfields Inc (L17939) → Elkhorn Mine/ Golden Dream (2402207)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Calim Private Equity LLC → Elkhorn Goldfields Inc:** 2001-01-01 through 2011-05-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 2402207; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Elkhorn Goldfields  LLC → Elkhorn Goldfields Inc:** 2011-05-26 through 2012-04-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 2402207; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eastern Resources, Inc. → Elkhorn Goldfields Inc:** 2012-04-06 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2402207; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- Interval anomalies: 0
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 6 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 72 violation rows across the full record; 17 carry an S&S flag and $6,039 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 8 samples:** Occupational health samples 8 personal. 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 3K employee hours and 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 17 inspection events and 369 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 57.14101 — Brakes.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14101
- **30 CFR 57.4201 — Inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4201
- **30 CFR 57.12028 — Testing grounding systems.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12028
- **30 CFR 57.12005 — Protection of power conductors from mobile equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12005
- **30 CFR 48.6 — Experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.6
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 57.14132 — Horns and backup alarms for surface equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14132
- **30 CFR 57.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12004
- **30 CFR 57.11058 — Check-in, check-out system.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11058

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2001-10-09 through 2001-10-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-07-11 through 2013-07-11; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 72 rows; 2001-05-08 through 2012-05-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2012-08-14 through 2012-08-14; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2011-11-21 through 2011-11-21; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2011-09-07 through 2011-09-08; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 357 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 59 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2001-01-01 through 2001-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 17 rows; 2001-05-08 through 2012-05-30; 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:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Samples:** 8 rows; 2001-05-09 through 2011-09-13; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 72 rows; 2001-05-08 through 2012-05-23; 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/elkhorn-mine-golden-dream-2402207`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/elkhorn-mine-golden-dream-2402207`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2402207/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2402207/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2402207/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`
