# St Cloud Surface

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2901960
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Misc. Nonmetallic Mnls. NEC
- **Location:** Sierra, NM
- **Operator:** St Cloud Mining Company
- **Controller:** Equalizer Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 912
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Equalizer Inc (0191381) → St Cloud Mining Company (L06398) → St Cloud Surface (2901960)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Goldfield Corp → St Cloud Mining Company:** 1984-05-01 through 2002-12-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 2901960; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Imagin Minerals Incorporated → St Cloud Mining Company:** 2002-12-04 through 2024-12-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 2901960; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Equalizer Inc → St Cloud Mining Company:** 2024-12-13 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2901960; 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 8 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 36 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 771 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 25 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 170 violation rows across the full record; 42 carry an S&S flag and $68,417 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 51 samples:** Occupational health samples 51 personal. 8 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 15K employee hours and 37 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 4 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 — 13 since 2021:** Inspections 78 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 48.29 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.29
- **30 CFR 56.11001 — Safe access.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11001
- **30 CFR 56.14211 — Blocking equipment in a raised position.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14211
- **30 CFR 56.12028 — Testing grounding systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12028
- **30 CFR 56.14107 — Moving machine parts.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14107
- **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 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
- **30 CFR 56.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12032
- **30 CFR 56.9301 — Dump site restraints.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9301
- **30 CFR 56.14101 — Brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14101
- **30 CFR 56.14130 — Roll-over protective structures (ROPS) and seat belts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14130

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 36 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2026-02-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1991-05-14 through 1991-05-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 169 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2026-07-01; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2022-05-03 through 2022-05-03; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2016-11-07 through 2016-11-07; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2021-06-30 through 2021-06-30; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1984-05-01 through 1984-05-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 78 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2026-07-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 318 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 81 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:** 51 rows; 2001-06-20 through 2026-07-01; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 170 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2026-07-01; 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/st-cloud-surface-2901960`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/st-cloud-surface-2901960`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2901960/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2901960/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2901960/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`