# N & L Slope

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3602203
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Northumberland, PA
- **Operator:** BEAR GAP COAL COMPANY LLC
- **Controller:** Christian K  Kauffman
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,296
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Christian K  Kauffman (0083533) → BEAR GAP COAL COMPANY LLC (0174213) → N & L Slope (3602203)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Novrocki Anthony → N & L Coal Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1980-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3602203; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dennis  Snyder → Snyder Coal Company:** 1980-08-01 through 2005-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3602203; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dennis K  Snyder II → Snyder Coal Company:** 2005-09-01 through 2006-07-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 3602203; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Whalen  Wenrich  et al → Bear Gap Coal:** 2006-07-07 through 2017-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3602203; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Chris E  Kerstetter  et al → Bear Gap Coal:** 2006-07-07 through 2017-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3602203; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eric P  Snyder et al → Bear Gap Coal:** 2018-01-01 through 2020-11-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 3602203; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Christian K  Kauffman et al → Bear Gap Coal:** 2018-01-01 through 2020-11-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 3602203; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Christian K  Kauffman → BEAR GAP COAL COMPANY LLC:** 2020-11-10 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3602203; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 18
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 17 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 164 violation rows across the full record; 20 carry an S&S flag and $15,890 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,235 coal dust; 4 coal quartz; 117 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 704 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 720 employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 24 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 7 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 12 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 — 38 since 2021:** Inspections 332 inspection events and 8K 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 75.1505 — Escapeway maps.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1505
- **30 CFR 75.381 — Escapeways; anthracite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.381
- **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 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 48.8 — Annual refresher training of miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.8
- **30 CFR 75.372 — Mine ventilation map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.372
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.1434 — Retirement criteria.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1434
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-01-03 through 2025-01-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 161 rows; 2001-04-20 through 2026-08-12; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 7 rows; 2002-08-12 through 2006-04-28; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,235 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2026-09-24; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 12 rows; 2003-02-13 through 2008-06-10; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2005-02-03 through 2005-10-20; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2020-11-10; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 332 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2026-08-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 196 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 53 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 117 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2025-11-25; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 4 rows; 2000-08-23 through 2022-01-25; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 164 rows; 2001-04-20 through 2026-08-12; 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/n-l-slope-3602203`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/n-l-slope-3602203`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3602203/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3602203/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3602203/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`