# Good Spring South

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608494
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Schuylkill, PA
- **Operator:** Rausch Creek Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Rausch Creek Development LLC; RCL Holdings LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,118
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Rausch Creek Development LLC; RCL Holdings LLC (0074651) → Rausch Creek Mining LLC (0119851) → Good Spring South (3608494)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Ronald  Lickman → Harriman Coal Corp:** 1994-12-01 through 2003-01-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608494; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alvin J  Roman → No 1 Contracting Corporation:** 2003-01-22 through 2008-06-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608494; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rausch Creek Development LLC et al → Rausch Creek Land L.P.:** 2008-06-16 through 2011-10-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608494; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **RCL Holdings LLC et al → Rausch Creek Land L.P.:** 2008-06-16 through 2011-10-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608494; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rausch Creek Development LLC et al → Rausch Creek Mining LLC:** 2011-10-04 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608494; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **RCL Holdings LLC et al → Rausch Creek Mining LLC:** 2011-10-04 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608494; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 14
- 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 — 2 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 389 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 16 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 66 violation rows across the full record; 11 carry an S&S flag and $7,257 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 401 samples:** Occupational health samples 266 coal dust; 13 coal quartz; 122 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 13 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 11 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 — 15 since 2021:** Inspections 82 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 142,196 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 2,525
- **Average employees:** 20
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Northern
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 71.600 — Drinking water; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-G/section-71.600
- **30 CFR 71.207 — Respirable dust samples; transmission by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.207
- **30 CFR 77.1710 — Protective clothing; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1710
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **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 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 77.1600 — Loading and haulage; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1600

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2011-09-23 through 2025-07-29; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-10-17 through 2013-10-17; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 65 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2026-05-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2016-10-18 through 2016-10-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 266 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2026-09-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 11 rows; 2000-03-20 through 2025-03-07; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2016-05-12 through 2016-05-12; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 348 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 88 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1994-12-01 through 2011-10-04; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 82 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2026-10-13; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 26 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 122 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2025-12-10; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 13 rows; 2020-01-06 through 2026-04-29; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 66 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2026-05-11; 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/good-spring-south-3608494`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/good-spring-south-3608494`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608494/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608494/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608494/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`