# Royal T Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 5000931
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Gold Ore
- **Location:** Fairbanks North Star, AK
- **Operator:** FX Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Downstream Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 98
- **Source coverage:** 9 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Downstream Inc (0172203) → FX Mining LLC (0185174) → Royal T Mine (5000931)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **John J  Schnabel → John Schnabel-Owner (Various Contr):** 1950-01-01 through 2011-04-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 5000931; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John J  Schnabel → Big Nugget Mine LLC:** 2011-04-04 through 2012-02-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 5000931; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Parker R  Schnabel → Upstream, LLC.:** 2012-03-01 through 2015-09-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 5000931; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John J  Schnabel → Big Nugget Mine:** 2015-09-04 through 2022-09-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 5000931; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Downstream Inc → FX Mining LLC:** 2022-09-21 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 5000931; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+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 — 2 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 31 violation rows across the full record; 13 carry an S&S flag and $5,494 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2 samples:** Occupational health samples 2 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 508 employee hours and 2 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 — 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 — 3 since 2021:** Inspections 10 inspection events and 224 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 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 56.15020 — Life jackets and belts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15020
- **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 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 56.12040 — Installation of operating controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12040
- **30 CFR 56.16006 — Protection of gas cylinder valves.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-O/section-56.16006
- **30 CFR 56.18010 — First aid.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-Q/section-56.18010
- **30 CFR 48.25 — Training of new 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-B/section-48.25
- **30 CFR 56.11012 — Protection for openings around travelways.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11012
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-10-01 through 2023-10-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 31 rows; 2011-08-04 through 2022-09-15; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2022-09-21; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 10 rows; 2011-08-03 through 2023-07-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 5 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:** 2 rows; 2013-08-28 through 2013-08-28; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 31 rows; 2011-08-04 through 2022-09-15; 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/royal-t-mine-5000931`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/royal-t-mine-5000931`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/5000931/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/5000931/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://5000931/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`