# Little El Dorado

- **MSHA mine ID:** 5001652
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Gold Ore
- **Location:** Fairbanks North Star, AK
- **Operator:** Earth Movers of Fairbanks
- **Controller:** James L  Thurman
- **Public source rows linked:** 174
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James L  Thurman (M03432) → Earth Movers of Fairbanks (L04261) → Little El Dorado (5001652)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James L  Thurman → Earth Movers of Fairbanks Inc:** 1999-05-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 5001652; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 17 violation rows across the full record; 8 carry an S&S flag and $2,913 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 4 samples:** Occupational health samples 4 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 2K employee hours and 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 8 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 3 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 14 inspection events and 210 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 56.12030 — Correction of dangerous conditions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12030
- **30 CFR 56.11002 — Handrails and toeboards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11002
- **30 CFR 56.4101 — Warning signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4101
- **30 CFR 56.18002 — Examination of working places.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-Q/section-56.18002
- **30 CFR 56.15007 — Protective equipment or clothing for welding, cutting, or working with molten metal.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15007
- **30 CFR 56.15001 — First-aid materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15001
- **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 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 56.14130 — 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
- **30 CFR 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2019-10-01 through 2019-10-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 16 rows; 2008-06-10 through 2012-08-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2009-06-16 through 2010-05-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2008-10-10 through 2008-10-10; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2008-06-10 through 2008-06-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 1999-05-01 through 1999-05-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 14 rows; 2000-08-28 through 2013-05-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 95 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 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:** 4 rows; 2000-08-28 through 2006-08-13; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 17 rows; 2008-06-10 through 2012-08-18; 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/little-el-dorado-5001652`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/little-el-dorado-5001652`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/5001652/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/5001652/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://5001652/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`