Coal production
1,286,009reported short tons
ALL STATUSES / OPERATOR PORTFOLIO
Blue Diamond Mining LLC
Membership and operating status are from the latest MSHA Mines snapshot. Open a mine for its ownership history.
MSHA OPERATOR ID0134733
MINE PORTFOLIO
14 of 14 mines and facilities
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-18. All statuses records; production reporting is not required.
Material, method and type filters apply to this table. The portfolio’s status applies to the entire page. GEM fields describe their own release, not the selected MSHA year.
| Mine | Location / type | Coal · short tons | Hours worked | Violations | Accident records | On-site inspection hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEAR BRANCH 21518565 · Active6/8 quarters reported | Perry, KYUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 497,338 | 338,001 | 503 | 4 | 4,035.0 |
| Calvary No 811512753 · Active6/8 quarters reported | Leslie, KYUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 410,165 | 363,648 | 227 | 8 | 2,967.8 |
| No. 76 Plant1516520 · Active6/8 quarters reported | Perry, KYFacility · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 0 | 104,165 | 29 | 0 | 712.8 |
| NO. 771509636 · Active6/8 quarters reported | Perry, KYUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 378,506 | 198,798 | 242 | 6 | 2,579.0 |
| Bear Branch E3-11518662 · Temporarily Idled | Perry, KYUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 8.8 |
| Buckeye Strip #11518738 · Abandoned | Perry, KYSurface · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Jeff Tipple1505151 · Abandoned | Perry, KYFacility · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Montgomery Creek1519255 · Abandoned | Perry, KYSurface · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| No. 64 Plant1516353 · NonProducing6/8 quarters reported | Perry, KYFacility · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 0 | 1,050 | 1 | 1 | 61.5 |
| No. 681517497 · Abandoned | Knott, KYUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| No. 751517478 · Abandoned and Sealed | Perry, KYUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| No. 881519400 · Abandoned | Knott, KYUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Orchard Branch Mine No. 891519405 · Abandoned and Sealed | Perry, KYUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Poundmill Mine No 901519598 · Abandoned | Perry, KYUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
Production and hours sum available quarterly reports. — means unavailable; zero safety records means none in the selected imported period. Ownership reflects the current MSHA record.
LOCATION
Portfolio map
14 of 14 mines with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- BEAR BRANCH 237.22167, -83.15361Open map ↗
- Calvary No 8137.11917, -83.23944Open map ↗
- No. 76 Plant37.06417, -83.12583Open map ↗
- NO. 7737.02333, -83.12778Open map ↗
- Bear Branch E3-137.22500, -83.14167Open map ↗
- Buckeye Strip #137.23361, -83.12167Open map ↗
- Jeff Tipple37.20000, -83.11667Open map ↗
- Montgomery Creek37.20917, -83.01833Open map ↗
- No. 64 Plant37.20944, -83.13389Open map ↗
- No. 6837.20361, -83.12917Open map ↗
- No. 7537.07944, -83.14000Open map ↗
- No. 8837.22833, -83.03917Open map ↗
- Orchard Branch Mine No. 8937.17167, -83.11139Open map ↗
- Poundmill Mine No 9037.16056, -83.15167Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-18. All 14 mines listed under this operator were checked; 5 have reports in the available quarters. Totals use current ownership.
Hours worked
1,005,662reported employee hours
Tons per hour
1.28production ÷ hours worked
Missing values appear as —. Totals use available reports. Tons per hour requires production and hours for the same quarters and a nonzero hours total. * Striped bars mark partial mine coverage or an incomplete quarter. See the table for coverage.
Quarterly data and reporting coverage
| Quarter | Coal (short tons) | Hours worked | Tons / hour | Avg. employees | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 278,956 | 207,657 | 1.34 | 358 | 5/5 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 242,431 | 183,669 | 1.32 | 342 | 5/5 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 185,832 | 163,304 | 1.14 | 310 | 5/5 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 178,017 | 152,645 | 1.17 | 275 | 5/5 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 204,056 | 152,654 | 1.34 | 262 | 5/5 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 196,717 | 145,733 | 1.35 | 256 | 5/5 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-18
Violations
1,002154 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
190 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
434,696.00937 of 1,002 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
10,364.75202 inspections · 202 with hours
Counts are published records, including contractor records. * The quarter was incomplete at the snapshot date; recent counts may rise as reports arrive. — means no reported amount or hours. Portfolio totals use current membership.
Quarterly safety data
| Quarter | Violations | S&S | Proposed USD | Accident records | Fatality records | Inspections | On-site hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 205 | 27 | 98,048.00 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 1,675.8 |
| 2025-Q2 | 192 | 30 | 78,763.00 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 1,776.0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 151 | 31 | 67,273.00 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1,661.5 |
| 2025-Q4 | 96 | 17 | 38,551.00 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1,333.8 |
| 2026-Q1 | 96 | 8 | 32,741.00 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1,239.0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 111 | 20 | 60,897.00 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1,256.5 |
| 2026-Q3 | 114 | 15 | 58,423.00 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 1,225.5 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 37 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 196.8 |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
- No. 64 Plant · 1516353
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 7.5 on-site hours
- No. 76 Plant · 1516520
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 0.0 on-site hours
- NO. 77 · 1509636
75.360(b)(11)(i) · S&S
- NO. 77 · 1509636
75.333(b)(4)
- NO. 77 · 1509636
75.203(e)(2) · S&S
- BEAR BRANCH 2 · 1518565
75.400
- BEAR BRANCH 2 · 1518565
75.333(d)(2)
- BEAR BRANCH 2 · 1518565
75.400
- BEAR BRANCH 2 · 1518565
75.400
- NO. 77 · 1509636
75.400
- NO. 77 · 1509636
75.1103-7(a)
- NO. 77 · 1509636
75.400
- Calvary No 81 · 1512753
75.1107-16(c)
- Calvary No 81 · 1512753
75.400
- Calvary No 81 · 1512753
75.400
- BEAR BRANCH 2 · 1518565
75.1725(a) · S&S
- BEAR BRANCH 2 · 1518565
75.1107-4(a)(2)
- BEAR BRANCH 2 · 1518565
75.1714(a)
- BEAR BRANCH 2 · 1518565
75.220(a)(1)
- NO. 77 · 1509636
75.400
- NO. 77 · 1509636
75.1731(a)
- NO. 77 · 1509636
75.606
- Calvary No 81 · 1512753
75.380(d)(7)(vi)
- BEAR BRANCH 2 · 1518565
103(i) Spot Inspections · 7.0 on-site hours
- Calvary No 81 · 1512753
75.1107-16(b)
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-18.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.
CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.
EIA-923 · COAL RECEIPTS
Coal shipments and quality
Receipts reported by power plants and terminals, matched by MSHA mine ID.
Quarterly receipts and quality
| Quarter | Short tons | Heat · Btu/lb | Sulfur % | Ash % | Delivered USD/ton | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-Q1 | 26,942 | 13,733 | 1.33 | 6.00 | 125.88 | |
| 2026-Q2 | 18,089 | 13,752 | 1.41 | 5.55 | 126.05 | |
| 2026-Q3 * | 5,043 | 13,670 | 1.38 | 5.90 | 125.30 |
| Month / source | Mine | Receiving plant / supplier | Short tons | Delivered USD/ton | Heat · Btu/lb | Sulfur % | Ash % | Purchase | Transport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07EIA row 11579 · preliminary | #771509636 | Cooper1384 · KY · BLACKHAWK COAL SALES, LLC | 5,043 | 125.30 | 13,670 | 1.38 | 5.90 | SpotBIT | Truck |
| 2026-06EIA row 9685 · preliminary | #771509636 | Cooper1384 · KY · BLACKHAWK COAL SALES, LLC | 791 | 125.30 | 13,670 | 1.48 | 5.60 | SpotBIT | Truck |
| 2026-06EIA row 9686 · preliminary | #771509636 | Cooper1384 · KY · BLACKHAWK COAL SALES, LLC | 5,027 | 125.21 | 13,660 | 1.44 | 5.90 | SpotBIT | Truck |
| 2026-05EIA row 7873 · preliminary | #771509636 | Cooper1384 · KY · BLACKHAWK COAL SALES, LLC | 12,271 | 126.44 | 13,795 | 1.39 | 5.40 | SpotBIT | Truck |
| 2026-02EIA row 2254 · preliminary | #771509636 | Cooper1384 · KY · BLACKHAWK COAL SALES, LLC | 14,980 | 124.66 | 13,600 | 1.32 | 6.40 | SpotBIT | Truck |
| 2026-01EIA row 264 · preliminary | #771509636 | Cooper1384 · KY · BLACKHAWK COAL SALES, LLC | 11,962 | 127.41 | 13,900 | 1.34 | 5.50 | SpotBIT | Truck |
Delivered cost includes transport and is not mine revenue. Missing prices remain blank. * Fewer than three months are published in the selected quarter. Receipts reflect the months EIA has published; an unfinished quarter is not comparable with a full quarter. Portfolio matches use current ownership.
Coverage, sources and calculations
- Reported coal receipts at EIA-923 power plants/terminals; this is not a census of mine shipments, exports or metallurgical sales.
- Matches use only the published MSHA ID, normalized to seven digits. Unidentified mine origins remain in the source table but are not assigned to a mine.
- Portfolio attribution uses current MSHA ownership, not ownership at the shipment date. Receipts and production can differ because of timing, stocks and coverage.
- Quality means are weighted by positive reported tons with that measurement. Delivered cost uses only rows with published cost, positive heat and positive tons; missing/withheld costs are never zero-filled.
- USD/ton = (cents/MMBtu ÷ 100) × MMBtu/ton. This is plant delivered cost, not mine sales price or revenue.
- Receipt month is as published, including records supplied by annual respondents. Recent months are preliminary and subject to revision. Missing rows do not prove zero shipments.
Imported releases start 2008-01. This window includes 12 published months. EIA releases · Survey instructions
- 2026 · preliminary · EIA923_Schedules_2_3_4_5_M_07_2026_21SEP2026.xlsx · Page 5 Fuel Receipts and Costs
- 2025 · final · EIA923_Schedules_2_3_4_5_M_12_2025_Final.xlsx · Page 5 Fuel Receipts and Costs
EIA ANNUAL COAL REPORT · 2024
Coal prices and estimated revenue
Annual county prices and a production-based allocation of county coal sales.
The estimate assumes each eligible mine receives its county-average price and shares county sales in proportion to production. Actual sales and prices can differ substantially. Unavailable estimates are excluded; this is not a total for the whole portfolio. 10 current coal members have no matching annual record; their coverage is unknown. Annual price data uses a separate window from the MSHA charts.
| Mine / county | Annual production · tons | County FOB · USD/ton | Est. sales · tons | Est. coal revenue · USD | Basis / availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Branch 21518565 · Perry, Kentucky | 447,758 | 98.19 | 528,680 | 51,911,131 | County allocation estimate30.92% of eligible county production4 eligible mines / 4 sales respondents |
| No. 771509636 · Perry, Kentucky | 226,889 | 98.19 | 267,894 | 26,304,532 | County allocation estimate15.67% of eligible county production4 eligible mines / 4 sales respondents |
| Jeff Tipple1505151 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Calvary No 811512753 · Leslie, Kentucky | 348,428 | — | — | — | County sales or price not published2 eligible mines / 2 sales respondents |
| No. 64 Plant1516353 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| No. 76 Plant1516520 · Perry, Kentucky | 0 | 98.19 | — | — | Preparation plant4 eligible mines / 4 sales respondents |
| No. 751517478 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| No. 681517497 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Bear Branch E3-11518662 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Buckeye Strip #11518738 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Montgomery Creek1519255 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| No. 881519400 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Orchard Branch Mine No. 891519405 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Poundmill Mine No 901519598 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
Method, assumptions and source records
- This is an annual county-sales allocation, not reported mine or company revenue. Currency is nominal USD in the source year; quantities are short tons.
- Mine share = same-year annual mine production / eligible same-county production. Estimated sales = published county sales × share. Estimated coal revenue = estimated sales × published county average FOB price.
- The model assumes eligible mines share county sales in proportion to production and receive the county-average price. Matching mine counts is a check, not proof of identical respondents. Mine quality, contracts and sales timing can differ substantially. No statistical confidence interval is implied.
- FOB excludes transport and insurance. EIA-923 delivered costs do not enter this model. No grade premium, state/national fallback, quarterly apportionment or carry-forward to a later year is applied.
- Eligibility follows the source's production threshold and excludes preparation-only and refuse operations. Withheld values, inconsistent county counts and missing/ambiguous locations produce no estimate.
- County sales are published in thousands of tons and prices to cents. Calculations retain precision, but the inputs are rounded and the allocation is approximate.
- Portfolio attribution uses current MSHA ownership, not ownership during the sales year. Covered-mine sums exclude unavailable estimates and must not be read as whole-company revenue. Coverage denominators use the annual EIA mine-production release.
Sales-reporting threshold: 50,000 short tons per mine in 2024. Withheld sales or prices stay unavailable.
EIA Table 30 · county sales and FOB prices · EIA annual mine production · Release index
Annual report released November 19, 2025. Method: county-sales-allocation-v1. JSON and CSV preserve source row numbers and file checksums.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO
1 linked controller.
Relationships reflect the selected mine status and current MSHA controller/operator fields.