Ely Hollow Deep Mine Coal
Sterling Energy Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Ball Ralph
Flat Lick,
Knox County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1511652
MSHA record for Ely Hollow Deep Mine (mine ID 1511652). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- Warren Coal Company 1978 to 1980
- Kenerco Corp 1980 to 1981
- Sterling Energy Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Ely Hollow Deep Mine sits in Knox County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Knox County, Kentucky · Population 30,034
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$33,153
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.