# Lewis Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1202234
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Vigo, IN
- **Operator:** Solar Sources Inc
- **Controller:** White Stallion Energy
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,769
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**White Stallion Energy (0125781) → Solar Sources Inc (P11722) → Lewis Mine (1202234)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Felson  Bowman → Solar Sources Inc:** 1998-06-01 through 2017-04-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202234; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bowman Family Holdings Inc et al → Solar Sources Inc:** 2017-04-17 through 2018-10-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202234; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **White Stallion-Solar LLC et al → Solar Sources Inc:** 2017-04-17 through 2018-10-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202234; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **White Stallion Energy → Solar Sources Inc:** 2018-10-22 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202234; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 8
- 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 39 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 242 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 267 violation rows across the full record; 82 carry an S&S flag and $187,582 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 183 samples:** Occupational health samples 122 coal dust; 11 coal quartz; 50 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 18 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 5K employee hours and 9 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 74 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 36 contested-violation rows, 36 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 8 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 54 inspection events and 1K 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 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 77.512 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.512
- **30 CFR 77.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.904
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1301 — Explosives; magazines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-N/section-77.1301
- **30 CFR 72.620 — Drill dust control at surface mines and surface areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.620
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 39 rows; 2001-08-21 through 2014-12-18; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2015-03-24 through 2015-03-24; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 264 rows; 2001-08-21 through 2015-03-24; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 36 rows; 2006-06-06 through 2013-12-10; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 122 rows; 2001-10-09 through 2015-03-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2002-07-11 through 2007-12-18; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 36 rows; 2005-10-26 through 2011-10-25; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 570 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 160 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1998-06-01 through 1998-06-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 54 rows; 2001-08-09 through 2015-03-18; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 123 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 29 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 50 rows; 2002-01-23 through 2010-11-16; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 11 rows; 2006-04-05 through 2012-01-21; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 267 rows; 2001-08-21 through 2015-03-24; 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/lewis-mine-1202234`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/lewis-mine-1202234`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1202234/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1202234/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1202234/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`