# Auger #26

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1202361
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Augustus Augering & Contracting Inc.
- **Controller:** Karen A  Stephens; Melodye G  Stephens; David A  Lester
- **Public source rows linked:** 59
- **Source coverage:** 10 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Karen A  Stephens; Melodye G  Stephens; David A  Lester (0119741) → Augustus Augering & Contracting Inc. (0096126) → Auger #26 (1202361)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **David C  Gummere → North American Auger Mining Inc:** 2004-05-21 through 2006-07-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202361; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **D Kent  Glover → North American Auger Mining Inc:** 2006-07-20 through 2014-07-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202361; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Brian  Edmonds → Pike County Energy Resources, Inc.:** 2014-07-15 through 2016-10-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202361; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William A  Stephens et al → Augustus Augering & Contracting Inc.:** 2016-10-12 through 2015-04-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202361; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Melodye G  Stephens et al → Augustus Augering & Contracting Inc.:** 2016-10-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202361; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Karen A  Stephens et al → Augustus Augering & Contracting Inc.:** 2016-10-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202361; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David A  Lester et al → Augustus Augering & Contracting Inc.:** 2016-10-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202361; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 15
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 9 violation rows across the full record; 4 carry an S&S flag and $766 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 12 samples:** Occupational health samples 7 coal dust; 5 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 0 employee hours and 0 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 11 inspection events and 200 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 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 62.120 — Action level.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.120
- **30 CFR 77.210 — Hoisting of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.210
- **30 CFR 77.1000-1 — Filing of plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000-1
- **30 CFR 77.1501 — Auger mining; inspections.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-P/section-77.1501

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-12-28 through 2016-12-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 7 rows; 2004-09-28 through 2016-12-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 7 rows; 2006-09-20 through 2016-12-07; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2004-05-21 through 2016-10-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 11 rows; 2004-06-29 through 2016-11-23; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 3 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 5 rows; 2014-09-16 through 2016-12-07; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 9 rows; 2004-09-28 through 2016-12-07; 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/auger-26-1202361`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/auger-26-1202361`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1202361/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1202361/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1202361/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`