# Mine #26

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1516036
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp
- **Controller:** James River Coal Company
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,604
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James River Coal Company (C13562) → McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp (P19831) → Mine #26 (1516036)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **John F  Stapleton → Desparado Fuels Inc:** 1987-05-01 through 1989-07-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516036; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Stanley W Osborne → Laurel Ridge Coal Company Inc:** 1989-07-14 through 1991-06-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516036; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ingram Industries → Johns Creek Coal Company:** 1991-06-20 through 1992-03-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516036; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Mc Coy Elkhorn Coal Corp:** 1992-03-09 through 1999-01-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516036; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Bevins → Fools Gold Energy Corp:** 1999-01-07 through 2004-10-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516036; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp:** 2004-10-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516036; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 17
- 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 20 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 459 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 293 violation rows across the full record; 153 carry an S&S flag and $74,076 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 600 samples:** Occupational health samples 522 coal dust; 40 coal quartz; 38 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 111 inspection events and 3K 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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 48.28 — Annual refresher training of 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-48.28
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **30 CFR 75.208 — Warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.208
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 20 rows; 2000-05-26 through 2006-10-27; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-04-20 through 2007-04-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 288 rows; 2000-03-07 through 2006-11-09; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2008-08-11 through 2008-08-11; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 522 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2006-11-13; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2006-06-05 through 2006-06-05; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 170 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 38 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1987-05-01 through 2004-10-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 111 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2007-04-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 58 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 38 rows; 2001-01-16 through 2006-11-01; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 40 rows; 2000-04-12 through 2006-10-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 293 rows; 2000-03-07 through 2006-11-09; 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/mine-26-1516036`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-26-1516036`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1516036/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1516036/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1516036/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`