# Mine #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1516126
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Floyd, KY
- **Operator:** Mud Creek, L L C
- **Controller:** Noah M  Vance; Randy  Billiter
- **Public source rows linked:** 918
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Noah M  Vance; Randy  Billiter (0041839) → Mud Creek, L L C (0051014) → Mine #1 (1516126)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Leonard  Hall → Maple Ridge Mining Company Inc:** 1987-08-01 through 1987-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516126; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dianna  Meade → M & D Coal Company Inc:** 1987-11-09 through 1998-06-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516126; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John P  Biliter → Last Chance Mining Inc:** 1998-06-05 through 2000-07-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516126; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Willie  Blankenship → W P Mining Inc:** 2000-07-24 through 2001-02-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516126; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rex Dean  Osborn → Dino Mining Inc:** 2001-02-09 through 2002-03-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516126; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rodney  Tackett et al → Dino Mining Inc:** 2002-03-04 through 2002-11-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516126; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Terry  Billiter et al → Dino Mining Inc:** 2002-03-04 through 2002-11-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516126; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Fred  Runyon Jr → Pond Creek Energy, Inc.:** 2002-11-22 through 2003-01-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516126; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Timmy  Roberts → Mud Creek, L L C:** 2003-01-08 through 2003-04-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516126; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Noah M  Vance et al → Mud Creek, L L C:** 2003-04-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516126; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randy  Billiter et al → Mud Creek, L L C:** 2003-04-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516126; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 11
- Typed edges: 28
- 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 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 159 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 323 violation rows across the full record; 104 carry an S&S flag and $24,798 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 214 samples:** Occupational health samples 193 coal dust; 11 coal quartz; 10 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 — 4K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 640 employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 1 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 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 69 inspection events and 2K 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 75.311 — Main mine fan operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.311
- **30 CFR 75.1204 — Mine closure; filing of map with Secretary.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1204
- **30 CFR 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 77.200 — Surface installations; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.200
- **30 CFR 77.900-2 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.900-2
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.800-2 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.800-2
- **30 CFR 75.388 — Boreholes in advance of mining.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.388
- **30 CFR 75.372 — Mine ventilation map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.372

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2000-12-12; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2006-05-30 through 2006-05-30; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 268 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2006-05-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 193 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2003-11-24; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2003-07-16 through 2003-07-16; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 11 rows; 1987-08-01 through 2003-01-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 69 rows; 2000-01-20 through 2006-05-12; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 10 rows; 2001-05-07 through 2001-11-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 11 rows; 2000-02-16 through 2002-07-02; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 323 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2006-05-23; 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-1-1516126`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-1-1516126`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1516126/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1516126/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1516126/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`