# No. 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1516404
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Perry, KY
- **Operator:** Rebel Mining Company, LLC
- **Controller:** Curtis  Laws
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,157
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Curtis  Laws (0062171) → Rebel Mining Company, LLC (0074184) → No. 1 (1516404)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Caudill Reldon → M & A Coal Company:** 1988-06-01 through 1989-03-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Caudill Wayne Et Al → Triple C & G Coal Company:** 1989-03-06 through 1990-07-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Shepherd Bill → M A & S Inc:** 1990-07-03 through 1991-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sweeney Dennis W → Double D Coal Company:** 1991-01-17 through 1991-08-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gentry Christine → Silver Nugget Inc:** 1991-08-12 through 1995-04-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Scott Lee Roy Et Al → C & S Mining Inc:** 1995-04-03 through 1995-04-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Shepherd Keith → S & K Coal Company Inc:** 1995-04-14 through 1996-02-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cochran Jeremy → Reliable Coal Company Inc:** 1996-02-29 through 1999-04-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Scott  Duncan → Phoenix Coal Company Inc:** 1999-04-15 through 1999-08-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Haynes Rick → Performance Mining Inc:** 1999-08-04 through 1999-11-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Scott  Duncan → Phoenix Coal Company Inc:** 1999-11-16 through 2000-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James W  Smith → Millennium Fuels Inc:** 2000-04-18 through 2000-06-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pat R  Childers → Steady Recovery Inc:** 2000-06-06 through 2001-12-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rick  Tackett et al → Best Coal Co., LLC:** 2001-12-05 through 2004-09-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mark  Wand et al → Best Coal Co., LLC:** 2001-12-05 through 2004-09-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harold K  Simpson → Motivation Enterprise Inc.:** 2004-09-07 through 2006-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Curtis  Laws → Rebel Mining Company, LLC:** 2006-08-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 17
- Typed edges: 48
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 707 violation rows across the full record; 288 carry an S&S flag and $257,942 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 287 samples:** Occupational health samples 254 coal dust; 18 coal quartz; 15 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 74 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 69 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 57 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 49.2 — Availability of mine rescue teams.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-49/subpart-A/section-49.2
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **30 CFR 75.320 — Air quality detectors and measurement devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.320
- **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 75.1714-7 — Multi-gas detectors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-7
- **30 CFR 75.1101-3 — Water requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-3
- **30 CFR 75.1718 — Drinking water.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1718
- **30 CFR 75.1715 — Identification check system.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1715
- **30 CFR 75.1102 — Slippage and sequence switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1102

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2015-05-26 through 2015-05-26; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 680 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2008-05-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2000-06-14 through 2003-03-17; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 254 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2008-04-30; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 69 rows; 2002-05-21 through 2006-11-20; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 242 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 41 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 17 rows; 1988-06-01 through 2006-08-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 57 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2008-08-18; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 41 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 15 rows; 2006-05-08 through 2007-01-30; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 18 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2008-04-23; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 707 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2008-05-19; 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/no-1-1516404`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-1-1516404`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1516404/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1516404/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1516404/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`