# Mine No. 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1516487
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Bran Zack Energy LLC
- **Controller:** Zachary A  Staton
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,473
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Zachary A  Staton (0088933) → Bran Zack Energy LLC (0105146) → Mine No. 1 (1516487)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Lowe Anthony Brian → Provision Coal Company Inc:** 1988-09-01 through 1989-07-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516487; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Fife Clinas → Skyline Coal Company Inc:** 1989-07-13 through 1989-11-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516487; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mann Franklin & Haskell Addington → Fountain Blue Coal Company Inc:** 1989-11-07 through 1991-10-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516487; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thacker Foster → Coburn Branch Energy Inc:** 1991-10-02 through 1992-04-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516487; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Novella  Lowe → Grace Coal Company Inc:** 1992-04-16 through 1993-11-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516487; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mc Coy Ford → M & L Mining Inc:** 1993-11-03 through 2001-03-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516487; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Meral  Williams et al → James H. Taylor Mining, Inc.:** 2001-03-26 through 2006-03-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516487; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Stevin R  Staten → Braxton Coal Inc:** 2006-03-15 through 2007-02-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516487; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Meral  Williams → Braxton Coal Inc:** 2007-02-26 through 2008-10-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516487; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Nathan  Williams → Blackberry Energy LLC:** 2008-10-22 through 2009-10-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516487; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Zachary A  Staton et al → Bran Zack Energy LLC:** 2009-10-29 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516487; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 11
- Typed edges: 32
- 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 7 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 23 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 811 violation rows across the full record; 448 carry an S&S flag and $353,964 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 307 samples:** Occupational health samples 264 coal dust; 23 coal quartz; 20 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 — 86 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 42 contested-violation rows, 42 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 101 inspection events and 4K 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 75.1204 — Mine closure; filing of map with Secretary.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1204
- **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 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.336 — Sampling and monitoring requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.336

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 7 rows; 2003-07-07 through 2005-08-10; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-06-06 through 2014-06-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 768 rows; 2001-07-16 through 2016-04-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 42 rows; 2003-10-01 through 2006-05-12; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 264 rows; 2001-12-17 through 2006-01-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2004-04-06 through 2004-06-11; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 42 rows; 2002-01-24 through 2005-11-22; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 292 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 43 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 11 rows; 1988-09-01 through 2009-10-29; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 101 rows; 2001-04-19 through 2018-06-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 33 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:** 20 rows; 2002-02-26 through 2005-03-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 23 rows; 2001-12-17 through 2005-11-17; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 811 rows; 2001-07-16 through 2016-05-31; 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-no-1-1516487`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-1-1516487`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1516487/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1516487/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1516487/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`