# Three Mile Mine #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517659
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** CAM Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Rhino Resource Partners LP
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,329
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Rhino Resource Partners LP (0098293) → CAM Mining LLC (0051241) → Three Mile Mine #1 (1517659)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Donn A  Chickering → Branham & Baker Coal Company Inc:** 1995-04-01 through 2001-10-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517659; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Electric Power Company Inc → AEP Kentucky Coal, L. L. C.:** 2001-10-30 through 2004-04-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517659; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wexford Capital LLC → CAM - Kentucky, LLC:** 2004-04-16 through 2005-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517659; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wexford Capital LLC → CAM Mining LLC:** 2006-01-01 through 2010-10-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517659; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rhino Resource Partners LP → CAM - Kentucky, LLC:** 2010-10-05 through 2005-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517659; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rhino Resource Partners LP → CAM Mining LLC:** 2010-10-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517659; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- 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 50 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 1,502 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 391 violation rows across the full record; 207 carry an S&S flag and $71,686 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 632 samples:** Occupational health samples 483 coal dust; 40 coal quartz; 109 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 20 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 955 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 62 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 7 contested-violation rows, 11 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 44 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 26 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 140 inspection events and 5K 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 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206
- **30 CFR 71.209 — Status change reports.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.209
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 72.620 — Drill dust control at surface mines and surface areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.620
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **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 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.904
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 50 rows; 2000-01-09 through 2015-01-26; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-03-10 through 2017-03-10; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 385 rows; 2000-03-25 through 2017-05-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 11 rows; 2000-08-22 through 2013-03-22; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 483 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2017-03-02; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 44 rows; 2000-08-10 through 2001-08-03; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 7 rows; 2001-02-08 through 2012-02-03; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,100 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 378 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1995-04-01 through 2006-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 140 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2017-05-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 148 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 109 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2016-01-28; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 40 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2016-05-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 391 rows; 2000-03-25 through 2017-05-10; 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/three-mile-mine-1-1517659`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/three-mile-mine-1-1517659`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517659/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517659/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517659/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`