# No. 2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518050
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** New Age Mining LLC
- **Controller:** James L  Bevins
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,555
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James L  Bevins (C11000) → New Age Mining LLC (0145953) → No. 2 (1518050)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Thomas A  Potter et al → Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc:** 1998-05-01 through 2010-06-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518050; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John M  Potter et al → Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc:** 1998-05-01 through 2010-06-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518050; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bill C  Smith → J 1 Mining LLC:** 2010-06-10 through 2011-03-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518050; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patrick S  Detherage → Somer Grace Coal Company L. L. C.:** 2011-03-08 through 2012-01-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518050; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Douglas K  Tackett → Mercy Mining, LLC:** 2012-01-27 through 2017-04-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518050; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L Bevins et al → New Age Mining LLC:** 2017-04-26 through 2019-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518050; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Tonya  Conley et al → New Age Mining LLC:** 2017-04-26 through 2019-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518050; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Herbert R Hamilton → New Age Mining LLC:** 2017-04-26 through 2017-01-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518050; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Bevins → New Age Mining LLC:** 2020-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518050; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 21
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 77 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 358 violation rows across the full record; 55 carry an S&S flag and $69,544 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 621 samples:** Occupational health samples 569 coal dust; 19 coal quartz; 33 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 — 6K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 3K employee hours and 11 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 — 1 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 — 24 since 2021:** Inspections 67 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 75.310 — Installation of main mine fans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.310
- **30 CFR 75.515 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.515
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.1101-6 — Water sprinkler systems; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-6
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **30 CFR 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **30 CFR 75.1101-7 — Installation of water sprinkler systems; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-7
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-04-08 through 2024-04-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 350 rows; 2010-07-09 through 2022-03-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 569 rows; 2017-10-11 through 2022-02-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2018-05-22 through 2018-05-22; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 88 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 21 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 1998-05-01 through 2017-04-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 67 rows; 2004-03-31 through 2026-08-18; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 25 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 33 rows; 2017-11-06 through 2022-01-28; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 19 rows; 2018-01-29 through 2022-01-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 358 rows; 2010-07-09 through 2022-03-02; 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-2-1518050`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-2-1518050`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518050/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518050/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518050/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`