# Black Pearl Mining Inc No 3

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518369
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Black Pearl Mining Inc
- **Controller:** Ricky T  Lucas
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,884
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ricky T  Lucas (0101867) → Black Pearl Mining Inc (0119855) → Black Pearl Mining Inc No 3 (1518369)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Jim D  Akers et al → South Akers Mining Llc:** 2001-04-01 through 2002-02-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518369; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harold E  Akers et al → South Akers Mining Llc:** 2001-04-01 through 2002-02-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518369; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert B  Hughes et al → Black Energy Coal, Inc.:** 2002-02-07 through 2004-09-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518369; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenny  Fleming  et al → Black Energy Coal, Inc.:** 2002-02-07 through 2004-09-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518369; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Stiltner Ralph → S & B Energy, Inc.:** 2004-09-10 through 1985-09-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518369; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert B  Hughes → S & B Energy, Inc.:** 2004-09-10 through 2005-07-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518369; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth L  Farley et al → Linn Branch Coal, Inc.:** 2005-07-15 through 2007-08-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518369; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ricky  Blair → Blair Coal Company Inc:** 2007-08-28 through 2008-02-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518369; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jessica R  Lester et al → Inspiration Resources Inc:** 2008-02-21 through 2013-04-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518369; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ricky T  Lucas → Black Pearl Mining Inc:** 2013-04-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518369; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 25
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 721 violation rows across the full record; 259 carry an S&S flag and $139,366 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 887 coal dust; 38 coal quartz; 95 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 7 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 — 19K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 8K employee hours and 18 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 12 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 12 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 150 inspection events and 7K 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 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 77.402 — Hand-held power tools; safety devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.402
- **30 CFR 77.506-1 — Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short circuit protection; minimum requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.506-1
- **30 CFR 75.1002 — Installation of electric equipment and conductors; permissibility.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-K/section-75.1002
- **30 CFR 75.1107-16 — Inspection of fire suppression devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-16
- **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 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **30 CFR 75.701 — Grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-H/section-75.701

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2003-12-04 through 2007-10-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2019-06-25 through 2019-06-25; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 711 rows; 2001-07-18 through 2016-05-24; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 887 rows; 2001-07-25 through 2016-06-30; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 12 rows; 2005-03-22 through 2014-03-17; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 171 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 42 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 2001-04-01 through 2013-04-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 150 rows; 2001-05-03 through 2019-06-24; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 30 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 95 rows; 2001-09-18 through 2016-03-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 38 rows; 2001-10-30 through 2016-05-25; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 721 rows; 2001-07-18 through 2016-05-24; 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/black-pearl-mining-inc-no-3-1518369`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/black-pearl-mining-inc-no-3-1518369`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518369/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518369/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518369/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`