# No. 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518401
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Letcher, KY
- **Operator:** RGB Resources and Development LLC
- **Controller:** Bobby Ray  Banks; Joshua  Nichols
- **Public source rows linked:** 751
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Bobby Ray  Banks; Joshua  Nichols (0164401) → RGB Resources and Development LLC (0178614) → No. 1 (1518401)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **TTI Technologies Inc → Tti Synfuel Operations Inc:** 2001-07-01 through 2003-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518401; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randy A  Cook et al → Earnest Cook and Sons Mining Inc:** 2003-07-23 through 2003-11-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518401; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael K  Cook et al → Earnest Cook and Sons Mining Inc:** 2003-07-23 through 2003-11-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518401; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Glen D  Blevins → Glenstone Mining Inc:** 2003-11-05 through 2005-10-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518401; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John H  Albright → Melungeon Enterprises Inc:** 2005-10-15 through 2007-11-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518401; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Theodore  Colley → Melungeon Enterprises Inc:** 2007-11-07 through 2010-01-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518401; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richard L  Thacker → Coal Operator 1 LLC:** 2010-01-11 through 2011-07-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518401; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James R  Banks et al → T & J Coal Brokers Inc:** 2011-07-18 through 2011-12-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518401; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lloyd K  Damron → MJK Mining Inc.:** 2011-12-06 through 2021-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518401; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bobby Ray  Banks  et al → RGB Resources and Development LLC:** 2021-08-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518401; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joshua  Nichols et al → RGB Resources and Development LLC:** 2021-08-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518401; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 11
- Typed edges: 28
- 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 111 violation rows across the full record; 37 carry an S&S flag and $11,755 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 84 samples:** Occupational health samples 50 coal dust; 34 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 — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 — 4 since 2021:** Inspections 53 inspection events and 989 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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **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 48.26 — Experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.26
- **30 CFR 71.404 — Application for waiver of surface facilities requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.404
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.215-2 — Refuse piles; reporting requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.215-2

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-09-21 through 2014-09-21; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 110 rows; 2001-08-01 through 2013-06-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2010-10-12 through 2010-10-12; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 50 rows; 2003-08-26 through 2013-07-10; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2010-03-02 through 2010-03-02; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 225 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 72 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 11 rows; 2001-07-01 through 2021-08-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 53 rows; 2001-07-17 through 2026-06-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 70 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 34 rows; 2002-01-30 through 2012-10-24; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 111 rows; 2001-08-01 through 2013-06-05; 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-1-1518401`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-1-1518401`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518401/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518401/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518401/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`