# Mine # 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518626
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Lester And Sons Inc.
- **Controller:** Troy L Lester
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,365
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Troy L Lester (C15478) → Lester And Sons Inc. (0155973) → Mine # 1 (1518626)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Harold E  Akers et al → Hubble Mining Company, LLC:** 2003-04-07 through 2014-07-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518626; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jim D  Akers et al → Hubble Mining Company, LLC:** 2003-04-07 through 2014-07-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518626; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert B  Hughes → Black Ridge Mining Inc.:** 2014-07-30 through 2015-12-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518626; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jessica R  Lester et al → Inspiration Resources Inc.:** 2015-12-08 through 2018-02-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518626; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Troy L Lester → Lester And Sons Inc.:** 2018-03-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518626; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 13
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 380 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 731 violation rows across the full record; 153 carry an S&S flag and $176,417 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 981 coal dust; 94 coal quartz; 100 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 10 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 273 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 120 contested-violation rows, 120 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 33 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 153 inspection events and 10K 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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (6 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 70.208 — Quarterly sampling; mechanized mining units.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-C/section-70.208
- **30 CFR 77.1004 — Ground control; inspection and maintenance; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1004
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.337 — Construction and repair of seals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.337

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2003-06-03 through 2013-08-29; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-08-16 through 2023-08-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 708 rows; 2003-04-28 through 2018-07-30; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 120 rows; 2005-03-15 through 2014-06-05; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 981 rows; 2003-05-12 through 2018-02-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 33 rows; 2003-05-14 through 2016-06-14; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 120 rows; 2004-11-15 through 2013-08-29; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 240 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 41 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2003-04-07 through 2018-03-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 153 rows; 2003-04-14 through 2020-03-13; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 32 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 100 rows; 2003-09-03 through 2018-01-19; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 94 rows; 2003-05-12 through 2018-01-19; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 731 rows; 2003-04-28 through 2018-07-30; 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-1-1518626`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-1-1518626`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518626/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518626/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518626/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`