# Mine No. 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519056
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Morgan, KY
- **Operator:** M2K Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** Kevin E  Houston; Michael R  Amick
- **Public source rows linked:** 641
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Kevin E  Houston; Michael R  Amick (0099907) → M2K Mining, LLC (0117990) → Mine No. 1 (1519056)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Arnold D  Francis → Big D Mining LLC:** 2006-10-27 through 2007-02-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519056; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rick H  Varney → Mountain View Excavating, Inc.:** 2007-02-14 through 2008-02-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519056; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Edsel H  Preece et al → Twin Energy LLC:** 2008-02-26 through 2008-12-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519056; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jerry  Stone → Moon Exploration Inc:** 2008-12-23 through 2009-01-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519056; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John C  Haydon et al → Haydon Brothers Enterprises:** 2009-01-15 through 2011-04-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519056; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael R  Amick et al → M2K Mining, LLC:** 2011-04-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519056; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kevin E  Houston et al → M2K Mining, LLC:** 2011-04-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519056; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 19
- 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 65 violation rows across the full record; 19 carry an S&S flag and $7,363 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 38 samples:** Occupational health samples 21 coal dust; 17 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 7K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 5K employee hours and 9 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 11 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 21 inspection events and 465 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 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.1707 — First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1707
- **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **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 77.1110 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-12-15 through 2016-12-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 54 rows; 2007-01-23 through 2011-08-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2009-08-31 through 2009-08-31; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 21 rows; 2007-03-06 through 2011-06-15; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2007-03-21 through 2007-03-21; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2008-03-24 through 2008-03-25; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 368 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 65 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2006-10-27 through 2011-04-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 21 rows; 2006-11-02 through 2016-12-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 2 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 17 rows; 2008-03-25 through 2011-06-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 65 rows; 2007-01-23 through 2011-08-29; 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-no-1-1519056`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-1-1519056`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519056/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519056/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519056/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`
