# Mine No. 8

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519252
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Letcher, KY
- **Operator:** Hubble Mining Co. LLC
- **Controller:** Harold E  Akers; Jim D  Akers
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,075
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Harold E  Akers; Jim D  Akers (C02535) → Hubble Mining Co. LLC (0050049) → Mine No. 8 (1519252)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Ashland Inc et al → Cumberland River Coal Company:** 2008-07-07 through 2005-12-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Cumberland River Coal Company:** 2008-07-07 through 2009-02-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Paul M  Hogg → Jarisa Inc:** 2009-02-23 through 2010-02-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashland Inc et al → Cumberland River Coal Company:** 2010-02-12 through 2005-12-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Cumberland River Coal Company:** 2010-02-12 through 2010-03-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harold E  Akers et al → Hubble Mining Co. LLC:** 2010-03-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jim D  Akers et al → Hubble Mining Co. LLC:** 2010-03-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Cumberland River Coal Company:** 2017-09-14 through 2009-02-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Cumberland River Coal Company:** 2017-09-14 through 2010-03-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Larissa  Bailey et al → Jarisa Inc:** 2025-03-19 through 2010-02-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jason  Hogg et al → Jarisa Inc:** 2025-03-19 through 2010-02-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 11
- Typed edges: 21
- Interval anomalies: 6
- 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 204 violation rows across the full record; 69 carry an S&S flag and $53,822 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 408 samples:** Occupational health samples 321 coal dust; 28 coal quartz; 59 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 11 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 — 48K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 12K employee hours and 19 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 166 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 83 contested-violation rows, 83 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 22 inspection events and 2K 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 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.1002 — Installation of electric equipment and conductors; permissibility.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-K/section-75.1002
- **30 CFR 75.1102 — Slippage and sequence switches.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1102
- **30 CFR 75.1101-10 — Water sprinkler systems; fire warning devices at belt drives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-10
- **30 CFR 75.516 — Power wires; support.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.516
- **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-09-03 through 2013-09-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 202 rows; 2010-05-12 through 2013-05-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 83 rows; 2011-05-10 through 2014-08-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 321 rows; 2010-01-20 through 2013-05-16; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 83 rows; 2010-05-18 through 2013-05-23; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 11 rows; 2008-07-07 through 2010-03-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 22 rows; 2009-05-08 through 2013-08-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 59 rows; 2010-05-26 through 2013-03-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 28 rows; 2010-01-20 through 2013-04-24; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 204 rows; 2010-05-12 through 2013-05-23; 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-8-1519252`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-8-1519252`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519252/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519252/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519252/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`