# Razorblade Auger

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519725
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Letcher, KY
- **Operator:** Deane Mining LLC
- **Controller:** American Resources Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 61
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**American Resources Corporation (0150901) → Deane Mining LLC (0088244) → Razorblade Auger (1519725)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **William A  Stephens et al → Augustus Augering and Contracting Inc:** 2013-11-05 through 2015-04-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519725; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Karen A  Stephens et al → Augustus Augering and Contracting Inc:** 2015-04-25 through 2018-08-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519725; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Melodye G  Stephens et al → Augustus Augering and Contracting Inc:** 2015-04-25 through 2018-08-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519725; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David A  Lester et al → Augustus Augering and Contracting Inc:** 2015-04-25 through 2018-08-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519725; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wexford Capital LLC → Deane Mining LLC:** 2018-08-16 through 2010-10-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519725; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rhino Resource Partners LP → Deane Mining LLC:** 2018-08-16 through 2015-12-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519725; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Quest Energy Corporation → Deane Mining LLC:** 2018-08-16 through 2017-01-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519725; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Resources Corporation → Deane Mining LLC:** 2018-08-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519725; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 16
- Interval anomalies: 3
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 6 violation rows across the full record; 4 carry an S&S flag and $4,087 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 12 samples:** Occupational health samples 6 coal dust; 6 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 4 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 22 inspection events and 340 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 77.1108-1 — Type and capacity of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1108-1
- **30 CFR 48.26 — Experienced miner training.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.26
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-08-16 through 2018-08-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 5 rows; 2014-08-29 through 2016-08-25; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2015-07-17 through 2015-08-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 6 rows; 2014-08-29 through 2016-08-25; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2014-08-29 through 2014-10-16; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2013-11-05 through 2018-08-16; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 22 rows; 2013-11-27 through 2026-06-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **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:** 6 rows; 2014-08-29 through 2016-12-01; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 6 rows; 2014-08-29 through 2016-08-25; 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/razorblade-auger-1519725`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/razorblade-auger-1519725`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519725/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519725/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519725/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`