# 7

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519775
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Black Pearl Mining, Inc.
- **Controller:** Ricky T  Lucas
- **Public source rows linked:** 924
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ricky T  Lucas (0101867) → Black Pearl Mining, Inc. (0119855) → 7 (1519775)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James H  Booth et al → Apex Energy, Inc.:** 2015-03-11 through 2015-10-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519775; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Griffith → Dags Branch Coal Co., Inc.:** 2015-10-08 through 2014-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519775; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Herbert R  Hamilton et al → Dags Branch Coal Co., Inc.:** 2015-10-08 through 2016-05-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519775; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Griffith et al → Dags Branch Coal Co., Inc.:** 2015-10-08 through 2016-05-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519775; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Danny  Justice → Dags Branch Coal Co., Inc.:** 2015-10-08 through 2004-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519775; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Griffith → Dags Branch Coal Co., Inc.:** 2016-05-26 through 2016-06-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519775; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Tonya  Conley et al → NEW AGE MINING LLC:** 2016-06-08 through 2017-01-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519775; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L Bevins et al → NEW AGE MINING LLC:** 2016-06-08 through 2017-01-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519775; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Herbert R Hamilton → NEW AGE MINING LLC:** 2017-01-06 through 2017-01-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519775; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Herbert R Hamilton → HAMILTON MINING LLC:** 2017-01-06 through 2017-05-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519775; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ricky T  Lucas → Black Pearl Mining, Inc.:** 2017-05-10 through 2017-06-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519775; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Anthony  Newsome → Jet Coal Co., Inc..:** 2017-06-06 through 2018-02-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519775; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ricky T  Lucas → Black Pearl Mining, Inc.:** 2018-02-20 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519775; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Mark  Campbell → Apex Energy, Inc.:** 2019-06-16 through 2015-10-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519775; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Bevins → NEW AGE MINING LLC:** 2020-01-01 through 2017-01-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519775; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 15
- Typed edges: 34
- Interval anomalies: 5
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 49 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 185 violation rows across the full record; 42 carry an S&S flag and $22,985 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 196 samples:** Occupational health samples 151 coal dust; 10 coal quartz; 35 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 — 14K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 11K employee hours and 18 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 37 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 18 contested-violation rows, 18 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 37 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 77.513 — Insulating mats at power switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.513
- **30 CFR 75.601-1 — Short circuit protection; ratings and settings of circuit breakers.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601-1
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **30 CFR 70.209 — Quarterly sampling; designated areas.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-C/section-70.209
- **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 75.706 — Deenergized underground power circuits; idle days—idle shifts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-H/section-75.706
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1103-9 — Minimum requirements; fire suppression materials and location; maintenance of entries and crosscuts; access doors; communications; fire crews; high-expansion foam devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-9
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2016-03-23 through 2017-03-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-06-05 through 2018-06-05; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 174 rows; 2015-06-08 through 2018-01-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 18 rows; 2017-08-02 through 2017-10-31; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 151 rows; 2015-06-11 through 2018-02-07; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2016-10-21 through 2016-10-21; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 18 rows; 2017-01-31 through 2017-06-08; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 210 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:** 15 rows; 2015-03-11 through 2018-02-20; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 37 rows; 2015-06-05 through 2018-06-04; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 35 rows; 2015-08-03 through 2017-12-19; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 10 rows; 2016-03-01 through 2018-02-07; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 185 rows; 2015-06-08 through 2018-01-29; 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/7-1519775`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/7-1519775`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519775/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519775/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519775/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`