# HOPEDALE MINE

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3300968
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harrison, OH
- **Operator:** Leesville Land LLC
- **Controller:** Ricky D  Kirk; Jerry  Wells Jr
- **Public source rows linked:** 17,887
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ricky D  Kirk; Jerry  Wells Jr (C13425) → Leesville Land LLC (0173255) → HOPEDALE MINE (3300968)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Panhandle Eastern Corp → Youghiogheny & Ohio Coal Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1992-11-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 3300968; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Donn A  Chickering → Harrison Mining Corp:** 1992-11-24 through 2004-10-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 3300968; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wexford Capital LLC → Hopedale Mining LLC:** 2004-10-14 through 2010-10-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 3300968; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rhino Resource Partners LP → Hopedale Mining LLC:** 2010-10-05 through 2020-09-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 3300968; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Appalachian Resource Company LLC → Leesville Land LLC:** 2020-09-18 through 2021-02-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 3300968; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jerry  Wells Jr  et al → Leesville Land LLC:** 2021-02-22 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3300968; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ricky D  Kirk  et al → Leesville Land LLC:** 2021-02-22 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3300968; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 17
- 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 — 55 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 253 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 3,344 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 890 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 3,112 violation rows across the full record; 879 carry an S&S flag and $1,614,784 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 8K samples:** Occupational health samples 7,622 coal dust; 281 coal quartz; 453 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 98 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 19K employee hours and 38 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 739 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 340 contested-violation rows, 343 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 56 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 — 281 since 2021:** Inspections 1,069 inspection events and 44K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 219,984 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 165,102
- **Average employees:** 69
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Northern
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **30 CFR 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **30 CFR 75.807 — Installation of high-voltage transmission cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-I/section-75.807
- **30 CFR 75.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.904
- **30 CFR 75.903 — Disconnecting devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.903
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 253 rows; 2005-05-22 through 2026-09-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-02-03 through 2026-02-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 3,064 rows; 2005-07-20 through 2026-08-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 343 rows; 2010-10-12 through 2026-03-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 7,622 rows; 2005-11-20 through 2026-02-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 56 rows; 2008-09-05 through 2026-08-06; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 340 rows; 2009-08-11 through 2025-11-20; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 803 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 161 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2020-09-18; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 1,069 rows; 2004-11-10 through 2026-09-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 255 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 66 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 453 rows; 2006-02-28 through 2025-12-30; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 281 rows; 2005-11-28 through 2025-11-20; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 3,112 rows; 2005-07-20 through 2026-09-29; 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/hopedale-mine-3300968`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/hopedale-mine-3300968`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3300968/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3300968/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3300968/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`