# R & R Anthracite Coal Co

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608498
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Schuylkill, PA
- **Operator:** R & R Coal Company
- **Controller:** Gary  Lucas; Charles J Cress; Wilbur  White
- **Public source rows linked:** 316
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Gary  Lucas; Charles J Cress; Wilbur  White (0045369) → R & R Coal Company (P24418) → R & R Anthracite Coal Co (3608498)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Robert E  Lesher → R & R Anthracite Coal Company:** 1994-12-01 through 1997-05-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608498; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary  Lucas et al → G & S Coal Company:** 1997-05-14 through 1999-12-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608498; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary  Lucas et al → B & L Coal Company:** 1999-12-30 through 2000-06-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608498; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary  Lucas et al → R & R Coal Company:** 2000-06-12 through 2004-09-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608498; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wilbur  White et al → R & R Coal Company:** 2004-09-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608498; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles J Cress et al → R & R Coal Company:** 2004-09-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608498; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary  Lucas et al → R & R Coal Company:** 2004-09-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608498; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 16
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 95 violation rows across the full record; 43 carry an S&S flag and $19,223 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 40 samples:** Occupational health samples 34 coal dust; 6 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 — 189 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 450 employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 8 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 8 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 74 inspection events and 1K 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 75.1204 — Mine closure; filing of map with Secretary.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1204
- **30 CFR 48.25 — Training of new miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.25
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 75.1203 — Availability of mine map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1203
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 71.500 — Sanitary toilet facilities at surface work sites; installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.500

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2000-03-27 through 2000-03-27; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-07-19 through 2010-07-19; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 67 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2010-07-20; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 34 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2004-07-13; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 8 rows; 2001-10-22 through 2003-08-06; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1994-12-01 through 2000-06-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 74 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2010-07-19; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 6 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2004-05-04; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 95 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2010-07-20; 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/r-r-anthracite-coal-co-3608498`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/r-r-anthracite-coal-co-3608498`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608498/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608498/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608498/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`