# Silver Oak No. 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4605130
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** Award Development, LLC
- **Controller:** Ashley N  Ward
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,016
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ashley N  Ward (0118481) → Award Development, LLC (0139193) → Silver Oak No. 1 (4605130)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **American Electric Power Company Inc → Cedar Coal Company:** 1976-01-01 through 1984-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605130; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eastern Gas & Fuel Association → Nu East Mining Corp:** 1984-10-01 through 2008-06-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605130; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Andrew  Payne et al → RWMV, LLC:** 2008-06-20 through 2009-09-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605130; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Tommy  Payne et al → RWMV, LLC:** 2008-06-20 through 2009-09-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605130; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Douglas M  Epling et al → Hanover Resources, LLC:** 2009-09-21 through 2014-10-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605130; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James (Brad)  Maggard → Thoroughbred Highwall Mining, LLC:** 2014-10-14 through 2016-10-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605130; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashley N  Ward → Award Development, LLC:** 2016-10-10 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605130; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 19
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 17 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 732 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 165 violation rows across the full record; 48 carry an S&S flag and $110,251 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 294 samples:** Occupational health samples 245 coal dust; 10 coal quartz; 39 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 9 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 14 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 7 contested-violation rows, 7 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 49 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 49.50 — Certification of coal mine rescue teams.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-49/subpart-B/section-49.50
- **30 CFR 48.9 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.9
- **30 CFR 75.1107-4 — Automatic fire sensors and manual actuators; installation; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-4
- **30 CFR 75.1504 — Mine emergency evacuation training and drills.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1504
- **30 CFR 75.1731 — Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1731
- **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 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (2 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 17 rows; 2010-04-17 through 2014-04-10; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-07-10 through 2017-07-10; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 158 rows; 2009-11-10 through 2017-01-31; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 7 rows; 2012-12-12 through 2013-10-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 245 rows; 2010-04-21 through 2012-10-29; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 7 rows; 2011-08-16 through 2012-05-21; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 204 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1976-01-01 through 2016-10-10; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 49 rows; 2008-12-23 through 2017-01-31; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 76 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 39 rows; 2010-07-28 through 2012-05-31; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 10 rows; 2010-12-07 through 2012-03-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 165 rows; 2009-11-10 through 2017-01-31; 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/silver-oak-no-1-4605130`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/silver-oak-no-1-4605130`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4605130/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4605130/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4605130/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`