Mining Incidents

Gourley No 1 Coal

Ruby Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Wendell Elza
Vincent, Lee County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516184

MSHA record for Gourley No 1 (mine ID 1516184). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Ruby Coal Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Gourley No 1 sits in Lee County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 1.0% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Lee County, Kentucky · Population 7,375
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$34,182
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.