Tolby Branch No 1 Surface Coal
Lake Coal Company Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Howell Corporation
Hallie,
Letcher County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513044
MSHA record for Tolby Branch No 1 Surface (mine ID 1513044). 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
- W & S Coal Company 1981 to 1984
- Lake Coal Company Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Tolby Branch No 1 Surface sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Letcher County, Kentucky · Population 21,146
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$40,501
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.