# Searles Mine No. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0103172
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Tuscaloosa, AL
- **Operator:** Southland Resources, Inc.
- **Controller:** Pat A  Jones
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,414
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Pat A  Jones (C15679) → Southland Resources, Inc. (P23894) → Searles Mine No. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (0103172)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Pat A  Jones → Southland Resources, Inc.:** 1999-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103172; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 12 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 806 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 13 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 250 violation rows across the full record; 92 carry an S&S flag and $102,244 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 872 samples:** Occupational health samples 655 coal dust; 51 coal quartz; 166 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 5 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 50 employee hours and 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 4 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 — 22 since 2021:** Inspections 148 inspection events and 4K 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 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **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 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 72.620 — Drill dust control at surface mines and surface areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.620
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 12 rows; 2004-12-22 through 2019-06-10; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-06-23 through 2016-06-23; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 246 rows; 2001-02-01 through 2025-03-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2012-12-28 through 2013-11-14; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 655 rows; 2001-02-01 through 2026-06-25; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2011-05-24 through 2012-06-19; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 514 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 113 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 1999-06-01 through 1999-06-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 148 rows; 2001-01-31 through 2026-06-18; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 203 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 49 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 166 rows; 2001-02-01 through 2026-06-25; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 51 rows; 2001-02-01 through 2022-04-23; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 250 rows; 2001-02-01 through 2025-03-11; 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/searles-mine-no-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-0103172`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/searles-mine-no-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-0103172`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0103172/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0103172/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0103172/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`