# Cresent Valley Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0103370
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Walker, AL
- **Operator:** Mays Mining, Inc.
- **Controller:** Rodney  Mays
- **Public source rows linked:** 307
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Rodney  Mays (0073991) → Mays Mining, Inc. (0156433) → Cresent Valley Mine (0103370)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **National Coal Corporation → National Coal of Alabama Inc:** 2007-12-04 through 2009-08-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103370; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Frank C  Mann → National Coal of Alabama Inc:** 2007-12-04 through 2007-10-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103370; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **TCW Energy Fund XIV-A, L.P. et al → National Coal of Alabama Inc:** 2009-08-03 through 2013-12-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103370; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert J  Reed Sr → Reed Minerals, Inc:** 2013-12-04 through 2012-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103370; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **TRU Energy Services LLC → Reed Minerals, Inc:** 2013-12-04 through 2012-10-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103370; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Reid Dolores → Reed Minerals, Inc:** 2013-12-04 through 2002-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103370; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **NACCO Industries Inc → Reed Minerals, Inc:** 2013-12-04 through 2014-11-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103370; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **NACCO Industries Inc → Centennial Natural Resources LLC:** 2014-11-11 through 2017-09-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103370; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alon  Ballenger → Job Land and Mineral, Inc.:** 2017-09-15 through 2018-04-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103370; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rodney  Mays → Mays Mining, Inc.:** 2018-04-19 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103370; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 25
- Interval anomalies: 4
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 42 violation rows across the full record; 14 carry an S&S flag and $9,290 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 144 samples:** Occupational health samples 94 coal dust; 5 coal quartz; 45 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 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 — 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 23 inspection events and 381 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 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **30 CFR 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206
- **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 77.1104 — 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 77.1110 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2010-10-20 through 2011-04-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2019-06-03 through 2019-06-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 42 rows; 2008-08-04 through 2019-02-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2012-01-11 through 2012-10-05; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 94 rows; 2008-08-06 through 2019-03-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2011-01-19 through 2011-10-27; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 2007-12-04 through 2018-04-19; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 23 rows; 2008-03-17 through 2019-02-04; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 30 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 45 rows; 2008-08-06 through 2019-02-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 5 rows; 2009-01-27 through 2019-02-13; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 42 rows; 2008-08-04 through 2019-02-04; 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/cresent-valley-mine-0103370`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/cresent-valley-mine-0103370`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0103370/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0103370/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0103370/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`