# Washington Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0403425
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Gold Ore
- **Location:** Shasta, CA
- **Operator:** French Gulch (Nevada) Mining Corp
- **Controller:** Matt  Allain
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,653
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Matt  Allain (0117565) → French Gulch (Nevada) Mining Corp (0057397) → Washington Mine (0403425)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Cooksley Geophysics Inc → Cooksley Geophysics Inc:** 1980-09-01 through 1988-05-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 0403425; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gardis Neil & David A Stevens → G & S Mining Company:** 1988-05-10 through 1991-11-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 0403425; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Scharer Galen--Donald Vickerman Et Al → Washington/Niagara Limited Partnership:** 1991-12-01 through 2001-03-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 0403425; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Oscar  Nukka → Goddess Gold Llc:** 2001-03-16 through 2002-07-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 0403425; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Howard  Finn et al → Lucky Dollar LLC:** 2002-07-02 through 2003-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0403425; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **A A  Emerson et al → Lucky Dollar LLC:** 2002-07-02 through 2003-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0403425; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rendata Llc  et al → Dutch Mining LLC:** 2003-09-01 through 2005-02-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 0403425; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bruce  Burrow  et al → Dutch Mining LLC:** 2003-09-01 through 2005-02-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 0403425; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Peter M  Kuhn → French Gulch (Nevada) Mining Corp:** 2005-02-18 through 2008-05-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 0403425; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Timothy A  Callaway → French Gulch (Nevada) Mining Corp:** 2008-05-23 through 2015-04-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 0403425; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Matt  Allain → French Gulch (Nevada) Mining Corp:** 2015-04-03 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0403425; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 11
- Typed edges: 27
- 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 39 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,735 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 6 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 277 violation rows across the full record; 66 carry an S&S flag and $53,660 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 72 samples:** Occupational health samples 66 personal; 6 area. 22 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 2K employee hours and 6 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 172 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 63 contested-violation rows, 63 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 46 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 — 24 since 2021:** Inspections 115 inspection events and 3K 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 47.41 — Requirement for container labels.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.41
- **30 CFR 56.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12032
- **30 CFR 57.3203 — Rock fixtures.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-B/section-57.3203
- **30 CFR 57.6160 — Main facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-E/section-57.6160
- **30 CFR 57.6102 — Explosive material storage practices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-E/section-57.6102
- **30 CFR 57.14132 — Horns and backup alarms for surface equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14132
- **30 CFR 57.18013 — Emergency communications system.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-Q/section-57.18013
- **30 CFR 40.4 — Posting at mine.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-40/section-40.4
- **30 CFR 57.4361 — Underground evacuation drills.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4361
- **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 57.15004 — Eye protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-N/section-57.15004

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 39 rows; 2002-10-05 through 2016-03-07; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2011-04-04 through 2011-04-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 6 rows; 2012-03-21 through 2012-09-12; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 275 rows; 2001-05-22 through 2025-02-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 63 rows; 2007-12-17 through 2015-05-19; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 46 rows; 2001-05-30 through 2014-11-19; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 63 rows; 2007-04-18 through 2014-08-20; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 200 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 36 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 11 rows; 1980-09-01 through 2005-02-18; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 115 rows; 2001-05-22 through 2026-07-30; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 372 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 82 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Samples:** 66 rows; 2007-12-11 through 2026-03-31; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 277 rows; 2001-05-22 through 2025-02-05; 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/washington-mine-0403425`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/washington-mine-0403425`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0403425/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0403425/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0403425/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`