# Bowie No 2 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0504591
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Delta, CO
- **Operator:** Bowie Resources LLC
- **Controller:** Wolverine Fuels LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 22,051
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Wolverine Fuels LLC (0110263) → Bowie Resources LLC (0052652) → Bowie No 2 Mine (0504591)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Bowie Resources Limited:** 1997-03-01 through 2003-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0504591; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John C  Smith Jr → Bowie Resources LLC:** 2004-01-01 through 2008-10-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 0504591; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cedars LLC et al → Bowie Resources LLC:** 2008-10-21 through 2013-08-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 0504591; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bowie Resources et al → Bowie Resources LLC:** 2008-10-21 through 2013-08-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 0504591; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wolverine Fuels LLC → Bowie Resources LLC:** 2013-08-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0504591; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 11
- 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 224 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 6,611 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 6 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 3,207 violation rows across the full record; 628 carry an S&S flag and $2,568,977 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 5K samples:** Occupational health samples 4,350 coal dust; 268 coal quartz; 482 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 159 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 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 925 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 415 contested-violation rows, 412 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 98 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 34 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 — 18 since 2021:** Inspections 1,239 inspection events and 42K 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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.210 — Hoisting of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.210
- **30 CFR 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 224 rows; 2000-01-02 through 2017-04-07; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2019-10-31 through 2019-10-31; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 3,106 rows; 2000-01-07 through 2026-03-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 412 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2016-10-19; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 4,350 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2022-11-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 98 rows; 2000-09-07 through 2016-03-03; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 415 rows; 2000-03-10 through 2015-11-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 6,616 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1,126 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1997-03-01 through 2004-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 1,239 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2026-09-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 411 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 90 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 482 rows; 2001-07-05 through 2021-09-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 268 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2015-12-01; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 3,207 rows; 2000-01-07 through 2026-03-23; 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/bowie-no-2-mine-0504591`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bowie-no-2-mine-0504591`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0504591/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0504591/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0504591/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`