# NO. 4 MINE

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3002245
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Misc. Nonmetallic Mnls. NEC
- **Location:** Lewis, NY
- **Operator:** Gouverneur LLC
- **Controller:** RSP Minerals
- **Public source rows linked:** 971
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**RSP Minerals (0201881) → Gouverneur LLC (0210633) → NO. 4 MINE (3002245)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **R T Vanderbilt Company Inc → Gouverneur Talc Company Inc:** 1950-01-01 through 2006-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3002245; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **R T Vanderbilt Company Inc → Vanderbilt Minerals LLC-Gouverneur:** 2007-01-01 through 2026-07-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 3002245; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **RSP Minerals → Gouverneur LLC:** 2026-07-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3002245; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 — 4 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 7 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 31 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 83 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 132 violation rows across the full record; 23 carry an S&S flag and $35,237 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 172 samples:** Occupational health samples 162 personal; 10 area. 6 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 5K employee hours and 9 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 12 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 6 contested-violation rows, 6 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 — 43 since 2021:** Inspections 143 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 57.20032 — Two-way communication equipment for underground operations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-S/section-57.20032
- **30 CFR 57.14132 — Horns and backup alarms for surface equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14132
- **30 CFR 57.11053 — Escape and evacuation plans.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11053
- **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 57.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12004
- **30 CFR 56.9300 — Berms or guardrails.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9300
- **30 CFR 57.14101 — Brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14101
- **30 CFR 57.14205 — Machinery, equipment, and tools.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14205
- **30 CFR 57.8520 — Ventilation plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-G/section-57.8520

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 7 rows; 2013-05-28 through 2025-10-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1998-11-17 through 1998-11-17; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 10 rows; 2022-04-12 through 2026-04-14; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 130 rows; 2000-05-16 through 2026-07-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 6 rows; 2009-11-03 through 2025-07-08; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 6 rows; 2009-01-21 through 2024-08-13; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2026-07-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 143 rows; 2000-02-17 through 2026-08-17; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 301 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 69 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:** 162 rows; 2000-12-06 through 2026-04-15; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 132 rows; 2000-05-16 through 2026-07-07; 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/no-4-mine-3002245`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-4-mine-3002245`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3002245/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3002245/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3002245/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`