# Smethport Quarry

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3101356
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Granite
- **Location:** Ashe, NC
- **Operator:** Cardinal Quarries LLC
- **Controller:** Doug  Dalton
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,500
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Doug  Dalton (M13395) → Cardinal Quarries LLC (0051702) → Smethport Quarry (3101356)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Wiley B  Roark et al → Maymead Lime Company Inc:** 1950-01-01 through 1978-08-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 3101356; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James A  Lyalls → Lyalls Construction Company:** 1978-08-30 through 1981-04-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 3101356; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William M  McCrary → Mc Crary Stone Service Inc:** 1981-04-28 through 1987-03-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 3101356; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James M  Vannoy → Cardinal Stone Company Inc:** 1987-03-09 through 2003-10-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 3101356; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Doug  Dalton → Cardinal Quarries LLC:** 2003-10-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3101356; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 15
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 6 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 46 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 10 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 143 violation rows across the full record; 38 carry an S&S flag and $35,148 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 47 samples:** Occupational health samples 43 personal; 4 area. 0 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 7K employee hours and 10 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 29 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 11 contested-violation rows, 11 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 7 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 — 18 since 2021:** Inspections 94 inspection events and 2K 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 56.11001 — Safe access.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11001
- **30 CFR 56.14109 — Unguarded conveyors with adjacent travelways.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14109
- **30 CFR 56.4200 — General requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4200
- **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 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **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 56.14101 — Brakes.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14101
- **30 CFR 56.15001 — First-aid materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15001
- **30 CFR 56.20003 — Housekeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20003

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 6 rows; 2002-12-03 through 2023-10-23; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1985-02-04 through 1985-02-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 4 rows; 2021-05-04 through 2023-12-11; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 142 rows; 2000-07-06 through 2026-06-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 11 rows; 2010-11-18 through 2014-06-17; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 7 rows; 2006-04-28 through 2012-01-20; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 11 rows; 2007-09-19 through 2010-08-30; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 512 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 121 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2003-10-16; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 94 rows; 2000-07-05 through 2026-09-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 318 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 81 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:** 43 rows; 2000-10-18 through 2025-10-22; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 143 rows; 2000-07-06 through 2026-06-29; 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/smethport-quarry-3101356`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/smethport-quarry-3101356`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3101356/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3101356/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3101356/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`