# Cobra Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3601301
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Greene, PA
- **Operator:** Cobra Mining LLC
- **Controller:** David  Kovach
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,470
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**David  Kovach (0041231) → Cobra Mining LLC (0050897) → Cobra Mine (3601301)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Raymond  Chess → Dunkard Mining Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1975-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601301; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James E  Bergesen → Dunkard Mining Company:** 1976-01-01 through 1983-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601301; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Prodeco Investments Inc → Dunkard Mining Company:** 1984-01-01 through 1986-03-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601301; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bow Valley Industries Ltd → Dunkard Mining Company:** 1986-03-14 through 1992-06-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601301; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joseph P  Tassone et al → Dunkard Mining Company:** 1992-06-23 through 1997-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601301; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Aloe Holding Inc → Dunkard Mining Company:** 1997-11-01 through 2002-11-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601301; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David  Kovach → Cobra Mining LLC:** 2002-11-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601301; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 21
- 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 34 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,406 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 327 violation rows across the full record; 155 carry an S&S flag and $47,562 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 567 samples:** Occupational health samples 492 coal dust; 36 coal quartz; 39 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 6 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 — 24 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 8 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 11 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 106 inspection events and 5K 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 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **30 CFR 75.514 — Electrical connections or splices; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.514
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.1106-3 — Storage of liquefied and nonliquefied compressed gas cylinders; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1106-3

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 34 rows; 2000-01-31 through 2006-01-14; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-08-01 through 2007-08-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 319 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2006-08-30; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 8 rows; 2001-10-31 through 2005-03-24; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 492 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2005-12-09; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 11 rows; 2000-04-24 through 2004-05-06; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2004-02-04 through 2004-04-05; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2002-11-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 106 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2007-03-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 70 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 39 rows; 2001-03-15 through 2005-12-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 36 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2005-08-29; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 327 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2006-08-30; 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/cobra-mine-3601301`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/cobra-mine-3601301`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3601301/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3601301/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3601301/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`