# Silverton Stripping

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608613
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Schuylkill, PA
- **Operator:** Selkirk Enterprises LLC
- **Controller:** John W  Rich
- **Public source rows linked:** 615
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John W  Rich (C01331) → Selkirk Enterprises LLC (0061083) → Silverton Stripping (3608613)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **David M  Ryon → Selkirk Mining Company:** 1997-03-01 through 2005-06-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608613; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John W  Rich et al → Selkirk Enterprises LLC:** 2005-06-03 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608613; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 6
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 45 violation rows across the full record; 14 carry an S&S flag and $3,937 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 175 samples:** Occupational health samples 107 coal dust; 4 coal quartz; 64 noise. 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 — 2 since 2021:** Inspections 66 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.516 — Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.516
- **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 72.620 — Drill dust control at surface mines and surface areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.620
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2005-03-05 through 2005-03-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2022-03-29 through 2022-03-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 45 rows; 2000-04-03 through 2016-05-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 107 rows; 2000-07-12 through 2016-05-09; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 81 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 1997-03-01 through 2005-06-03; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 66 rows; 2000-03-22 through 2022-03-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 158 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 64 rows; 2000-03-22 through 2016-05-18; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 4 rows; 2000-07-12 through 2007-03-20; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 45 rows; 2000-04-03 through 2016-05-18; 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/silverton-stripping-3608613`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/silverton-stripping-3608613`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608613/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608613/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608613/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`