# Rocky Top Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609072
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Schuylkill, PA
- **Operator:** Cruz Bay Trading Inc
- **Controller:** Jefferson  Martin; Susan  Deikman
- **Public source rows linked:** 197
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jefferson  Martin; Susan  Deikman (0053689) → Cruz Bay Trading Inc (0064163) → Rocky Top Mine (3609072)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Larry  Madenford et al → H & M Coal Contracting:** 2002-04-15 through 2004-04-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609072; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John M  Steckley → J & J Coal Co:** 2004-04-19 through 2008-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609072; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jefferson  Martin  et al → Cruz Bay Trading Inc:** 2008-07-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609072; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Susan  Deikman  et al → Cruz Bay Trading Inc:** 2008-07-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609072; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 19 violation rows across the full record; 7 carry an S&S flag and $1,380 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 56 samples:** Occupational health samples 50 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 4 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 — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 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 56 inspection events and 711 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 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 75.1730 — Compressed air; general; compressed air systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1730
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.1713-5 — First-aid training program; retraining of supervisory employees; availability to all miners.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1713-5
- **30 CFR 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **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 75.372 — Mine ventilation map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.372
- **30 CFR 75.1323 — Blasting circuits.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-N/section-75.1323
- **30 CFR 75.1714-2 — Self-rescue devices; use and location requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-2
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 75.310 — Installation of main mine fans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.310

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2009-01-20 through 2009-01-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 19 rows; 2002-07-30 through 2005-11-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2005-03-11 through 2006-09-14; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 50 rows; 2002-09-25 through 2004-12-10; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2004-11-23 through 2004-11-23; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2004-10-25 through 2005-11-22; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2002-04-15 through 2008-07-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 56 rows; 2002-04-15 through 2010-07-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 28 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 4 rows; 2003-09-11 through 2004-11-08; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2002-09-25 through 2003-09-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 19 rows; 2002-07-30 through 2005-11-22; 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/rocky-top-mine-3609072`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/rocky-top-mine-3609072`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609072/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609072/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609072/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`
