# Roytown Deep Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609260
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Somerset, PA
- **Operator:** RoxCoal, Inc.
- **Controller:** Quintana Capital Group GP Ltd
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,581
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Quintana Capital Group GP Ltd (0077457) → RoxCoal, Inc. (P24228) → Roytown Deep Mine (3609260)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Severstal Resources → RoxCoal Inc:** 2004-07-01 through 2008-09-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609260; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Severstal Resources → Elk Lick Energy Inc:** 2008-09-11 through 2009-03-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609260; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Severstal Resources → RoxCoal, Inc.:** 2009-03-27 through 2014-08-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609260; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Quintana Capital Group GP Ltd et al → RoxCoal Inc:** 2014-08-20 through 2008-09-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609260; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Quintana Capital Group GP Ltd et al → RoxCoal, Inc.:** 2014-08-20 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609260; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 11
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 69 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,119 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 724 violation rows across the full record; 147 carry an S&S flag and $182,492 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,392 coal dust; 114 coal quartz; 99 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 18 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 — 566 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 211 contested-violation rows, 210 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 145 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 — 9 since 2021:** Inspections 97 inspection events and 14K 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 75.1714-8 — Reporting SCSR inventory and malfunctions; retention of SCSRs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-8
- **30 CFR 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **30 CFR 75.1506 — Refuge alternatives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1506
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.1202-1 — Temporary notations, revisions, and supplements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1202-1
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 69 rows; 2005-05-09 through 2013-05-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-12-19 through 2025-12-19; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 719 rows; 2005-03-18 through 2020-02-12; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 210 rows; 2005-12-21 through 2015-06-05; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,392 rows; 2002-02-18 through 2013-10-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 145 rows; 2007-02-02 through 2013-07-24; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 211 rows; 2005-04-25 through 2013-02-11; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 398 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 94 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2004-07-01 through 2009-03-27; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 97 rows; 2005-02-03 through 2025-06-23; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 267 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 99 rows; 2006-02-15 through 2013-04-08; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 114 rows; 2005-07-16 through 2013-10-28; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 724 rows; 2005-03-18 through 2020-02-12; 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/roytown-deep-mine-3609260`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/roytown-deep-mine-3609260`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609260/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609260/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609260/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`