# Sorrells Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4104609
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Stone NEC
- **Location:** Morris, TX
- **Operator:** New Birmingham Resources, LLC
- **Controller:** New Birmingham Incorporated
- **Public source rows linked:** 198
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**New Birmingham Incorporated (0061877) → New Birmingham Resources, LLC (0073828) → Sorrells Mine (4104609)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **New Birmingham Incorporated → New Birmingham Resources, LLC:** 2006-07-11 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4104609; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+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 58 violation rows across the full record; 18 carry an S&S flag and $26,133 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1 samples:** Occupational health samples 1 personal. 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 39 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 18 contested-violation rows, 18 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 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 24 inspection events and 245 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 56.14100 — 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 56.18002 — Examination of working places.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-Q/section-56.18002
- **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 56.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12004
- **30 CFR 56.12008 — Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12008
- **30 CFR 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **30 CFR 56.20001 — Intoxicating beverages and narcotics.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20001
- **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 56.11012 — Protection for openings around travelways.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11012

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-04-17 through 2017-04-17; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 58 rows; 2006-12-20 through 2016-08-01; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 18 rows; 2010-08-20 through 2012-02-27; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2007-01-12 through 2014-07-29; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 18 rows; 2009-10-26 through 2011-08-01; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 2006-07-11 through 2006-07-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 24 rows; 2006-09-07 through 2016-08-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 15 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:** 1 rows; 2009-07-15 through 2009-07-15; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 58 rows; 2006-12-20 through 2016-08-01; 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/sorrells-mine-4104609`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/sorrells-mine-4104609`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4104609/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4104609/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4104609/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`