# No 2 Surface

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4403658
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Buchanan, VA
- **Operator:** CM Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** G Dale  Murray; Robert  Crowder
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,460
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**G Dale  Murray; Robert  Crowder (0137241) → CM Mining, LLC (0154173) → No 2 Surface (4403658)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Donald  Nicewonder → Twin Star Mining, Inc.:** 1974-01-01 through 2005-11-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403658; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Twin Star Mining, Inc.:** 2005-11-02 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403658; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Twin Star Mining, Inc.:** 2016-07-26 through 2017-10-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403658; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert  Crowder et al → CM Mining, LLC:** 2017-10-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403658; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **G Dale  Murray et al → CM Mining, LLC:** 2017-10-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403658; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 11
- 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 35 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 1,358 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 300 violation rows across the full record; 102 carry an S&S flag and $67,352 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 374 samples:** Occupational health samples 241 coal dust; 22 coal quartz; 111 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 7 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 2K employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 35 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 17 contested-violation rows, 17 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 17 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 92 inspection events and 4K 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 71.500 — Sanitary toilet facilities at surface work sites; installation requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.500
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 35 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2014-03-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-08-16 through 2023-08-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 294 rows; 2000-10-23 through 2019-03-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 17 rows; 2011-02-16 through 2013-05-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 241 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2019-02-13; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2005-04-25 through 2005-04-25; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 17 rows; 2010-03-08 through 2011-12-12; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,815 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 331 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1974-01-01 through 2017-10-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 92 rows; 2000-04-24 through 2020-03-03; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 142 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:** 111 rows; 2000-04-24 through 2018-02-21; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 22 rows; 2000-10-23 through 2018-06-27; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 300 rows; 2000-10-23 through 2019-03-19; 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/no-2-surface-4403658`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-2-surface-4403658`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4403658/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4403658/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4403658/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`