# MOUNTAIN ENERGY #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4404181
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wise, VA
- **Operator:** MOUNTAIN ENERGY RESOURCES INC
- **Controller:** Dale E  Stanley
- **Public source rows linked:** 955
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Dale E  Stanley (0053709) → MOUNTAIN ENERGY RESOURCES INC (0064183) → MOUNTAIN ENERGY #1 (4404181)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **B Ray  Thompson → Cumberland Collieries Inc:** 1975-09-29 through 1979-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sunoco, Inc. → Cumberland Collieries Inc:** 1979-11-01 through 1992-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **General Dynamics Corp → Cumberland Collieries Inc:** 1992-04-01 through 1996-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jerry  Wells Jr  et al → Cumberland Collieries Inc:** 1996-04-01 through 2003-01-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ricky D  Kirk  et al → Cumberland Collieries Inc:** 1996-04-01 through 2003-01-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bright Tommy N-Carter C Long Et Al → Elite Tipples, Inc.:** 2003-01-28 through 2003-01-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Tommy N  Bright I → Elite Tipples, Inc.:** 2003-01-28 through 2005-09-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dale E  Stanley → Mountain Energy Resources Inc:** 2005-09-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 21
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 4 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 87 violation rows across the full record; 28 carry an S&S flag and $11,293 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 95 samples:** Occupational health samples 57 coal dust; 38 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 575 employee hours and 3 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 — 5 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 — 12 since 2021:** Inspections 54 inspection events and 962 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 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **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 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207
- **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 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 72.100 — Periodic examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-B/section-72.100
- **30 CFR 77.200 — Surface installations; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.200
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 48.26 — Experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.26
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2015-09-15 through 2015-09-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 87 rows; 2003-03-13 through 2025-03-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 57 rows; 2003-03-17 through 2026-08-03; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 326 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 74 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1975-09-29 through 2005-09-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 54 rows; 2003-03-13 through 2026-07-30; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 181 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 41 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 38 rows; 2005-09-28 through 2026-08-03; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 87 rows; 2003-03-13 through 2025-03-04; 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/mountain-energy-1-4404181`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mountain-energy-1-4404181`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4404181/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4404181/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4404181/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`