# Tipple #2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4405166
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Dickenson, VA
- **Operator:** Hills Coal Co., Inc.
- **Controller:** Horace Garrison  Hill
- **Public source rows linked:** 434
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Horace Garrison  Hill (C15279) → Hills Coal Co., Inc. (0051767) → Tipple #2 (4405166)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **B Ray  Thompson → Jewell Smokeless Coal Corp:** 1979-06-01 through 1979-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sunoco, Inc. → Jewell Smokeless Coal Corp:** 1979-11-01 through 1988-10-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Yates Elzie → Continental Colony Corp:** 1988-10-24 through 1997-09-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jerry W  Wharton → A & G Coal Corp:** 1997-09-22 through 2001-07-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steven R  Mullins → Quality Carbons Inc:** 2001-07-13 through 2003-07-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horace Garrison  Hill → D & C Mining:** 2003-07-22 through 2011-03-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → A & G Coal Corp:** 2009-04-30 through 2001-07-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horace Garrison  Hill → Hills Coal Co., Inc.:** 2011-03-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **SunCoke Energy Incorporated → Jewell Smokeless Coal Corp:** 2012-01-17 through 1988-10-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → A & G Coal Corp:** 2017-03-27 through 2001-07-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → A & G Coal Corp:** 2017-03-27 through 2001-07-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → A & G Coal Corp:** 2022-10-03 through 2001-07-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 12
- Typed edges: 30
- Interval anomalies: 5
- 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 85 violation rows across the full record; 31 carry an S&S flag and $32,767 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 29 samples:** Occupational health samples 19 coal dust; 10 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 — 24 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 14 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 36 inspection events and 953 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.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 77.512 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.512
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2015-12-15 through 2015-12-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 85 rows; 2001-10-17 through 2012-07-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2008-10-27 through 2011-01-03; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 19 rows; 2001-10-22 through 2011-04-05; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 14 rows; 2001-12-18 through 2012-08-01; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2007-08-23 through 2007-10-31; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 95 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 2 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 12 rows; 1979-06-01 through 2011-03-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 36 rows; 2001-08-02 through 2014-09-16; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 53 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 10 rows; 2001-10-22 through 2011-04-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 85 rows; 2001-10-17 through 2012-07-02; 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/tipple-2-4405166`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/tipple-2-4405166`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4405166/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4405166/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4405166/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`