# Mine No 4

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4405815
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wise, VA
- **Operator:** Guest Mountain Mining Corporation
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,603
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (0041211) → Guest Mountain Mining Corporation (P22270) → Mine No 4 (4405815)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Clyde A  Mullins → Double M No 2 Mine Inc:** 1981-12-01 through 1999-11-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405815; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harold  Sturgill → Appalachia Coal Company Inc:** 1999-12-01 through 2007-05-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405815; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cumberland Resources Corporation → Guest Mountain Mining Corporation:** 2007-05-18 through 2010-04-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405815; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Guest Mountain Mining Corporation:** 2010-04-19 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405815; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Guest Mountain Mining Corporation:** 2011-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405815; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 13
- 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; 0 coded fatalities and 1,004 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 729 violation rows across the full record; 317 carry an S&S flag and $262,145 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 955 coal dust; 102 coal quartz; 58 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 11 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 — 251 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 119 contested-violation rows, 119 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 13 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 228 inspection events and 7K 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 77.401 — Stationary grinding machines; protective devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.401
- **30 CFR 77.402 — Hand-held power tools; safety devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.402
- **30 CFR 75.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.904
- **30 CFR 75.362 — On-shift examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.362
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.1731 — Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1731
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 35 rows; 2001-04-24 through 2013-02-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-03-20 through 2013-03-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 715 rows; 2000-01-28 through 2011-10-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 119 rows; 2008-04-14 through 2011-10-14; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 955 rows; 2000-04-12 through 2010-06-01; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 13 rows; 2007-09-05 through 2008-09-10; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 119 rows; 2007-08-15 through 2010-05-20; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 327 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 68 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1981-12-01 through 2007-05-18; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 228 rows; 2000-01-20 through 2013-03-20; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 104 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 24 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 58 rows; 2000-04-18 through 2010-01-28; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 102 rows; 2000-05-22 through 2010-05-26; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 729 rows; 2000-01-28 through 2011-10-04; 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/mine-no-4-4405815`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-4-4405815`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4405815/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4405815/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4405815/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`