# Mine No 3

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406195
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Buchanan, VA
- **Operator:** Cavalier Mineral Inc
- **Controller:** Gary  Dotson
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,695
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Gary  Dotson (C00283) → Cavalier Mineral Inc (0052632) → Mine No 3 (4406195)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Ellis  Baldwin → Industrial Coal Corp:** 1985-03-01 through 1987-06-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406195; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James Wayne  Estep → Classic Coal Corporation:** 1987-06-18 through 2006-08-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406195; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kres B  VanDyke → Vandyke Mining Inc.:** 2006-08-08 through 2008-01-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406195; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cullen  Ratliff → Abby Contractors Inc:** 2008-01-30 through 2008-03-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406195; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary  Dotson  et al → Cavalier Mineral Inc:** 2008-03-03 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406195; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 15
- 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 11 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 243 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 590 violation rows across the full record; 186 carry an S&S flag and $87,280 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 619 samples:** Occupational health samples 511 coal dust; 43 coal quartz; 65 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 12 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 — 245 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 119 contested-violation rows, 119 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 7 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 99 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 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **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 72.630 — Drill dust control at underground areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.630
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **30 CFR 77.1707 — First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1707
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.1731 — Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1731

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 11 rows; 2004-06-23 through 2009-10-16; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2011-01-28 through 2011-01-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 585 rows; 2001-08-03 through 2010-06-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 119 rows; 2005-02-02 through 2012-07-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 511 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2010-06-19; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 7 rows; 2005-05-05 through 2009-11-12; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 119 rows; 2004-07-29 through 2010-06-23; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 367 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 78 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1985-03-01 through 2008-03-03; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 99 rows; 2000-03-24 through 2011-01-25; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 76 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 65 rows; 2002-01-10 through 2009-11-24; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 43 rows; 2004-07-21 through 2010-05-18; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 590 rows; 2001-08-03 through 2010-06-23; 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-3-4406195`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-3-4406195`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406195/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406195/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406195/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`