# JV 18 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406499
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Buchanan, VA
- **Operator:** Mountaineer Metallurgical Holdings LLC
- **Controller:** C6 Ventures LLC; Mark  Nelson
- **Public source rows linked:** 12,462
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**C6 Ventures LLC; Mark  Nelson (0157861) → Mountaineer Metallurgical Holdings LLC (0172933) → JV 18 Mine (4406499)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Sunoco, Inc. → Dominion Coal Corporation:** 1989-01-01 through 1999-03-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406499; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert P  Ratliff → Rat Contractors Inc:** 1999-03-22 through 1999-10-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406499; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sunoco, Inc. → Dominion Coal Corporation:** 1999-10-14 through 2005-12-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406499; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Perry Allen  Whited → SANW, Inc.:** 2005-12-28 through 2007-04-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406499; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sunoco, Inc. → Dominion Coal Corporation:** 2007-04-27 through 2012-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406499; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **SunCoke Energy Incorporated → Dominion Coal Corporation:** 2012-01-17 through 1999-03-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406499; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **SunCoke Energy Incorporated → Dominion Coal Corporation:** 2012-01-17 through 2005-12-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406499; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **SunCoke Energy Incorporated → Dominion Coal Corporation:** 2012-01-17 through 2015-01-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406499; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Perry Allen  Whited → SANW, Inc.:** 2015-01-29 through 2016-03-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406499; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Blackjewel L.L.C.:** 2016-03-31 through 2019-09-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406499; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rhino Resource Partners LP → Jewell Valley Mining LLC:** 2019-09-02 through 2020-09-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406499; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **C6 Ventures LLC Et Al → Mountaineer Metallurgical Holdings LLC:** 2020-09-29 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406499; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mark  Nelson Et Al → Mountaineer Metallurgical Holdings LLC:** 2020-09-29 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406499; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 13
- Typed edges: 29
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 47 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,446 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 2 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 2,585 violation rows across the full record; 716 carry an S&S flag and $1,735,094 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 4K samples:** Occupational health samples 3,430 coal dust; 171 coal quartz; 196 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 42 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 806 employee hours and 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2,121 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1,017 contested-violation rows, 1,016 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 88 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 9 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 246 inspection events and 22K 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.807 — Installation of high-voltage transmission cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-I/section-75.807
- **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 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 75.338 — Training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.338
- **30 CFR 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **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 75.204 — Roof bolting.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.204

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 47 rows; 2006-10-28 through 2019-02-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-08-13 through 2026-08-13; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 2,531 rows; 2005-11-21 through 2024-12-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1,016 rows; 2006-11-09 through 2020-11-28; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 3,430 rows; 2005-07-07 through 2019-06-30; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 88 rows; 2006-09-12 through 2019-05-21; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1,017 rows; 2006-02-09 through 2019-05-02; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 749 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 203 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 13 rows; 1989-01-01 through 2020-09-29; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 246 rows; 2005-11-15 through 2026-07-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 132 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 36 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 196 rows; 2006-04-11 through 2018-12-03; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 171 rows; 2006-02-15 through 2019-06-13; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 2,585 rows; 2005-11-21 through 2025-01-07; 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/jv-18-mine-4406499`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/jv-18-mine-4406499`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406499/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406499/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406499/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`