# Honey Branch

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406599
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wise, VA
- **Operator:** The Banner Company
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,140
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Metinvest B V (0085453) → The Banner Company (P19871) → Honey Branch (4406599)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Sam  Blankenship → Black Canyon Mining Company:** 1990-09-01 through 1991-07-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary A  Horn → Grand Canyon Mining Company:** 1991-07-22 through 1997-11-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bill  Stacy → Hollow Point Mining Inc:** 1997-11-26 through 1998-08-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William E  Pace Jr → Pace Coal Corp:** 1998-08-31 through 1999-04-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steve  Wolford → Crystal Bay Corp:** 1999-04-27 through 2000-09-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth L  Stacy → Hokie Mining Company:** 2000-09-11 through 2000-12-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kevin  Lowe → Hosanna Llc:** 2000-12-18 through 2002-03-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sam  Blankenship → S & B Coal Corporation:** 2002-03-13 through 2003-08-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth L  Stacy → Banner Company:** 2003-08-18 through 2004-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jay  Wallace → Cat Bird Mining, Inc.:** 2004-06-01 through 2005-02-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jay  Wallace → J. J. & J. Coal Corporation:** 2005-02-15 through 2008-07-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Banner Company:** 2006-01-03 through 2004-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Hokie Mining Company:** 2006-03-23 through 2000-12-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → The Banner Company:** 2008-07-22 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth L  Stacy → The Banner Company:** 2008-07-22 through 2006-01-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Hokie Mining Company:** 2009-04-30 through 2000-12-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Banner Company:** 2009-04-30 through 2004-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → The Banner Company:** 2009-04-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 18
- Typed edges: 44
- 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 23 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 409 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 324 violation rows across the full record; 165 carry an S&S flag and $34,724 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 248 samples:** Occupational health samples 231 coal dust; 8 coal quartz; 9 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 68 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 98 inspection events and 3K 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.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 75.321 — Air quality.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.321
- **30 CFR 75.335 — Seal strengths, design applications, and installation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.335
- **30 CFR 75.310 — Installation of main mine fans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.310
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **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 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 23 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2007-02-19; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-11-03 through 2014-11-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 316 rows; 2001-01-08 through 2014-10-06; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2009-05-22 through 2009-05-22; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 231 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2007-03-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2001-05-08 through 2003-12-02; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2007-09-13 through 2007-09-13; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 30 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 18 rows; 1990-09-01 through 2008-07-22; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 98 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2014-10-28; 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:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 9 rows; 2005-08-18 through 2006-03-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 8 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2007-02-07; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 324 rows; 2001-01-08 through 2014-10-06; 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/honey-branch-4406599`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/honey-branch-4406599`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406599/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406599/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406599/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`