# Bee Tree Mine - **MSHA mine ID:** 4406744 - **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed - **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous) - **Location:** Buchanan, VA - **Operator:** Black Diamond Company - **Controller:** Metinvest B V - **Public source rows linked:** 1,219 - **Source coverage:** 14 / 20 - **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z ## Current entity hierarchy **Metinvest B V (0085453) → Black Diamond Company (P17538) → Bee Tree Mine (4406744)** Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim. ## Controller and operator valid-time history - **United Company → Wellmore Coal Corp:** 1993-07-01 through 1993-10-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406744; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Eddie Skeens et al → Falcon Coal Corp:** 1993-10-14 through 1998-04-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406744; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Jerry Skeens et al → Falcon Coal Corp:** 1993-10-14 through 1998-04-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406744; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Gary A Horn → Upper Mill Mining Company:** 1998-04-05 through 2001-01-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406744; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Sam Blankenship → Bee Tree Coal Corp:** 2001-01-29 through 2005-01-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406744; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Southern Mining Co → Black Diamond Company:** 2005-01-14 through 2006-01-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406744; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **United Company → Black Diamond Company:** 2006-01-02 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406744; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Metinvest B V → Black Diamond Company:** 2009-04-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406744; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - History rows: 8 - Typed edges: 20 - 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 18 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 305 lost days across the published record. 2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 234 violation rows across the full record; 82 carry an S&S flag and $21,187 appears in current assessed amounts. 3. **HEALTH — 532 samples:** Occupational health samples 462 coal dust; 38 coal quartz; 32 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 9 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 — 50 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 48 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 conference records linked by issuance number. 6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 102 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 75.807 — 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 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 75.370 — 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 - **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104 - **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606 - **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364 - **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 75.511 — Low-, medium-, or high-voltage distribution circuits and equipment; repair.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.511 - **30 CFR 75.601 — Short circuit protection of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601 - **30 CFR 75.325 — Air quantity.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.325 - **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 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3 ## Source coverage - **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 18 rows; 2000-01-14 through 2003-01-29; source ID `msha-accidents` - **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-03-10 through 2004-03-10; source ID `msha-addresses` - **Assessed Violations:** 231 rows; 2000-01-21 through 2003-10-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations` - **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 48 rows; 2001-01-24 through 2004-05-05; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions` - **Coal Dust Samples:** 462 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2003-10-07; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples` - **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2002-03-14 through 2002-03-14; source ID `msha-conferences` - **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1993-07-01 through 2005-01-14; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history` - **Inspections:** 102 rows; 2000-01-21 through 2004-01-23; source ID `msha-inspections` - **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 34 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly` - **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly` - **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines` - **Noise Samples:** 32 rows; 2000-02-07 through 2003-03-17; source ID `msha-noise-samples` - **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 38 rows; 2000-01-27 through 2003-09-16; source ID `msha-quartz-samples` - **Violations:** 234 rows; 2000-01-21 through 2003-10-14; 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/bee-tree-mine-4406744` - JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bee-tree-mine-4406744` - Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406744/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows) - Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406744/relationships` - MCP resource: `mine://4406744/assessment` - Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`