# Deep Mine # 4

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406832
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wise, VA
- **Operator:** Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,159
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (0041211) → Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC (0050885) → Deep Mine # 4 (4406832)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Cumberland Resources Corporation → Black Creek Coal Corp:** 1996-04-01 through 1999-07-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406832; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **El Paso Energy Corp → Coastal Coal Company, LLC:** 1999-07-30 through 2003-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406832; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC:** 2003-02-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406832; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 56 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,148 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 342 violation rows across the full record; 154 carry an S&S flag and $38,059 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 758 samples:** Occupational health samples 656 coal dust; 58 coal quartz; 44 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 — 10K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 6K employee hours and 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 16 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 11 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 185 inspection events and 5K 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 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 75.1103-1 — Automatic fire sensors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-1
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **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 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.1710-1 — Canopies or cabs; self-propelled diesel-powered and electric face equipment; installation requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1710-1

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 56 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2007-02-19; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-06-26 through 2007-06-26; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 340 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2007-05-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2002-06-27 through 2008-12-10; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 656 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2007-02-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 11 rows; 2000-08-23 through 2001-10-12; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2006-12-12 through 2006-12-12; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 290 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:** 3 rows; 1996-04-01 through 2003-02-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 185 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2007-04-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 70 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 19 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 44 rows; 2000-04-13 through 2005-08-30; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 58 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2007-02-28; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 342 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2007-05-02; 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/deep-mine-4-4406832`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/deep-mine-4-4406832`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406832/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406832/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406832/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`