# Mine No. 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406836
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Buchanan, VA
- **Operator:** SANW, INC
- **Controller:** Perry Allen  Whited
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,959
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Perry Allen  Whited (C02509) → SANW, INC (0056119) → Mine No. 1 (4406836)**

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:** 1996-04-01 through 1997-08-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Fred D  Matney  et al → Capital Coal Corp:** 1997-08-22 through 2000-09-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hank K  Matney  et al → Capital Coal Corp:** 1997-08-22 through 2000-09-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rick A  Matney  et al → Capital Coal Corp:** 1997-08-22 through 2000-09-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sunoco, Inc. → Dominion Coal Corporation:** 2000-09-14 through 2000-10-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Perry Allen  Whited → A & N Coal Company Inc:** 2000-10-24 through 2001-10-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert P  Ratliff → Rat Contractors, Inc.:** 2001-10-24 through 2002-07-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cullen  Ratliff → ABBY CONTRACTORS, INC.:** 2002-07-11 through 2004-03-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Chalmer  Williamson → Infinity Mining, Inc.:** 2004-03-18 through 2004-05-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cullen  Ratliff → Abby Contractors, Inc.:** 2004-05-20 through 2004-12-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Perry Allen  Whited → SANW, INC:** 2004-12-21 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **SunCoke Energy Incorporated → Dominion Coal Corporation:** 2012-01-17 through 1997-08-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **SunCoke Energy Incorporated → Dominion Coal Corporation:** 2012-01-17 through 2000-10-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 13
- Typed edges: 30
- 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 11 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 81 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 521 violation rows across the full record; 117 carry an S&S flag and $68,401 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 890 samples:** Occupational health samples 757 coal dust; 65 coal quartz; 68 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 5 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 — 1K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 3K employee hours and 14 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 140 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 63 contested-violation rows, 64 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 13 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 132 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 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **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 75.320 — Air quality detectors and measurement devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.320
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **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 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:** 11 rows; 2000-09-11 through 2009-12-18; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-09-12 through 2014-09-12; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 511 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2013-11-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 64 rows; 2009-04-02 through 2013-11-12; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 757 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2013-10-16; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 13 rows; 2006-08-16 through 2013-01-08; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 63 rows; 2007-10-09 through 2013-04-24; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 453 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 116 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 13 rows; 1996-04-01 through 2004-12-21; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 132 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2014-04-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 143 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 68 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2013-07-31; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 65 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2013-05-21; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 521 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2013-11-05; 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-1-4406836`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-1-4406836`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406836/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406836/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406836/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`