# Deep Mine #27

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406846
- **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:** 1,858
- **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 #27 (4406846)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Cumberland Resources Corporation → Dorchester Enterprises Inc:** 1996-08-01 through 1998-02-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406846; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pittston Company → Paramont Coal Corp:** 1998-02-20 through 2002-12-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406846; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC:** 2002-12-13 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406846; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Dorchester Enterprises Inc:** 2010-04-19 through 1998-02-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406846; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Dorchester Enterprises Inc:** 2011-06-01 through 1998-02-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406846; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 13
- 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 46 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 639 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 141 violation rows across the full record; 55 carry an S&S flag and $15,034 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 933 samples:** Occupational health samples 790 coal dust; 99 coal quartz; 44 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 8 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 — 12 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 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 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **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 75.340 — Underground electrical installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.340
- **30 CFR 75.515 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.515
- **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 75.400 — 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 77.1107 — Belt conveyors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1107

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 46 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2004-04-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-08-26 through 2004-08-26; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 139 rows; 2000-03-02 through 2004-07-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2004-12-20 through 2004-12-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 790 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2004-06-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2000-10-18 through 2004-08-10; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2004-06-04 through 2004-06-04; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 322 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 70 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1996-08-01 through 2002-12-13; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 132 rows; 2000-03-01 through 2004-07-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 44 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 44 rows; 2000-04-17 through 2004-06-04; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 99 rows; 2000-03-02 through 2004-06-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 141 rows; 2000-03-02 through 2004-07-22; 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-27-4406846`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/deep-mine-27-4406846`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406846/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406846/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406846/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`