# Mine No 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406861
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wise, VA
- **Operator:** Mill Branch Coal Corporation
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,942
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (0041211) → Mill Branch Coal Corporation (P23653) → Mine No 1 (4406861)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Cumberland Resources Corporation → Mill Branch Coal Corporation:** 1996-12-01 through 2010-04-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406861; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Mill Branch Coal Corporation:** 2010-04-19 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406861; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Mill Branch Coal Corporation:** 2011-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406861; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- 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 43 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,432 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 301 violation rows across the full record; 100 carry an S&S flag and $37,089 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 912 samples:** Occupational health samples 780 coal dust; 86 coal quartz; 46 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 10 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 80 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 12 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 4 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 8 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 158 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.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 75.1711-3 — Openings of active mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711-3
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 75.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.904
- **30 CFR 75.204 — Roof bolting.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.204
- **30 CFR 75.1107-16 — Inspection of fire suppression devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-16
- **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 75.807 — 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 75.220 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 43 rows; 2000-05-18 through 2004-07-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-11-10 through 2004-11-10; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 296 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2004-10-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 4 rows; 2003-03-27 through 2004-09-28; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 780 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2004-08-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 8 rows; 2000-11-30 through 2004-09-09; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 137 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 28 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1996-12-01 through 1996-12-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 158 rows; 2000-01-26 through 2004-11-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 40 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 46 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2003-12-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 86 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2004-06-07; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 301 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2004-10-04; 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-1-4406861`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-1-4406861`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406861/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406861/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406861/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`