# Mine No. 2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406866
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Buchanan, VA
- **Operator:** Snapco, Inc.
- **Controller:** Robin M  Lambert; Philip T  Lambert
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,894
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Robin M  Lambert; Philip T  Lambert (0045949) → Snapco, Inc. (0055418) → Mine No. 2 (4406866)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Alliance Resource Partners LP → Race Fork Coal Corp:** 1997-02-01 through 1997-04-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406866; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Billy Ray  Dotson → Dusty Coal Inc:** 1997-04-14 through 2001-06-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406866; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Corbin Eugene  Cline et al → Cal Coal Inc:** 2001-06-16 through 2002-09-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406866; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles T  Norman → Sassy Coal Co., Inc.:** 2002-09-14 through 2003-11-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406866; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth L  Farley et al → Team Management, Inc.:** 2003-11-04 through 2004-09-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406866; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David  Stevenson → DACOAL Mining, Inc.:** 2004-09-15 through 2004-11-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406866; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Philip T  Lambert et al → Snapco, Inc.:** 2004-11-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406866; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robin M  Lambert et al → Snapco, Inc.:** 2004-11-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406866; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 22
- 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 560 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,109 violation rows across the full record; 421 carry an S&S flag and $543,556 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 811 samples:** Occupational health samples 674 coal dust; 77 coal quartz; 60 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 11 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 — 9K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 6K employee hours and 12 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 93 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 16 contested-violation rows, 31 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 46 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 6K 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.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 49.20 — Requirements for all coal mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-49/subpart-B/section-49.20
- **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
- **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 75.1720 — Protective clothing; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1720
- **30 CFR 75.1505 — Escapeway maps.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1505
- **30 CFR 75.1910 — Nonpermissible diesel-powered equipment; electrical system design and performance requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1910
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 18 rows; 2001-11-10 through 2009-03-19; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-03-24 through 2010-03-24; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,100 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2009-04-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 31 rows; 2003-10-08 through 2007-08-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 674 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2009-03-26; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 46 rows; 2001-10-11 through 2009-04-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 16 rows; 2005-10-19 through 2006-12-19; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 395 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 80 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1997-02-01 through 2004-11-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 185 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2010-02-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 75 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 60 rows; 2000-03-15 through 2009-01-21; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 77 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2009-01-22; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,109 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2009-04-22; 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/mine-no-2-4406866`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-2-4406866`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406866/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406866/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406866/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`