# Conaway Creek Deep Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406868
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Buchanan, VA
- **Operator:** Conaway Creek Deep Mine
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,398
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Metinvest B V (0085453) → Conaway Creek Deep Mine (P21542) → Conaway Creek Deep Mine (4406868)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Southern Mining Co → Black Diamond Company:** 1997-04-01 through 1997-09-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary A  Horn → Misty-Bec Coal Corp:** 1997-09-09 through 2007-07-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Black Diamond Company:** 2006-01-02 through 1997-09-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → The Black Diamond Company:** 2007-07-20 through 2007-08-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Southern Mining Co → The Black Diamond Company:** 2007-07-20 through 2006-01-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Elmer  Fuller et al → A B & J Coal Company, Inc.:** 2007-08-20 through 2021-08-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Susie A  Smith et al → A B & J Coal Company, Inc.:** 2007-08-20 through 2021-08-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Black Diamond Company:** 2009-04-30 through 1997-09-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → The Black Diamond Company:** 2009-04-30 through 2007-08-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2021-08-19 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2021-08-19 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sam  Blankenship → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2021-08-19 through 2006-01-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary A  Horn → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2021-08-19 through 2005-10-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 13
- Typed edges: 26
- Interval anomalies: 7
- 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 8 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 385 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,004 violation rows across the full record; 230 carry an S&S flag and $283,667 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 2,137 coal dust; 125 coal quartz; 128 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 14 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 — 78 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 5K employee hours and 11 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 316 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 156 contested-violation rows, 157 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 — 3 since 2021:** Inspections 159 inspection events and 10K 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 50.20-1 — General instructions for completing MSHA Form 7000-1.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20-1
- **30 CFR 48.26 — Experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.26
- **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 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **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 75.1002 — Installation of electric equipment and conductors; permissibility.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-K/section-75.1002
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 8 rows; 2008-09-24 through 2020-02-29; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2021-09-23 through 2021-09-23; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 988 rows; 2001-06-13 through 2020-07-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 157 rows; 2000-04-11 through 2019-11-12; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 2,137 rows; 2008-02-27 through 2020-03-16; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2009-06-30 through 2009-09-29; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 156 rows; 2009-05-20 through 2019-04-30; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 312 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 63 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 13 rows; 1997-04-01 through 2021-08-19; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 159 rows; 2000-03-24 through 2021-08-19; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 115 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 28 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 128 rows; 2008-06-04 through 2020-02-12; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 125 rows; 2008-03-03 through 2020-02-12; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,004 rows; 2001-06-13 through 2020-07-07; 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/conaway-creek-deep-mine-4406868`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/conaway-creek-deep-mine-4406868`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406868/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406868/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406868/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`