# #5

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406896
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Buchanan, VA
- **Operator:** Laurel Creek Mining Corp
- **Controller:** James R  Gibbs
- **Public source rows linked:** 809
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James R  Gibbs (C03173) → Laurel Creek Mining Corp (P23324) → #5 (4406896)**

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:** 1997-11-01 through 1998-04-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406896; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jerry  Skeens  et al → Falcon Coal Corp:** 1998-04-15 through 1999-04-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406896; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eddie  Skeens  et al → Falcon Coal Corp:** 1998-04-15 through 1999-04-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406896; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alliance Resource Partners LP → Race Fork Coal Corp:** 1999-04-23 through 1999-07-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406896; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **TECO Energy Inc → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 1999-07-15 through 1999-08-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406896; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James R  Gibbs et al → Laurel Creek Mining Corp:** 1999-08-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406896; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 2015-09-21 through 1999-08-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406896; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Mark  Campbell → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 2019-06-16 through 1999-08-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406896; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 19
- 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 6 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 51 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 93 violation rows across the full record; 26 carry an S&S flag and $6,332 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 452 samples:** Occupational health samples 387 coal dust; 34 coal quartz; 31 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 4 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 — 10K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 4K employee hours and 7 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 101 inspection events and 2K 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **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 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 62.130 — Permissible exposure level.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.130
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.601-1 — Short circuit protection; ratings and settings of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601-1
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **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 75.503 — 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 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **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:** 6 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2003-06-04; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2006-01-10 through 2006-01-10; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 93 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2005-12-01; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 387 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2005-02-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1997-11-01 through 1999-08-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 101 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2005-12-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 42 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:** 31 rows; 2000-04-06 through 2004-05-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 34 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2005-01-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 93 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2005-12-01; 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/5-4406896`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/5-4406896`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406896/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406896/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406896/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`