# Deep Mine #26

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406929
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Dickenson, VA
- **Operator:** Paramont Contura, LLC
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 15,054
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Paramont Contura, LLC (0146274) → Deep Mine #26 (4406929)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Pittston Company → Paramont Coal Corporation:** 1998-09-01 through 2002-12-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406929; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC:** 2002-12-13 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406929; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Paramont Contura, LLC:** 2016-07-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406929; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 261 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 8,374 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 2,323 violation rows across the full record; 719 carry an S&S flag and $1,149,354 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 5K samples:** Occupational health samples 4,706 coal dust; 291 coal quartz; 438 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 128 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 — 1,531 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 694 contested-violation rows, 695 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 142 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 11 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 1,409 inspection events and 37K 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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 75.202 — 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 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **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 75.370 — 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
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **30 CFR 75.1107-3 — Fire suppression devices; approved components; installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-3

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 261 rows; 2000-12-06 through 2018-05-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-11-29 through 2018-11-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 2,276 rows; 2000-12-13 through 2018-06-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 695 rows; 2001-05-16 through 2018-05-03; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 4,706 rows; 2001-03-29 through 2018-11-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 142 rows; 2000-12-28 through 2017-06-22; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 694 rows; 2004-10-14 through 2017-04-24; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,297 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 288 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1998-09-01 through 2016-07-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 1,409 rows; 2000-10-30 through 2018-11-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 192 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 37 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 438 rows; 2001-08-16 through 2018-11-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 291 rows; 2002-09-03 through 2017-07-18; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 2,323 rows; 2000-12-13 through 2018-06-11; 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-26-4406929`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/deep-mine-26-4406929`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406929/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406929/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406929/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`