# Mine No 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407014
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Buchanan, VA
- **Operator:** Cavalier Mineral Inc
- **Controller:** Gary  Dotson
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,113
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Gary  Dotson (C00283) → Cavalier Mineral Inc (0052632) → Mine No 1 (4407014)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Terry E  Matney → Matney Construction Company Inc:** 2000-11-01 through 2001-03-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407014; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Carl  Mullins → Minchar Coal Company:** 2001-03-26 through 2004-05-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407014; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary  Dotson  et al → Cavalier Mineral Inc:** 2004-05-13 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407014; 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 18 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 640 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 158 violation rows across the full record; 49 carry an S&S flag and $12,648 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 574 samples:** Occupational health samples 466 coal dust; 69 coal quartz; 39 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 3K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 552 employee hours and 8 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 4 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 110 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 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **30 CFR 75.1714-2 — Self-rescue devices; use and location requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-2
- **30 CFR 75.206 — Conventional roof support.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.206
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.602 — Trailing cable junctions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.602
- **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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — 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; 2001-05-24 through 2006-09-12; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-03-08 through 2007-03-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 157 rows; 2001-05-01 through 2006-12-12; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 466 rows; 2001-05-24 through 2006-12-12; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2001-07-12 through 2007-02-22; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2000-11-01 through 2004-05-13; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 110 rows; 2001-01-24 through 2007-02-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 39 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:** 39 rows; 2001-09-10 through 2006-02-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 69 rows; 2001-05-30 through 2006-12-12; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 158 rows; 2001-05-01 through 2006-12-12; 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-1-4407014`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-1-4407014`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407014/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407014/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407014/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`