# Mine No. 6

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407015
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wise, VA
- **Operator:** Guest Mountain Mining Corporation
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,975
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (0041211) → Guest Mountain Mining Corporation (P22270) → Mine No. 6 (4407015)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Charles D  Mullins → Commonwealth Mining Corp:** 2000-12-01 through 2004-03-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407015; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harold E  Akers et al → Hubble Mining Company LLC:** 2004-03-10 through 2008-04-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407015; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jim D  Akers et al → Hubble Mining Company LLC:** 2004-03-10 through 2008-04-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407015; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cumberland Resources Corporation → Guest Mountain  Mining Corporation:** 2008-05-01 through 2008-06-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407015; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David L  Cordill → Black Belt Mining Inc:** 2008-06-05 through 2009-07-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407015; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cumberland Resources Corporation → Guest Mountain Mining Corporation:** 2009-07-13 through 2010-04-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407015; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Guest Mountain  Mining Corporation:** 2010-04-19 through 2008-06-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407015; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Guest Mountain Mining Corporation:** 2010-04-19 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407015; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Guest Mountain  Mining Corporation:** 2011-06-01 through 2008-06-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407015; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Guest Mountain Mining Corporation:** 2011-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407015; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 21
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 72 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 323 violation rows across the full record; 123 carry an S&S flag and $42,118 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 663 samples:** Occupational health samples 535 coal dust; 101 coal quartz; 27 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 — 14K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 8K employee hours and 13 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 76 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 36 contested-violation rows, 36 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 113 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 75.310 — Installation of main mine fans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.310
- **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 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **30 CFR 75.372 — Mine ventilation map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.372
- **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 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2001-10-18 through 2005-02-18; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-01-04 through 2010-01-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 319 rows; 2001-03-28 through 2008-11-26; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 36 rows; 2005-05-16 through 2011-07-15; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 535 rows; 2001-05-16 through 2008-11-21; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2005-04-20 through 2008-11-17; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 36 rows; 2004-11-03 through 2008-11-26; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 353 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 78 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 2000-12-01 through 2009-07-13; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 113 rows; 2001-03-26 through 2009-09-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 27 rows; 2002-05-07 through 2008-09-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 101 rows; 2001-05-22 through 2008-10-15; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 323 rows; 2001-03-28 through 2008-11-26; 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-6-4407015`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-6-4407015`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407015/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407015/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407015/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`