# Conaway Creek Deep Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407082
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Buchanan, VA
- **Operator:** Banner Blue Coal Company
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,942
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Metinvest B V (0085453) → Banner Blue Coal Company (P21542) → Conaway Creek Deep Mine (4407082)**

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:** 2003-08-19 through 2005-06-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Elmer  Fuller et al → A B & J Coal Company Inc:** 2005-06-17 through 2010-01-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Susie A  Smith et al → A B & J Coal Company Inc:** 2005-06-17 through 2010-01-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Black Diamond Company:** 2006-01-02 through 2005-06-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Black Diamond Company:** 2009-04-30 through 2005-06-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sam  Blankenship → Conaway Mining Company LLC:** 2010-01-21 through 2010-11-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2010-11-18 through 2011-08-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2010-11-18 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sam  Blankenship → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2010-11-18 through 2006-01-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary A  Horn → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2010-11-18 through 2005-10-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Elmer  Fuller et al → Able Mining Incorporated:** 2011-08-29 through 2012-05-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James O  Grizzle et al → Able Mining Incorporated:** 2011-08-29 through 2012-05-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J B  Wallace → Hanna Coal Co., Inc.:** 2012-05-29 through 2012-11-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2012-11-08 through 2014-07-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2012-11-08 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sam  Blankenship → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2012-11-08 through 2006-01-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary A  Horn → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2012-11-08 through 2005-10-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Bevins → Fools Gold Energy Corporation:** 2014-07-08 through 2015-06-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J B  Wallace → Hanna Coal Company, Inc.:** 2015-06-30 through 2021-06-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2021-06-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2021-06-24 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sam  Blankenship → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2021-06-24 through 2006-01-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary A  Horn → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2021-06-24 through 2005-10-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 23
- Typed edges: 44
- Interval anomalies: 11
- 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 12 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 760 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 725 violation rows across the full record; 197 carry an S&S flag and $302,942 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 549 samples:** Occupational health samples 466 coal dust; 42 coal quartz; 41 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 6 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 — 363 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 175 contested-violation rows, 175 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 13 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 105 inspection events and 5K 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 70.208 — Quarterly sampling; mechanized mining units.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-C/section-70.208
- **30 CFR 48.6 — Experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.6
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **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 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.362 — On-shift examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.362
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 12 rows; 2005-10-14 through 2011-01-06; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-08-16 through 2023-08-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 707 rows; 2005-07-22 through 2015-07-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 175 rows; 2009-06-09 through 2015-10-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 466 rows; 2005-08-23 through 2087-10-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 13 rows; 2006-04-27 through 2012-04-06; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 175 rows; 2007-10-19 through 2015-03-30; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 279 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 60 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 23 rows; 2003-08-19 through 2021-06-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 105 rows; 2003-09-17 through 2015-09-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 95 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 22 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 41 rows; 2006-09-28 through 2015-03-18; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 42 rows; 2005-09-26 through 2015-03-25; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 725 rows; 2005-07-22 through 2015-07-14; 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-4407082`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/conaway-creek-deep-mine-4407082`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407082/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407082/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407082/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`