# JV 17 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407220
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Buchanan, VA
- **Operator:** Mountaineer Metallurgical Holdings LLC
- **Controller:** C6 Ventures LLC; Mark  Nelson
- **Public source rows linked:** 8,485
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**C6 Ventures LLC; Mark  Nelson (0157861) → Mountaineer Metallurgical Holdings LLC (0172933) → JV 17 Mine (4407220)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Sunoco, Inc. → Dominion Coal Corporation:** 2008-04-08 through 2012-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407220; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **SunCoke Energy Incorporated → Dominion Coal Corporation:** 2012-01-17 through 2013-12-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407220; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Perry Allen  Whited → SANW, Inc.:** 2013-12-30 through 2016-03-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407220; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Blackjewel L.L.C.:** 2016-03-31 through 2019-09-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407220; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rhino Resource Partners LP → Jewell Valley Mining LLC:** 2019-09-02 through 2020-09-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407220; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mark  Nelson Et Al → Mountaineer Metallurgical Holdings LLC:** 2020-09-29 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407220; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **C6 Ventures LLC Et Al → Mountaineer Metallurgical Holdings LLC:** 2020-09-29 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407220; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 18
- 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 24 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,319 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 2 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,371 violation rows across the full record; 374 carry an S&S flag and $758,382 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 2,080 coal dust; 80 coal quartz; 148 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 27 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 806 employee hours and 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 1,095 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 541 contested-violation rows, 541 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 13 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 14 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 — 12 since 2021:** Inspections 130 inspection events and 13K 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.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **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 75.220 — 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 75.1714-3 — 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 24 rows; 2009-09-23 through 2020-08-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-08-13 through 2026-08-13; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,345 rows; 2009-06-09 through 2025-08-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 541 rows; 2012-02-15 through 2020-11-28; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 2,080 rows; 2010-08-11 through 2076-07-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 13 rows; 2011-08-11 through 2020-09-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 541 rows; 2009-08-26 through 2019-05-01; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,638 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 411 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2008-04-08 through 2020-09-29; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 130 rows; 2009-05-29 through 2026-07-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 128 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 26 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 148 rows; 2010-09-15 through 2020-09-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 80 rows; 2010-09-13 through 2020-08-25; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,371 rows; 2009-06-09 through 2025-09-03; 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/jv-17-mine-4407220`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/jv-17-mine-4407220`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407220/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407220/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407220/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`