# Nine Mile #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407252
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wise, VA
- **Operator:** Nine Mile Mining, Inc.
- **Controller:** Jillean L  Justice; James C  Justice lll
- **Public source rows linked:** 845
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jillean L  Justice; James C  Justice lll (0091855) → Nine Mile Mining, Inc. (0099325) → Nine Mile #1 (4407252)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Steve A  Rife → Nine Mile Mining Inc:** 2009-02-27 through 2009-09-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Donna L  Johnson et al → Nine Mile Mining Inc:** 2009-09-14 through 2010-04-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Nine Mile Mining Inc:** 2010-04-12 through 2010-09-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harold E  Akers et al → Hubble Mining Company LLC:** 2010-09-03 through 2011-01-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jim D  Akers et al → Hubble Mining Company LLC:** 2010-09-03 through 2011-01-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Donna L  Johnson et al → Nine Mile Mining, Inc.:** 2011-01-26 through 2010-04-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Nine Mile Mining, Inc.:** 2011-01-26 through 2018-06-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steve A  Rife → Nine Mile Mining, Inc.:** 2011-01-26 through 2009-09-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Nine Mile Mining Inc:** 2018-06-18 through 2010-09-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Nine Mile Mining Inc:** 2018-06-18 through 2010-09-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Nine Mile Mining, Inc.:** 2018-06-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Nine Mile Mining, Inc.:** 2018-06-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 12
- Typed edges: 20
- Interval anomalies: 4
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 195 violation rows across the full record; 71 carry an S&S flag and $267,120 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 69 samples:** Occupational health samples 64 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 3 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 — 167 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 83 contested-violation rows, 79 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 5 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 80 inspection events and 1K 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 77.1707 — First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1707
- **30 CFR 77.200 — Surface installations; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.200
- **30 CFR 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **30 CFR 48.29 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.29
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 75.1714-8 — Reporting SCSR inventory and malfunctions; retention of SCSRs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-8
- **30 CFR 75.1713-2 — Emergency communications; requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1713-2
- **30 CFR 49.16 — Equipment and maintenance requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-49/subpart-B/section-49.16

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2015-11-17 through 2015-11-17; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-08-16 through 2023-08-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 187 rows; 2009-03-18 through 2018-06-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 79 rows; 2012-05-09 through 2016-02-26; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 64 rows; 2010-11-08 through 2018-06-26; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2011-04-05 through 2013-06-12; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 83 rows; 2010-12-21 through 2014-01-14; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 61 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 12 rows; 2009-02-27 through 2011-01-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 80 rows; 2009-03-03 through 2020-01-09; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 60 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 3 rows; 2015-12-04 through 2018-06-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2011-03-30 through 2011-08-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 195 rows; 2009-03-18 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/nine-mile-1-4407252`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/nine-mile-1-4407252`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407252/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407252/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407252/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`