# No. 68

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4601329
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** Newtown Energy, Inc.
- **Controller:** Patriot Coal Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,259
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Patriot Coal Corporation (0071611) → Newtown Energy, Inc. (P24373) → No. 68 (4601329)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **ITT Corporation → Carbon Fuel Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1982-06-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601329; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Usx Corp → United States Steel Mining Company Inc:** 1982-06-12 through 1995-04-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601329; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rex  Fought → Wayne Processing Inc:** 1995-04-20 through 2001-05-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601329; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steve  Cordial → Comfort Mining Inc:** 2001-05-16 through 2002-02-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601329; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James O  Bunn  et al → Kanawha Eagle Coal Sales, LLC:** 2002-02-18 through 2002-07-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601329; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Franklin D  Robertson  et al → Kanawha Eagle Coal Sales, LLC:** 2002-02-18 through 2002-07-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601329; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Amon L  Mahon → Island Fork Construction, Ltd.:** 2002-07-25 through 2003-01-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601329; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **K Dale  Tolliver et al → Camp Creek Service Center, Ltd.:** 2003-01-06 through 2004-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601329; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James O  Bunn  et al → Newtown Energy, Inc.:** 2004-10-01 through 2008-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601329; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Franklin D  Robertson  et al → Newtown Energy, Inc.:** 2004-10-01 through 2008-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601329; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert E  Ellis → Newtown Energy, Inc.:** 2008-04-01 through 2012-02-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601329; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Newtown Energy, Inc.:** 2012-03-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601329; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 12
- Typed edges: 30
- 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 32 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,025 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 352 violation rows across the full record; 251 carry an S&S flag and $395,321 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 432 samples:** Occupational health samples 420 coal dust; 12 coal quartz. 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 — 10 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 10 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 122 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 75.1403-6 — Criteria—Self-propelled personnel carriers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403-6
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.203 — Mining methods.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.203
- **30 CFR 75.507 — Power connection points.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.507
- **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 75.706 — Deenergized underground power circuits; idle days—idle shifts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-H/section-75.706
- **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 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 32 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2004-07-06; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2005-06-20 through 2005-06-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 335 rows; 2000-02-04 through 2006-02-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 420 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2004-09-21; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 10 rows; 2000-11-21 through 2004-07-28; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 733 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 173 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 12 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2004-10-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 122 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2006-08-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 45 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`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 12 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2004-02-18; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 352 rows; 2000-02-04 through 2006-02-14; 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/no-68-4601329`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-68-4601329`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4601329/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4601329/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4601329/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`