# Mine No 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4601967
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Bell Holding Inc
- **Controller:** Luther  Bell
- **Public source rows linked:** 394
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Luther  Bell (C15819) → Bell Holding Inc (P24137) → Mine No 1 (4601967)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **National Bulk Carriers → United Pocahontas Coal Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1983-02-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601967; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ray  Shumate → Algoma Mining Company Inc:** 1983-02-24 through 1984-10-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601967; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kennie Ray  Childers → Angela-Ann Coal Company Inc:** 1984-10-15 through 1988-01-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601967; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bill  Gardner → Dan-Dyster Corp:** 1988-01-25 through 1989-06-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601967; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Timothy  Fitzwater → Dan-Dyster Corp:** 1989-06-14 through 1989-10-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601967; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arley  Walls → Deep Star Mining Inc:** 1989-10-19 through 1990-10-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601967; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kennie Ray  Childers → Deep Star Mining Inc:** 1990-10-26 through 1992-01-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601967; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jerry  Jones et al → Deep Star Mining Inc:** 1992-01-22 through 1992-12-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601967; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ballard L  Dixon → Driftwood Coal Company Inc:** 1992-12-17 through 1993-08-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601967; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William E  Taylor → Driftwood Coal Company Inc:** 1993-08-29 through 1994-06-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601967; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dennis D  Hodges → Pillar Line Coal Company Inc:** 1994-06-08 through 1996-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601967; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randy C  Shields → Rcj Coal Mining Inc:** 1996-07-01 through 1998-06-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601967; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James E  Trent et al → J E T Resources Llc:** 1998-06-22 through 1998-10-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601967; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Luther  Bell → Bell Holding Inc:** 1998-10-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601967; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 14
- Typed edges: 42
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 109 violation rows across the full record; 26 carry an S&S flag and $24,195 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 115 samples:** Occupational health samples 102 coal dust; 13 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 — 8K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 6K employee hours and 11 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 9 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 9 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 28 inspection events and 922 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 75.1204 — Mine closure; filing of map with Secretary.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1204
- **30 CFR 75.605 — Clamping of trailing cables to equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.605
- **30 CFR 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **30 CFR 75.1103 — Automatic fire warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-06-28 through 2004-06-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 101 rows; 2000-01-20 through 2002-10-09; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 102 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2001-06-15; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 9 rows; 2001-08-20 through 2001-08-20; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 14 rows; 1950-01-01 through 1998-10-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 28 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2002-10-09; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 13 rows; 2000-03-07 through 2001-04-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 109 rows; 2000-01-20 through 2002-11-05; 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-1-4601967`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-1-4601967`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4601967/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4601967/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4601967/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`