# No 5

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4603875
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Logan, WV
- **Operator:** Cherco Inc
- **Controller:** Mullins Jack G
- **Public source rows linked:** 11
- **Source coverage:** 3 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Mullins Jack G (C11826) → Cherco Inc (P21389) → No 5 (4603875)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Chafin John C Sr → Chafin Coal Company Inc:** 1973-01-01 through 1980-06-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603875; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ellis Ernie Et Al → C C & E Eagle Energy Inc:** 1980-06-05 through 1982-12-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603875; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Chafin John C Sr → Chafin Coal Company Inc:** 1982-12-09 through 1984-02-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603875; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Chafin John C Jr & Arthur B Chafin → Caryco Mining Ltd:** 1984-02-13 through 1985-07-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603875; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blankenship Rodney → Greenville Coal Corp:** 1985-07-29 through 1986-01-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603875; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Stacy Harold Sr → T & H Mining Company Inc:** 1986-01-31 through 1987-04-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603875; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Workman William F → D E W Coal Company Inc:** 1987-04-24 through 1988-07-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603875; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Flaherty William → Shillelagh Mining Company:** 1988-07-25 through 1991-01-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603875; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mullins Jack G → Cherco Inc:** 1991-01-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603875; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 26
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 0 violation rows across the full record; 0 carry an S&S flag and $0 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 0 samples:** Occupational health samples No published samples. 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 0 inspection events and 0 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.

No retained recent violation standard resolved to the current Title 30 index.

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1991-05-28 through 1991-05-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 1973-01-01 through 1991-01-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`

## 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-5-4603875`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-5-4603875`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4603875/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4603875/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4603875/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`