# Wharton No 1 Tunnel

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4605071
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** Rockwell Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
- **Public source rows linked:** 294
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Sev.en Global Investments a.s. (0158381) → Rockwell Mining LLC (0141655) → Wharton No 1 Tunnel (4605071)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Eastern Gas & Fuel Association → Eastern Associated Coal Corp:** 1976-03-15 through 1987-05-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605071; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hanson PLC → Eastern Associated Coal Corp:** 1987-05-15 through 1998-05-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605071; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Peabody Energy Corporation → Eastern Associated Coal LLC:** 1998-05-19 through 2007-10-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605071; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Eastern Associated Coal LLC:** 2007-10-31 through 2015-10-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605071; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Rockwell Mining LLC:** 2015-10-26 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605071; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Rockwell Mining LLC:** 2020-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605071; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 16
- 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 57 violation rows across the full record; 11 carry an S&S flag and $7,203 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 27 samples:** Occupational health samples 26 coal dust; 1 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 568 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 4 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 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 100 inspection events and 2K 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 75.1702 — Smoking; prohibition.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1702
- **30 CFR 75.1103-8 — Automatic fire sensor and warning device systems; examination and test requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-8
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 48.5 — Training of new miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.5
- **30 CFR 75.1202-1 — Temporary notations, revisions, and supplements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1202-1
- **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 75.321 — Air quality.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.321
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-12-07 through 2017-12-07; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 56 rows; 2001-02-13 through 2015-01-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2009-03-30 through 2009-03-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 26 rows; 2012-08-22 through 2014-10-15; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2008-02-01 through 2008-02-01; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1976-03-15 through 2015-10-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 100 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2019-08-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 26 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 1 rows; 2006-02-11 through 2006-02-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 57 rows; 2001-02-13 through 2015-01-23; 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/wharton-no-1-tunnel-4605071`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/wharton-no-1-tunnel-4605071`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4605071/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4605071/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4605071/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`