# Baylor Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4605592
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Raleigh, WV
- **Operator:** Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc
- **Controller:** Core Natural Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,332
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Core Natural Resources Inc (0189840) → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc (P23768) → Baylor Mine (4605592)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **CSX Corp → New River Company:** 1977-08-01 through 1986-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **SMC Holding Corp → Shenandoah Minerals Corp:** 1987-01-01 through 1992-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert L  Worley → Baylor Mining Inc:** 1993-01-01 through 1997-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Anker Group Inc → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc:** 1997-02-01 through 1999-07-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert L  Worley → Baylor Mining Inc:** 1999-07-05 through 2001-06-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Anker Group Inc → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc:** 2001-06-29 through 2001-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jason  Dancy → Eccles Energy Inc:** 2001-08-01 through 2002-02-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Anker Group Inc → Anker West Virginia Mining Company, Inc.:** 2002-02-12 through 2002-02-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Brett A  Thomas → Teddy Coal Company:** 2002-02-26 through 2002-07-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Anker Group Inc → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc:** 2002-07-15 through 2005-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Coal Group Inc (ICG) → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc:** 2005-06-01 through 1999-07-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Coal Group Inc (ICG) → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc:** 2005-06-01 through 2001-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Coal Group Inc (ICG) → Anker West Virginia Mining Company, Inc.:** 2005-06-01 through 2002-02-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Coal Group Inc (ICG) → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc:** 2005-06-01 through 2011-06-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc:** 2011-06-15 through 1999-07-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc:** 2011-06-15 through 2001-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Anker West Virginia Mining Company, Inc.:** 2011-06-15 through 2002-02-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc:** 2011-06-15 through 2025-01-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Core Natural Resources Inc → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc:** 2025-01-14 through 1999-07-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Core Natural Resources Inc → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc:** 2025-01-14 through 2001-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Core Natural Resources Inc → Anker West Virginia Mining Company, Inc.:** 2025-01-14 through 2002-02-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Core Natural Resources Inc → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc:** 2025-01-14 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605592; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 22
- Typed edges: 41
- Interval anomalies: 9
- 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 35 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 638 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 317 violation rows across the full record; 179 carry an S&S flag and $42,365 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 311 samples:** Occupational health samples 272 coal dust; 25 coal quartz; 14 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 15 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 6 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 9 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 140 inspection events and 4K 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 75.1600-1 — Communication facilities; main portals; installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-Q/section-75.1600-1
- **30 CFR 49.2 — Availability of mine rescue teams.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-49/subpart-A/section-49.2
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 35 rows; 2000-01-08 through 2002-05-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-03-04 through 2004-03-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 299 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2004-01-30; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 6 rows; 2000-10-17 through 2002-02-21; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 272 rows; 2000-01-17 through 2002-06-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 9 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2004-02-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 112 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 22 rows; 1977-08-01 through 2002-07-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 140 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2004-01-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 36 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 14 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2001-02-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 25 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2002-05-21; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 317 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2004-01-30; 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/baylor-mine-4605592`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/baylor-mine-4605592`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4605592/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4605592/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4605592/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`