# Low Gap Surface Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4605741
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Extra Energy, Inc.
- **Controller:** Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,277
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (M00106) → Extra Energy, Inc. (P20641) → Low Gap Surface Mine (4605741)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **John C  Geupel → Freeman Branch Mining:** 1978-03-01 through 1995-11-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605741; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Delmer S  Vencill → Vencill Corp:** 1995-11-02 through 1997-11-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605741; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Premium Processing Incorporated:** 1997-11-05 through 2004-06-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605741; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steven W  Haynes et al → Extra Energy, Inc.:** 2004-06-11 through 2008-09-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605741; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **ArcelorMittal → Extra Energy, Inc.:** 2008-09-16 through 2020-12-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605741; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cleveland-Cliffs Inc → Extra Energy, Inc.:** 2020-12-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605741; 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 44 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,586 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 15 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 321 violation rows across the full record; 180 carry an S&S flag and $136,443 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 384 samples:** Occupational health samples 290 coal dust; 10 coal quartz; 84 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 5 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 — 159K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 48K employee hours and 79 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 126 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 35 contested-violation rows, 36 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 55 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 14 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 — 12 since 2021:** Inspections 81 inspection events and 4K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 2,546 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 1,452
- **Average employees:** 3
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (9 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.705 — Guy wires; grounding.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-H/section-77.705
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 44 rows; 2000-03-18 through 2017-08-07; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-01-25 through 2023-01-25; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 313 rows; 2000-03-29 through 2022-07-20; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 36 rows; 2004-04-27 through 2013-12-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 290 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2026-09-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 55 rows; 2002-03-19 through 2016-08-24; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 35 rows; 2007-08-02 through 2012-10-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,639 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 320 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1978-03-01 through 2004-06-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 81 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2026-04-15; 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:** 29 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 84 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2022-02-17; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 10 rows; 2005-06-22 through 2022-02-17; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 321 rows; 2000-03-29 through 2022-07-20; 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/low-gap-surface-mine-4605741`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/low-gap-surface-mine-4605741`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4605741/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4605741/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4605741/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`