# Bee Hollow Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4605776
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Logan, WV
- **Operator:** White's Mining, L.L.C.
- **Controller:** Michael L  White
- **Public source rows linked:** 434
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Michael L  White (C15793) → White's Mining, L.L.C. (0050196) → Bee Hollow Mine (4605776)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Reading & Bates Corp → Belva Coal Company Inc:** 1978-05-01 through 1981-07-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605776; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ralph  Meade → Travkco Coal Company Inc:** 1981-07-08 through 1984-06-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605776; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kirkendoll Arthur E → W Va Boyd Coal Company Inc:** 1984-06-04 through 1986-11-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605776; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Morgan Clayton Leo → P K Coal Company Inc:** 1986-11-03 through 1989-03-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605776; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James A  Miller → J & M Coal Company Inc:** 1989-03-14 through 1990-01-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605776; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Shirkey John P → S & B Mining Inc:** 1990-01-11 through 1990-06-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605776; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Plymale Mark → S & B Mining Inc:** 1990-06-04 through 1991-07-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605776; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Paul J  Sturgill → Rich Creek Mining Contractors Inc:** 1991-07-16 through 2000-09-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605776; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael L  White → Madison Creek Llc:** 2000-09-05 through 2002-01-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605776; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael L  White → White's Mining, L.L.C.:** 2002-01-25 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605776; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 30
- 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 110 violation rows across the full record; 46 carry an S&S flag and $7,911 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 133 samples:** Occupational health samples 123 coal dust; 10 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 — 4K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 880 employee hours and 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 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 48 inspection events and 1K 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 75.202 — 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
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1107-16 — Inspection of fire suppression devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-16
- **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 75.1502 — Mine emergency evacuation and firefighting program of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1502
- **30 CFR 75.362 — On-shift examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.362
- **30 CFR 75.1101 — Deluge-type water sprays, foam generators; main and secondary belt-conveyor drives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101
- **30 CFR 75.1101-3 — Water requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-3
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2003-08-02 through 2003-08-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 108 rows; 2000-10-16 through 2003-05-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 123 rows; 2000-12-04 through 2003-06-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2001-10-11 through 2001-10-11; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 1978-05-01 through 2002-01-25; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 48 rows; 2000-09-27 through 2003-07-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 10 rows; 2000-12-04 through 2002-11-13; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 110 rows; 2000-10-16 through 2003-05-02; 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/bee-hollow-mine-4605776`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bee-hollow-mine-4605776`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4605776/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4605776/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4605776/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`