# Minway No. 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4606089
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mingo, WV
- **Operator:** Coal-Mac LLC
- **Controller:** John Mitch Potter
- **Public source rows linked:** 6,281
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John Mitch Potter (0144441) → Coal-Mac LLC (P20596) → Minway No. 1 (4606089)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Massey Energy Company → Triad Mining Company:** 1979-11-01 through 1987-07-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606089; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Shell Oil Company → Triad Mining Company:** 1987-07-10 through 1992-11-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606089; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Zeigler Coal Holding Company → Triad Mining Company:** 1992-11-24 through 1998-09-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606089; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Triad Mining Company:** 1998-09-02 through 2004-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606089; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lexington Coal Company LLC → LCC West Virginia LLC:** 2004-10-01 through 2005-03-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606089; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CONSOL Energy Inc → Southern West Virginia Resources, LLC:** 2005-03-29 through 2009-03-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606089; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CONSOL Energy Inc → CONSOL of Kentucky Inc.:** 2009-03-27 through 2016-08-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606089; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Southeastern Land, LLC.:** 2016-08-02 through 2021-03-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606089; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John Mitch Potter → Coal-Mac LLC:** 2021-03-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606089; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashland Inc et al → Coal-Mac LLC:** 2021-03-08 through 1997-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606089; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Coal-Mac LLC:** 2021-03-08 through 2019-10-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606089; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 11
- Typed edges: 31
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 54 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,106 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 9 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 459 violation rows across the full record; 258 carry an S&S flag and $179,725 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 408 samples:** Occupational health samples 311 coal dust; 18 coal quartz; 79 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 4 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 — 140 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 70 contested-violation rows, 70 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 31 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 — 6 since 2021:** Inspections 78 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 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403
- **30 CFR 77.1702 — Arrangements for emergency medical assistance and transportation for injured persons; reporting requirements; posting requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1702
- **30 CFR 47.51 — Requirement for an MSDS.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-F/section-47.51
- **30 CFR 45.4 — Independent contractor register.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-45/section-45.4
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.1102 — Warning signs; smoking and open flame.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1102
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 54 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2022-11-08; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-02-07 through 2024-02-07; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 452 rows; 2000-02-16 through 2022-10-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 70 rows; 2012-01-06 through 2020-08-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 311 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2022-01-05; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 70 rows; 2009-07-27 through 2019-11-19; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 3,711 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 759 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 11 rows; 1979-11-01 through 2021-03-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 78 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2024-01-18; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 176 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 31 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 79 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2022-01-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 18 rows; 2000-05-09 through 2022-01-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 459 rows; 2000-02-16 through 2022-10-11; 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/minway-no-1-4606089`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/minway-no-1-4606089`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4606089/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4606089/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4606089/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`