# No 66

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4607567
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Niko Mining Inc
- **Controller:** Mark P  White
- **Public source rows linked:** 473
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Mark P  White (C15638) → Niko Mining Inc (P24167) → No 66 (4607567)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Mack  Lester → Mc Mason Coals Inc:** 1988-09-01 through 1989-01-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607567; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles Douglas  Bailey → Bailey Energy Inc:** 1989-01-03 through 1990-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607567; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kennie Ray  Childers → Bailey Energy Inc:** 1990-07-31 through 1994-07-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607567; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas J  Lockhart → 16 Tons Coal Company Inc:** 1994-07-15 through 1994-09-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607567; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Donna  Jeffrey → Clearwater Mining Inc:** 1994-09-21 through 1994-11-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607567; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Freeman  Lambert → Clearwater Mining Inc:** 1994-12-01 through 1995-08-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607567; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth J  Bailey → Puma Coal Company Inc:** 1995-08-14 through 1999-04-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607567; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mark P  White → Niko Mining Inc:** 1999-04-19 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607567; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 24
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 451 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 103 violation rows across the full record; 28 carry an S&S flag and $11,556 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 138 samples:** Occupational health samples 128 coal dust; 7 coal quartz; 3 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 33 inspection events and 892 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 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 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 75.1403-10 — Criteria—Haulage; general.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403-10
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.606 — Protection of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.606
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.1107-3 — Fire suppression devices; approved components; installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-3

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2000-05-19 through 2001-04-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2001-10-25 through 2001-10-25; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 101 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2001-09-17; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 128 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2001-08-30; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 51 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1988-09-01 through 1999-04-19; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 33 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2001-10-03; 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:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 3 rows; 2000-03-28 through 2000-03-28; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 7 rows; 2000-02-09 through 2001-02-26; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 103 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2001-09-17; 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/no-66-4607567`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-66-4607567`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4607567/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4607567/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4607567/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`