# No36 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608003
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Albatross Mining Corp
- **Controller:** Brian  Cline
- **Public source rows linked:** 152
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Brian  Cline (C14062) → Albatross Mining Corp (P23820) → No36 Mine (4608003)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Muncy Danny L → Star Buck Coal Inc:** 1991-02-01 through 1992-01-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608003; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Muncy J D → Blue Ridge Mining Inc:** 1992-01-12 through 1994-05-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608003; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hatcher Douglas → Hard Hat Mining Inc:** 1994-05-18 through 1997-11-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608003; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Four Corners Corp:** 1997-11-20 through 1999-10-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608003; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Brian  Cline → Albatross Mining Corp:** 1999-10-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608003; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 15
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 37 violation rows across the full record; 7 carry an S&S flag and $3,972 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 58 samples:** Occupational health samples 51 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 4 noise. 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 — 17K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 7K employee hours and 15 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 — 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 11 inspection events and 263 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 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 75.320 — Air quality detectors and measurement devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.320
- **30 CFR 75.523-2 — Deenergization of self-propelled electric face equipment; performance requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-2
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **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 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **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 75.1720 — Protective clothing; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1720
- **30 CFR 75.323 — Actions for excessive methane.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.323
- **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 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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2000-12-18 through 2000-12-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 37 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2000-09-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 51 rows; 2000-01-14 through 2000-10-03; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1991-02-01 through 1999-10-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 11 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2000-09-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 4 rows; 2000-03-27 through 2000-03-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2000-10-03; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 37 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2000-09-29; 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/no36-mine-4608003`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no36-mine-4608003`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608003/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608003/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608003/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`