# Upper Cedar Grove Mine No 3

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608309
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mingo, WV
- **Operator:** Glen Alum Operations, LLC
- **Controller:** Joe  Valis; Rufus W West
- **Public source rows linked:** 812
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Joe  Valis; Rufus W West (0098893) → Glen Alum Operations, LLC (0116765) → Upper Cedar Grove Mine No 3 (4608309)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Tracy W  Hylton II → New Land Leasing Company Inc:** 1993-06-01 through 1993-08-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608309; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth D  Coe → Westview Inc:** 1993-08-04 through 1994-03-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608309; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harry M  Hylton → Patton Inc:** 1994-03-21 through 2004-06-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608309; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rebecca  Sanders → Appalachian Eagle Inc:** 2004-06-21 through 2005-07-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608309; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Coleman James B → Appalachian Eagle Inc:** 2004-06-21 through 2001-04-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608309; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Larry W  Atkins → Appalachian Eagle Inc:** 2005-07-21 through 2007-04-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608309; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert  Helton → KWV Operations LLC:** 2007-04-11 through 2011-02-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608309; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rufus W West et al → Glen Alum Operations, LLC:** 2011-02-07 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608309; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joe  Valis et al → Glen Alum Operations, LLC:** 2011-02-07 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608309; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 23
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 18 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 29 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 162 violation rows across the full record; 63 carry an S&S flag and $26,244 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 141 samples:** Occupational health samples 118 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 20 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 114 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 57 contested-violation rows, 57 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 56 inspection events and 2K 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 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **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 75.606 — 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 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **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 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.1103-11 — Tests of fire hydrants and fire hose; record of tests.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-11
- **30 CFR 75.1505 — Escapeway maps.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1505

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 18 rows; 2001-09-11 through 2011-01-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-04-24 through 2013-04-24; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 159 rows; 2005-03-07 through 2011-08-15; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 57 rows; 2012-04-24 through 2014-04-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 118 rows; 2001-05-31 through 2011-06-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 57 rows; 2010-04-06 through 2011-08-15; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 56 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 1993-06-01 through 2011-02-07; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 56 rows; 2000-03-03 through 2013-04-24; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 71 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 20 rows; 2008-04-30 through 2010-10-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2010-04-22 through 2011-06-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 162 rows; 2005-03-07 through 2011-08-15; 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/upper-cedar-grove-mine-no-3-4608309`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/upper-cedar-grove-mine-no-3-4608309`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608309/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608309/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608309/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`