# No 2 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608589
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** Dakota LLC
- **Controller:** Magnum Coal Company
- **Public source rows linked:** 6,225
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Magnum Coal Company (0056849) → Dakota LLC (0051474) → No 2 Mine (4608589)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Chris  Cline → Dakota Mining Inc:** 1996-09-01 through 2003-07-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608589; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rainbow Trout Coal LLC → Dakota LLC:** 2003-07-03 through 2006-05-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608589; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Magnum Coal Company → Dakota LLC:** 2006-05-19 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608589; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 8
- 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 239 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 8,357 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 685 violation rows across the full record; 342 carry an S&S flag and $189,615 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 2,137 coal dust; 223 coal quartz; 93 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 39 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 337 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 60 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 10 contested-violation rows, 13 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 37 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 432 inspection events and 12K 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 71.402 — Minimum requirements for bathing facilities, change rooms, and sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.402
- **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 77.1103 — 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 77.208 — 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 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **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 75.1714-7 — Multi-gas detectors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-7
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **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 75.512-2 — Frequency of examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512-2

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 239 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2007-01-29; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2008-04-09 through 2008-04-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 666 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2007-07-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 13 rows; 2003-03-19 through 2009-06-24; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 2,137 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2006-08-30; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 37 rows; 2000-08-02 through 2007-03-20; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 10 rows; 2005-09-13 through 2007-02-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,328 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 268 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1996-09-01 through 2003-07-03; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 432 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2007-07-16; 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:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 93 rows; 2000-02-14 through 2005-08-31; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 223 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2006-05-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 685 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2007-07-10; 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-2-mine-4608589`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-2-mine-4608589`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608589/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608589/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608589/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`