# Ryanstone No. 2 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608714
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Upshur, WV
- **Operator:** Ryanstone Coal, LLC
- **Controller:** Jimmie R  Ryan
- **Public source rows linked:** 604
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jimmie R  Ryan (C14687) → Ryanstone Coal, LLC (P24647) → Ryanstone No. 2 Mine (4608714)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Paul F  Thomas → Bass Energy Inc:** 1998-05-01 through 1998-09-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608714; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alan  Thomas → Fairmont Energy Inc:** 1998-09-14 through 2000-01-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608714; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Maurice  Des Rosier → P I T A Mining Inc:** 2000-01-11 through 2000-05-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608714; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dennis G  Cook → P I T A Mining Inc:** 2000-05-10 through 2001-01-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608714; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James R  Bishoff et al → Bishoff Brothers Inc:** 2001-01-04 through 2002-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608714; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Johnny J  Bishoff et al → Bishoff Brothers Inc:** 2001-01-04 through 2002-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608714; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jimmie R  Ryan et al → Ryanstone Coal, LLC:** 2002-04-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608714; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 19
- 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 16 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 406 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 122 violation rows across the full record; 39 carry an S&S flag and $11,460 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 186 samples:** Occupational health samples 164 coal dust; 8 coal quartz; 14 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 7 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 4K employee hours and 10 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 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 55 inspection events and 1K 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 75.220 — 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 75.364 — 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 75.1103-6 — Automatic fire sensors; actuation of fire suppression systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-6
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 70.208 — Quarterly sampling; mechanized mining units.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-C/section-70.208
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.1715 — Identification check system.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1715
- **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 75.601-1 — Short circuit protection; ratings and settings of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601-1

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 16 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2002-08-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2005-09-27 through 2005-09-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 119 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2003-03-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 164 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2002-08-26; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2001-05-23 through 2003-03-12; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **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:** 7 rows; 1998-05-01 through 2002-04-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 55 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2005-08-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 14 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2001-10-01; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 8 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2001-12-27; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 122 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2003-03-04; 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/ryanstone-no-2-mine-4608714`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/ryanstone-no-2-mine-4608714`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608714/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608714/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608714/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`