# Deep Mine No 6

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608821
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wayne, WV
- **Operator:** Argus Energy WV, LLC
- **Controller:** James H  Booth
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,005
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James H  Booth (C11194) → Argus Energy WV, LLC (0050985) → Deep Mine No 6 (4608821)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Pen Holdings Inc → Pen Coal Corp:** 2000-01-01 through 2002-12-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608821; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Argus Energy WV, LLC:** 2002-12-20 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608821; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 6
- 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 26 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,538 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 123 violation rows across the full record; 79 carry an S&S flag and $15,354 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 475 samples:** Occupational health samples 426 coal dust; 31 coal quartz; 18 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 5 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 — 3 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 39 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 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 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3
- **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 75.516 — Power wires; support.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.516
- **30 CFR 75.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.904
- **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 75.523-1 — Deenergization of self-propelled electric face equipment installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-1
- **30 CFR 75.1107 — Fire suppression devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107
- **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 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **30 CFR 75.523 — Electric face equipment; deenergization.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 26 rows; 2000-03-28 through 2003-07-08; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-02-27 through 2004-02-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 122 rows; 2000-04-04 through 2003-12-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 426 rows; 2000-09-26 through 2003-11-10; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 151 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 25 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2000-01-01 through 2002-12-20; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 39 rows; 2000-03-15 through 2004-02-26; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 32 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 18 rows; 2001-08-28 through 2003-03-24; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 31 rows; 2001-01-23 through 2003-11-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 123 rows; 2000-04-04 through 2003-12-29; 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/deep-mine-no-6-4608821`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/deep-mine-no-6-4608821`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608821/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608821/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608821/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`