# Dingess Tunnel No 1 Deep Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608891
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mingo, WV
- **Operator:** Alpha & Omega Coal Company LLC
- **Controller:** John W  Smith
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,447
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John W  Smith (0050329) → Alpha & Omega Coal Company LLC (0060363) → Dingess Tunnel No 1 Deep Mine (4608891)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Marrowbone Development Company:** 2001-04-01 through 2004-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608891; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lexington Coal Company LLC → LCC West Virginia LLC:** 2004-10-01 through 2005-03-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608891; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CONSOL Energy Inc → Southern West Virginia Resources, LLC:** 2005-03-29 through 2005-06-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608891; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John W  Smith → Alpha & Omega Coal Company LLC:** 2005-06-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608891; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 12
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 51 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,327 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 185 violation rows across the full record; 55 carry an S&S flag and $37,549 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 413 samples:** Occupational health samples 360 coal dust; 38 coal quartz; 15 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 13 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 — 268K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 49K employee hours and 82 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 13 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 7 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 43 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 75.1702 — Smoking; prohibition.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1702
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **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 75.400 — 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 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.211 — Roof testing and scaling.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.211
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 51 rows; 2001-09-12 through 2008-04-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-09-28 through 2010-09-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 181 rows; 2001-07-16 through 2007-06-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2008-06-27 through 2008-06-27; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 360 rows; 2001-09-05 through 2007-07-13; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 7 rows; 2007-03-29 through 2007-05-17; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2007-01-04 through 2007-01-04; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 443 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 88 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2001-04-01 through 2005-06-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 43 rows; 2001-07-09 through 2007-09-12; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 15 rows; 2006-02-15 through 2006-08-16; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 38 rows; 2001-09-05 through 2007-01-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 185 rows; 2001-07-16 through 2007-06-07; 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/dingess-tunnel-no-1-deep-mine-4608891`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/dingess-tunnel-no-1-deep-mine-4608891`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608891/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608891/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608891/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`