# CV#4 Surface Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608921
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** Civil, LLC
- **Controller:** John T  Quintrell
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,095
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John T  Quintrell (0150681) → Civil, LLC (0166293) → CV#4 Surface Mine (4608921)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Massey Energy Company → Independence Coal Company:** 2001-09-01 through 2006-10-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608921; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Frasure Creek Mining LLC:** 2006-10-10 through 2008-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608921; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth W  Woodring → Frasure Creek Mining LLC:** 2008-11-01 through 2010-04-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608921; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Essar Minerals Canada Limited → Frasure Creek Mining LLC:** 2010-04-07 through 2014-03-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608921; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Independence Coal Company:** 2011-06-01 through 2006-10-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608921; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Tommy  Grant → West Fork Coal, LLC:** 2014-03-14 through 2016-03-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608921; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patrick  Cline → Cline & Son Stone & Gravel, Inc.:** 2016-03-22 through 2021-11-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608921; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Independence Coal Company:** 2016-07-26 through 2006-10-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608921; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John T  Quintrell → Civil, LLC:** 2021-11-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608921; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 23
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 33 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,061 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 31 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 331 violation rows across the full record; 140 carry an S&S flag and $168,509 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 300 samples:** Occupational health samples 212 coal dust; 10 coal quartz; 78 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 7 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 122 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 61 contested-violation rows, 61 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 22 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 — 19 since 2021:** Inspections 88 inspection events and 4K 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 71.501 — Sanitary toilet facilities; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.501
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 71.404 — Application for waiver of surface facilities requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.404
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 33 rows; 2006-12-18 through 2013-04-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-07-08 through 2026-07-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 316 rows; 2007-01-11 through 2025-07-09; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 61 rows; 2008-07-24 through 2020-08-10; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 212 rows; 2008-03-04 through 2025-06-10; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 61 rows; 2007-09-20 through 2020-03-12; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,442 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 306 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 2001-09-01 through 2021-11-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 88 rows; 2006-11-16 through 2026-04-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 121 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 25 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 78 rows; 2008-08-01 through 2025-06-10; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 10 rows; 2017-08-29 through 2023-10-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 331 rows; 2007-01-11 through 2025-07-09; 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/cv-4-surface-mine-4608921`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/cv-4-surface-mine-4608921`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608921/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608921/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608921/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`