# No 4 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608959
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wyoming, WV
- **Operator:** Chief Mining, Inc.
- **Controller:** Kenneth R  Calloway
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,966
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Kenneth R  Calloway (C13525) → Chief Mining, Inc. (P23225) → No 4 Mine (4608959)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James E  Trent → Century Energy Corporation:** 2002-04-23 through 2003-08-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608959; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jennifer N  Szakacs → Shelby Coal, Inc.:** 2003-08-18 through 2007-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608959; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dennis B  Hagerman → Shelby Coal, Inc.:** 2007-07-26 through 2008-04-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608959; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Darvin  Rowe et al → Resurrection Coal Company:** 2008-04-15 through 2009-02-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608959; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **MELISSA  CLINE → Glow Worm Coal Company:** 2009-02-19 through 2012-01-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608959; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas W  Lusk → Glow Worm Coal Company:** 2009-02-19 through 2005-01-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608959; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth R  Calloway → Chief Mining, Inc.:** 2012-01-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608959; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Calloway Kevin B → Chief Mining, Inc.:** 2012-01-09 through 2003-11-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608959; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 22
- 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 8 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 817 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 521 violation rows across the full record; 173 carry an S&S flag and $467,473 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 437 samples:** Occupational health samples 383 coal dust; 23 coal quartz; 31 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 36K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 16K employee hours and 28 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 242 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 108 contested-violation rows, 120 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 14 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 — 2 since 2021:** Inspections 84 inspection events and 3K 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 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 75.1731 — Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1731
- **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 75.1714-8 — Reporting SCSR inventory and malfunctions; retention of SCSRs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-8
- **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 77.410 — 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 75.370 — 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 75.504 — Permissibility of new, replacement, used, reconditioned, additional, and rebuilt electric face equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.504

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 8 rows; 2003-05-17 through 2012-09-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-06-11 through 2026-06-11; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 480 rows; 2003-05-08 through 2013-05-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 120 rows; 2004-08-23 through 2012-03-01; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 383 rows; 2003-04-22 through 2013-06-13; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 14 rows; 2007-03-14 through 2013-07-24; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 108 rows; 2005-09-07 through 2008-01-03; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 99 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 21 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2002-04-23 through 2012-01-09; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 84 rows; 2002-07-22 through 2025-09-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 54 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 31 rows; 2004-09-09 through 2013-01-24; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 23 rows; 2004-05-10 through 2013-01-16; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 521 rows; 2003-05-08 through 2013-05-08; 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-4-mine-4608959`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-4-mine-4608959`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608959/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608959/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608959/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`