# Triple S Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609001
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Ramaco Resources, LLC
- **Controller:** Ramaco Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 791
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ramaco Resources Inc (0137341) → Ramaco Resources, LLC (0122932) → Triple S Mine (4609001)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Glenna M  Mullins et al → Double M Mining L C:** 2003-08-20 through 2005-04-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609001; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth S  Bowling  et al → BGB Energy LLC:** 2005-04-22 through 2012-06-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609001; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eric  McPeek et al → Black Storm Energy, LLC:** 2012-06-27 through 2021-12-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609001; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jerry Keith  McPeek et al → Black Storm Energy, LLC:** 2012-06-27 through 2021-12-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609001; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael D Bauersachs → Ramaco Resources, LLC:** 2021-12-13 through 2016-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609001; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ramaco Resources Inc → Ramaco Resources, LLC:** 2021-12-13 through 2022-04-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609001; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ultra Energy LLC et al → Blackstone Energy Services, LLC:** 2022-04-20 through 2022-07-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609001; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Chan-Can LLC et al → Blackstone Energy Services, LLC:** 2022-04-20 through 2022-07-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609001; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Brian Keith  Ward → Torque Enterprises, LLC:** 2022-07-14 through 2023-05-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609001; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael D Bauersachs → Ramaco Resources, LLC:** 2023-05-10 through 2016-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609001; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ramaco Resources Inc → Ramaco Resources, LLC:** 2023-05-10 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609001; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 11
- Typed edges: 25
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 2 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 45 violation rows across the full record; 20 carry an S&S flag and $20,826 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 29 samples:** Occupational health samples 16 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 12 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 9K employee hours and 12 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 — 5 since 2021:** Inspections 23 inspection events and 413 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 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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **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 62.120 — Action level.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.120
- **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 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2005-10-14 through 2005-10-14; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-04-06 through 2024-04-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 43 rows; 2004-03-26 through 2023-03-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 16 rows; 2004-07-09 through 2023-03-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2007-04-12 through 2007-04-12; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 522 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 87 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 11 rows; 2003-08-20 through 2023-05-10; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 23 rows; 2004-01-07 through 2023-10-26; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 12 rows; 2004-07-09 through 2023-03-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2004-07-09 through 2004-07-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 45 rows; 2004-03-26 through 2023-03-23; 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/triple-s-mine-4609001`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/triple-s-mine-4609001`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609001/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609001/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609001/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`