# Mine No. 37

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609017
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** XMV, Inc.
- **Controller:** Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,902
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (M00106) → XMV, Inc. (0050923) → Mine No. 37 (4609017)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **William G  Skewes → XMV, Inc.:** 2003-12-29 through 2004-01-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609017; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michelle  Hatfield → Walcoal, Inc.:** 2004-01-22 through 2006-01-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609017; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William G  Skewes → XMV, Inc.:** 2006-01-30 through 2008-10-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609017; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **ArcelorMittal → XMV, Inc.:** 2008-10-20 through 2004-01-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609017; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **ArcelorMittal → XMV, Inc.:** 2008-10-20 through 2020-12-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609017; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cleveland-Cliffs Inc → XMV, Inc.:** 2020-12-09 through 2004-01-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609017; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cleveland-Cliffs Inc → XMV, Inc.:** 2020-12-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609017; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 14
- 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 14 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,090 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 497 violation rows across the full record; 147 carry an S&S flag and $355,639 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 597 samples:** Occupational health samples 528 coal dust; 22 coal quartz; 47 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 4 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 — 506 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 235 contested-violation rows, 235 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 36 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 74 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 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 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.310 — Installation of main mine fans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.310
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.1714-4 — Additional self-contained self-rescuers (SCSRs).** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-4
- **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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1719-4 — Mining machines, cap lamps; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1719-4
- **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 75.1103-4 — Automatic fire sensor and warning device systems; installation; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-4

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 14 rows; 2004-04-14 through 2013-06-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-12-16 through 2013-12-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 486 rows; 2004-03-25 through 2013-07-09; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 235 rows; 2008-11-19 through 2015-05-19; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 528 rows; 2004-05-11 through 2013-08-19; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 36 rows; 2008-02-25 through 2013-10-30; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 235 rows; 2007-01-29 through 2013-03-27; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 485 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 103 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2003-12-29 through 2006-01-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 74 rows; 2004-03-24 through 2013-12-16; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 118 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 47 rows; 2005-09-06 through 2013-07-24; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 22 rows; 2004-05-24 through 2013-03-25; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 497 rows; 2004-03-24 through 2013-07-09; 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/mine-no-37-4609017`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-37-4609017`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609017/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609017/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609017/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`