# No 65

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609020
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wyoming, WV
- **Operator:** Double Bonus Coal Company
- **Controller:** James C  Justice III
- **Public source rows linked:** 7,838
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice III (0171761) → Double Bonus Coal Company (0053059) → No 65 (4609020)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James C  Justice II et al → Bluestone Coal Corporation:** 2004-01-20 through 2004-05-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609020; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Double Bonus Coal Company:** 2004-05-24 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609020; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mechel Oao → Bluestone Coal Corporation:** 2009-05-07 through 2004-05-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609020; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mechel Oao → Double Bonus Coal Company:** 2009-05-07 through 2015-02-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609020; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Double Bonus Coal Company:** 2015-02-12 through 2024-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609020; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Bluestone Coal Corporation:** 2015-02-12 through 2004-05-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609020; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → Double Bonus Coal Company:** 2024-05-07 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609020; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 15
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 73 historical accident/injury rows; 2 coded fatalities and 2,578 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,431 violation rows across the full record; 391 carry an S&S flag and $1,325,250 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,310 coal dust; 43 coal quartz; 117 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 1,998 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 977 contested-violation rows, 977 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 44 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 16 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 163 inspection events and 11K 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 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.337 — Construction and repair of seals.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.337
- **30 CFR 75.512-2 — Frequency of examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512-2
- **30 CFR 75.1501 — Emergency evacuations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1501
- **30 CFR 48.6 — Experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.6
- **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 75.1100-2 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 73 rows; 2004-07-12 through 2014-02-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-06-11 through 2026-06-11; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,395 rows; 2004-07-21 through 2015-07-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 977 rows; 2008-08-21 through 2016-02-01; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,310 rows; 2004-07-16 through 2013-11-20; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 44 rows; 2005-07-25 through 2013-01-31; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 977 rows; 2006-11-13 through 2015-05-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,081 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 185 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2004-01-20 through 2004-05-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 163 rows; 2004-03-29 through 2025-09-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 33 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 117 rows; 2004-09-09 through 2013-04-16; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 43 rows; 2004-11-29 through 2013-05-13; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,431 rows; 2004-07-21 through 2015-07-13; 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-65-4609020`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-65-4609020`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609020/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609020/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609020/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`