# Miura No. 2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609027
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Kanawha, WV
- **Operator:** Hanover Resources, LLC
- **Controller:** Douglas M  Epling
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,703
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Douglas M  Epling (C15927) → Hanover Resources, LLC (P24400) → Miura No. 2 (4609027)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Jimmie R  Ryan et al → West-Burg Mining, Inc.:** 2004-03-05 through 2004-07-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609027; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronald G  Goff → Rama Development Co., Inc.:** 2004-07-25 through 2005-10-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609027; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Douglas M  Epling et al → Hanover Resources, LLC:** 2005-10-13 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609027; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 9
- Interval anomalies: 0
- 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 17 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 324 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 260 violation rows across the full record; 140 carry an S&S flag and $119,557 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 225 samples:** Occupational health samples 204 coal dust; 11 coal quartz; 10 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 72 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 25 contested-violation rows, 25 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 22 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 39 inspection events and 2K 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 75.503 — 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 75.1107-4 — Automatic fire sensors and manual actuators; installation; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-4
- **30 CFR 75.900-4 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.900-4
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **30 CFR 75.605 — Clamping of trailing cables to equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.605
- **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 75.1101-8 — Water sprinkler systems; arrangement of sprinklers.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-8
- **30 CFR 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 17 rows; 2004-10-07 through 2009-01-27; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2009-11-30 through 2009-11-30; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 252 rows; 2004-09-20 through 2009-04-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 25 rows; 2007-11-02 through 2011-10-11; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 204 rows; 2004-09-21 through 2011-06-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 22 rows; 2006-04-12 through 2007-01-17; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 25 rows; 2006-05-04 through 2009-02-23; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 684 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 72 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2004-03-05 through 2005-10-13; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 39 rows; 2004-04-21 through 2009-11-20; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 61 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 10 rows; 2008-06-18 through 2009-04-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 11 rows; 2004-09-21 through 2009-04-22; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 260 rows; 2004-09-20 through 2009-07-06; 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/miura-no-2-4609027`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/miura-no-2-4609027`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609027/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609027/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609027/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`