# Cucumber Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609066
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Southern Minerals, Inc.
- **Controller:** Edward A  Asbury
- **Public source rows linked:** 8,217
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Edward A  Asbury (C03440) → Southern Minerals, Inc. (0116385) → Cucumber Mine (4609066)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Brooks Run Mining Company LLC:** 2004-10-01 through 2013-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609066; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Brooks Run South Mining, LLC:** 2014-01-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609066; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Brooks Run Mining Company LLC:** 2016-07-26 through 2013-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609066; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Brooks Run South Mining, LLC:** 2016-07-26 through 2017-11-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609066; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pristine Clean Energy LLC → Brooks Run Mining Company LLC:** 2017-10-05 through 2013-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609066; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Edward A  Asbury → Southern Minerals, Inc.:** 2017-11-28 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609066; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Brooks Run South Mining, LLC:** 2018-11-09 through 2017-11-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609066; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 17
- Interval anomalies: 3
- 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 71 historical accident/injury rows; 2 coded fatalities and 1,534 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,056 violation rows across the full record; 302 carry an S&S flag and $917,367 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,375 coal dust; 57 coal quartz; 129 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 24 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 — 1,236 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 553 contested-violation rows, 549 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 134 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 — 3 since 2021:** Inspections 668 inspection events and 15K 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 45.4 — Independent contractor register.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-45/section-45.4
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 75.1718 — Drinking water.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1718
- **30 CFR 75.1713-7 — First-aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1713-7
- **30 CFR 48.29 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.29
- **30 CFR 71.600 — Drinking water; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-G/section-71.600
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.1107-9 — Dry chemical devices; capacity; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-9
- **30 CFR 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505
- **30 CFR 75.516-2 — Communication wires and cables; installation; insulation; support.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.516-2

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 71 rows; 2006-01-30 through 2016-04-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2019-09-26 through 2019-09-26; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,036 rows; 2005-01-19 through 2017-07-06; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 549 rows; 2007-10-11 through 2015-05-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,375 rows; 2000-10-28 through 2014-10-16; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 134 rows; 2005-04-09 through 2014-07-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 553 rows; 2006-06-16 through 2014-07-14; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,948 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 386 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2004-10-01 through 2017-11-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 668 rows; 2005-01-19 through 2026-06-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 219 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 129 rows; 2006-08-02 through 2014-08-19; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 57 rows; 2006-03-27 through 2014-08-19; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,056 rows; 2005-01-19 through 2017-07-06; 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/cucumber-mine-4609066`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/cucumber-mine-4609066`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609066/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609066/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609066/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`