# Mine No. 6

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609069
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Darty Leasing, Inc.
- **Controller:** Billy R  Daugherty
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,919
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Billy R  Daugherty (C14525) → Darty Leasing, Inc. (P21713) → Mine No. 6 (4609069)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Terry L  Matney → War Eagle Energy Inc:** 2004-10-15 through 2005-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609069; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David  Cline → Rock N Roll Coal Company Inc:** 2005-02-01 through 2005-05-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609069; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Billy R  Daugherty → Darty Leasing, Inc.:** 2005-05-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609069; 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 14 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 695 violation rows across the full record; 159 carry an S&S flag and $461,219 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 768 samples:** Occupational health samples 686 coal dust; 34 coal quartz; 48 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 246 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 94 contested-violation rows, 94 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 58 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 74 inspection events and 5K 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 75.320 — Air quality detectors and measurement devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.320
- **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 75.1725 — 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 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.312 — Main mine fan examinations and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.312
- **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 77.501 — Electric distribution circuits and equipment; repair.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.501
- **30 CFR 48.9 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.9
- **30 CFR 77.700 — Grounding metallic sheaths, armors, and conduits enclosing power conductors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-H/section-77.700
- **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 75.1202 — Temporary notations, revisions, and supplements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1202

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2007-03-22 through 2013-09-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-08-09 through 2018-08-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 690 rows; 2005-08-25 through 2015-08-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 94 rows; 2011-07-01 through 2016-06-24; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 686 rows; 2005-10-17 through 2015-11-20; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 58 rows; 2007-10-31 through 2015-09-14; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 94 rows; 2007-10-16 through 2015-06-17; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 277 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 45 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2004-10-15 through 2005-05-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 74 rows; 2005-06-21 through 2018-08-03; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 104 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:** 48 rows; 2008-06-02 through 2014-11-04; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 34 rows; 2007-11-07 through 2015-07-29; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 695 rows; 2005-08-25 through 2015-08-10; 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-6-4609069`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-6-4609069`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609069/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609069/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609069/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`