# JOLO MINE

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609129
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** CHAD COAL CORP
- **Controller:** James  Taylor; Coy  Taylor
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,377
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James  Taylor; Coy  Taylor (C07191) → CHAD COAL CORP (P16417) → JOLO MINE (4609129)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Sunoco, Inc. → Vansant Coal Corporation:** 2005-11-09 through 2006-06-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609129; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Coy  Taylor et al → Chad Coal Corp:** 2006-06-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609129; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James  Taylor et al → Chad Coal Corp:** 2006-06-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609129; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **SunCoke Energy Incorporated → Vansant Coal Corporation:** 2012-01-17 through 2006-06-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609129; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 9
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 104 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 305 violation rows across the full record; 82 carry an S&S flag and $99,237 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 564 samples:** Occupational health samples 503 coal dust; 28 coal quartz; 33 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 — 11 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 5 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 55 inspection events and 3K 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 77.1911 — Ventilation of slopes and shafts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-T/section-77.1911
- **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
- **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 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **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 75.515 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.515
- **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.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **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 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 75.503 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2007-05-10 through 2009-10-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-03-27 through 2025-03-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 302 rows; 2007-02-06 through 2015-01-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2009-09-29 through 2011-12-16; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 503 rows; 2006-07-19 through 2013-02-07; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2007-10-24 through 2012-04-18; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2007-10-11 through 2011-02-24; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2005-11-09 through 2006-06-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 55 rows; 2006-01-19 through 2025-03-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 107 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 23 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 33 rows; 2007-10-17 through 2012-06-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 28 rows; 2007-04-17 through 2012-05-16; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 305 rows; 2007-02-06 through 2015-01-13; 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/jolo-mine-4609129`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/jolo-mine-4609129`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609129/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609129/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609129/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`