# Deep Mine No 15

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609209
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Fayette, WV
- **Operator:** Resilient Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** John T  Quintrell
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,869
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John T  Quintrell (0150681) → Resilient Mining, LLC (0178853) → Deep Mine No 15 (4609209)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Frasure Creek Mining, LLC:** 2007-03-21 through 2007-10-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609209; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dennis B  Hagerman → Shelby Coal Company, Inc.:** 2007-10-25 through 2008-05-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609209; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Frasure Creek Mining LLC:** 2008-05-29 through 2008-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609209; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth W  Woodring → Frasure Creek Mining, LLC:** 2008-11-01 through 2007-10-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609209; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth W  Woodring → Frasure Creek Mining LLC:** 2008-11-01 through 2010-04-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609209; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Essar Minerals Canada Limited → Frasure Creek Mining, LLC:** 2010-04-07 through 2007-10-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609209; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Essar Minerals Canada Limited → Frasure Creek Mining LLC:** 2010-04-07 through 2023-06-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609209; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John T  Quintrell → Resilient Mining, LLC:** 2023-06-20 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609209; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 17
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 31 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,284 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 321 violation rows across the full record; 100 carry an S&S flag and $430,676 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 210 samples:** Occupational health samples 178 coal dust; 6 coal quartz; 26 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 118 contested-violation rows, 118 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 10 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 — 2 since 2021:** Inspections 67 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 50.10 — Immediate notification.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-B/section-50.10
- **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 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.1714-4 — Additional self-contained self-rescuers (SCSRs).** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-4
- **30 CFR 75.1711-3 — Openings of active mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711-3
- **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 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 31 rows; 2008-01-31 through 2015-01-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-04-09 through 2026-04-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 312 rows; 2008-01-31 through 2016-08-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 118 rows; 2010-03-19 through 2013-01-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 178 rows; 2008-04-21 through 2014-12-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 10 rows; 2008-04-14 through 2008-06-06; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 118 rows; 2008-01-31 through 2011-03-22; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 499 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 93 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2007-03-21 through 2023-06-20; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 67 rows; 2007-11-05 through 2026-04-09; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 69 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 26 rows; 2008-10-29 through 2014-03-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 6 rows; 2008-10-27 through 2014-12-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 321 rows; 2008-01-31 through 2016-08-08; 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/deep-mine-no-15-4609209`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/deep-mine-no-15-4609209`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609209/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609209/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609209/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`