# Ranger Fuel No. 1 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609222
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wyoming, WV
- **Operator:** Bluestone Oil Corp
- **Controller:** James C  Justice III
- **Public source rows linked:** 6,273
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice III (0171761) → Bluestone Oil Corp (0164073) → Ranger Fuel No. 1 Mine (4609222)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Questor Management Company LLC  et al → Pinnacle Mining Company, LLC:** 2007-07-11 through 2007-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609222; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Benjamin M  Statler et al → Pinnacle Mining Company, LLC:** 2007-07-11 through 2007-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609222; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cleveland-Cliffs Inc → Pinnacle Mining Company, LLC:** 2007-07-31 through 2015-12-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609222; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) → Pinnacle Mining Company, LLC:** 2015-12-22 through 2016-11-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609222; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **ERP Compliant Fuels, LLC → Pinnacle Mining Company, LLC:** 2016-11-18 through 2019-05-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609222; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Bluestone Oil Corporation:** 2019-05-15 through 2022-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609222; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Bluestone Oil Corporation:** 2019-05-15 through 2022-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609222; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → Bluestone Oil Corporation:** 2022-08-24 through 2023-01-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609222; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **MELISSA  CLINE → Glow Worm Coal Company:** 2023-01-12 through 2023-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609222; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas W  Lusk → Glow Worm Coal Company:** 2023-01-12 through 2005-01-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609222; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Bluestone Oil Corp:** 2023-09-01 through 2022-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609222; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Bluestone Oil Corp:** 2023-09-01 through 2022-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609222; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → Bluestone Oil Corp:** 2023-09-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609222; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 13
- Typed edges: 25
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 12 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 27 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 669 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 675 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,447 violation rows across the full record; 273 carry an S&S flag and $1,379,685 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,333 coal dust; 54 coal quartz; 79 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 7 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 1,450 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 714 contested-violation rows, 729 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 7 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 — 42 since 2021:** Inspections 94 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 75.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.904
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.810 — High-voltage trailing cables; splices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-I/section-75.810
- **30 CFR 75.511 — Low-, medium-, or high-voltage distribution circuits and equipment; repair.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.511
- **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 75.1714-7 — Multi-gas detectors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-7

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 27 rows; 2007-12-20 through 2022-01-17; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-08-04 through 2026-08-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,412 rows; 2007-10-02 through 2023-11-30; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 729 rows; 2011-02-02 through 2025-05-01; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,333 rows; 2007-12-10 through 2022-07-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 7 rows; 2011-12-20 through 2021-08-31; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 714 rows; 2008-05-21 through 2023-11-30; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 281 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 57 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 13 rows; 2007-07-11 through 2023-09-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 94 rows; 2007-08-27 through 2026-07-30; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 24 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 79 rows; 2008-08-18 through 2021-04-06; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 54 rows; 2007-12-20 through 2022-07-27; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,447 rows; 2007-10-02 through 2023-12-08; 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/ranger-fuel-no-1-mine-4609222`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/ranger-fuel-no-1-mine-4609222`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609222/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609222/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609222/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`