# No. 2 Contour & Auger

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609239
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wyoming, WV
- **Operator:** Justice Highwall Mining Inc.
- **Controller:** James C  Justice III
- **Public source rows linked:** 629
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice III (0171761) → Justice Highwall Mining Inc. (0051938) → No. 2 Contour & Auger (4609239)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James C  Justice II et al → Justice Highwall Mining Inc:** 2007-10-08 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mechel Oao → Justice Highwall Mining Inc:** 2009-05-07 through 2013-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John W  Preece → West Virginia Industrial Services:** 2013-04-18 through 2013-08-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mechel Oao → Justice Highwall Mining Inc.:** 2013-08-15 through 2015-02-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Justice Highwall Mining Inc.:** 2013-08-15 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Justice Highwall Mining Inc:** 2015-02-12 through 2013-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Justice Highwall Mining Inc.:** 2015-02-12 through 2017-07-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Justice Highwall Mining Inc:** 2017-07-13 through 2013-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Justice Highwall Mining Inc:** 2017-07-13 through 2013-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Justice Highwall Mining Inc.:** 2017-07-13 through 2022-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Justice Highwall Mining Inc.:** 2017-07-13 through 2022-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → Justice Highwall Mining Inc:** 2022-08-24 through 2013-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → Justice Highwall Mining Inc.:** 2022-08-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 13
- Typed edges: 22
- Interval anomalies: 5
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 10 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 53 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 130 violation rows across the full record; 42 carry an S&S flag and $180,418 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 87 samples:** Occupational health samples 49 coal dust; 11 coal quartz; 27 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 — 104 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 52 contested-violation rows, 52 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 — 21 since 2021:** Inspections 47 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 10,245 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 12,855
- **Average employees:** 10
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 71.209 — Status change reports.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.209
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.1301 — Explosives; magazines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-N/section-77.1301
- **30 CFR 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2008-10-30 through 2021-01-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-10-14 through 2026-10-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 117 rows; 2011-03-07 through 2024-04-03; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 52 rows; 2019-03-06 through 2023-08-17; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 49 rows; 2017-09-26 through 2026-09-16; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 52 rows; 2018-06-21 through 2022-07-14; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 89 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 29 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 13 rows; 2007-10-08 through 2013-08-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 47 rows; 2011-03-07 through 2026-09-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 27 rows; 2017-09-26 through 2026-09-16; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 11 rows; 2017-09-26 through 2026-09-16; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 130 rows; 2011-03-07 through 2024-04-03; 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/no-2-contour-auger-4609239`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-2-contour-auger-4609239`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609239/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609239/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609239/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`