# Mine No. 39

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609261
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Twin State Mining, Inc.
- **Controller:** Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 23,981
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (M00106) → Twin State Mining, Inc. (0075785) → Mine No. 39 (4609261)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **William G  Skewes → XMV, Inc.:** 2008-01-24 through 2008-10-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609261; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **ArcelorMittal → XMV, Inc.:** 2008-10-20 through 2020-12-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609261; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cleveland-Cliffs Inc → XMV, Inc.:** 2020-12-09 through 2021-11-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609261; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gregory  Jessee et al → Twin State Mining, Inc.:** 2021-11-18 through 2008-12-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609261; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **ArcelorMittal → Twin State Mining, Inc.:** 2021-11-18 through 2020-12-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609261; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cleveland-Cliffs Inc → Twin State Mining, Inc.:** 2021-11-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609261; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 13
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 24 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 120 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 4,510 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 935 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 3,484 violation rows across the full record; 802 carry an S&S flag and $3,038,048 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 13K samples:** Occupational health samples 12,318 coal dust; 464 coal quartz; 365 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 10 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 — 1,438 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 655 contested-violation rows, 656 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 127 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 15 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 — 131 since 2021:** Inspections 360 inspection events and 24K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 130 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 13,216
- **Average employees:** 9
- **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 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 75.202 — 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 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 77.512 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.512
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 120 rows; 2009-06-08 through 2023-12-12; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-06-18 through 2024-06-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 3,417 rows; 2008-09-05 through 2024-02-06; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 656 rows; 2011-06-23 through 2025-01-06; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 12,318 rows; 2008-12-17 through 2025-01-31; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 127 rows; 2011-06-23 through 2021-08-27; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 655 rows; 2009-08-19 through 2023-10-03; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,620 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 363 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2008-01-24 through 2021-11-18; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 360 rows; 2008-04-14 through 2024-05-23; 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:** 365 rows; 2009-02-25 through 2023-11-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 464 rows; 2008-12-17 through 2023-10-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 3,484 rows; 2008-09-05 through 2024-02-06; 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-39-4609261`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-39-4609261`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609261/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609261/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609261/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`