# Bismarck  Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609369
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Grant, WV
- **Operator:** Vindex Energy LLC
- **Controller:** Arch Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,199
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Arch Resources Inc (C15561) → Vindex Energy LLC (P23706) → Bismarck  Mine (4609369)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **International Coal Group Inc (ICG) → Vindex Energy Corp,:** 2010-03-09 through 2011-06-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609369; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Anker Group Inc → Vindex Energy Corp,:** 2010-03-09 through 2005-11-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609369; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Vindex Energy Corp,:** 2011-06-15 through 2014-12-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609369; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Freddie A  Taylor → Taylor Minerals, Inc.:** 2014-12-16 through 2015-10-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609369; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Coal Group Inc (ICG) → Vindex Energy LLC:** 2015-10-26 through 2011-06-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609369; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Anker Group Inc → Vindex Energy LLC:** 2015-10-26 through 2005-11-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609369; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Vindex Energy LLC:** 2015-10-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609369; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 14
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 10 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 201 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 243 violation rows across the full record; 63 carry an S&S flag and $100,603 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 439 samples:** Occupational health samples 373 coal dust; 21 coal quartz; 45 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 5 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 1K employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 16 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 7 contested-violation rows, 6 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 75 inspection events and 4K 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 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 70.212 — Status change reports.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-C/section-70.212
- **30 CFR 75.1600-2 — Communication facilities; working sections; installation and maintenance requirements; audible or visual alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-Q/section-75.1600-2
- **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 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 10 rows; 2010-12-23 through 2015-06-24; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-05-25 through 2017-05-25; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 238 rows; 2010-05-24 through 2016-10-24; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 6 rows; 2012-10-05 through 2015-03-04; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 373 rows; 2002-07-16 through 2016-11-07; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2012-01-25 through 2015-12-30; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 7 rows; 2010-10-05 through 2013-10-18; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 882 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 206 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2010-03-09 through 2015-10-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 75 rows; 2010-04-26 through 2017-05-25; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 62 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 19 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 45 rows; 2010-09-15 through 2016-11-07; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 21 rows; 2010-09-14 through 2015-07-01; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 243 rows; 2010-05-24 through 2016-10-24; 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/bismarck-mine-4609369`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bismarck-mine-4609369`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609369/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609369/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609369/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`