# No. 3B Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609468
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mingo, WV
- **Operator:** Active Resources, Inc.
- **Controller:** Jon  Nix
- **Public source rows linked:** 215
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jon  Nix (0164901) → Active Resources, Inc. (0179133) → No. 3B Mine (4609468)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **International Resources LLC → Rockhouse Creek Development  LLC:** 2012-11-01 through 2011-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609468; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Industries Inc → Rockhouse Creek Development  LLC:** 2012-11-01 through 2007-07-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609468; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Rockhouse Creek Development  LLC:** 2012-11-01 through 2014-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609468; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Rockhouse Creek Development LLC:** 2014-09-01 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609468; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Rockhouse Creek Development LLC:** 2020-06-01 through 2023-10-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609468; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jon  Nix → Active Resources, Inc.:** 2023-10-11 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609468; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 15
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 27 violation rows across the full record; 8 carry an S&S flag and $8,293 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 49 samples:** Occupational health samples 41 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 7 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 38 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 19 contested-violation rows, 19 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 23 inspection events and 498 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 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 47.44 — Temporary, portable containers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.44
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **30 CFR 75.1715 — Identification check system.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1715
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.900-3 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; procedures.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.900-3
- **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 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.1714 — Availability of approved self-rescue devices; instruction in use and location.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-07-27 through 2018-07-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 26 rows; 2013-05-20 through 2015-07-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 19 rows; 2014-03-12 through 2014-04-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 41 rows; 2013-05-28 through 2013-07-12; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 19 rows; 2013-05-20 through 2013-06-19; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2012-11-01 through 2023-10-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 23 rows; 2013-03-20 through 2015-10-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 41 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 3 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 7 rows; 2013-06-05 through 2013-06-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2013-05-30 through 2013-05-30; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 27 rows; 2013-05-20 through 2015-07-27; 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-3b-mine-4609468`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-3b-mine-4609468`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609468/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609468/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609468/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`