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Up their acts, but the number of citations and the significance, it gave the indication that the mine operator would have been better suited to comply rather than us fining them. >> reporter: it's an emotional issue, saved is a huge concern, but massey mines provide thousands of fences. roan wootan is the west virginia state mining director. >> reporter: are they a good operator or bad operator, in your estimation? >> i don't have an opinion. i've seen them do good things, some things not so good. >> reporter: one person that told me that you were one of the worst operators in terms of the vio...

This mine was even operating. >> the reason it was operating is all of the people who were very knowledgeable, whether it be at the federal government, the state government or massey had concluded that the mine was safe to operate and these violations and the efforts on the ventilation are efforts to improve it. >> but the man in charge of keeping america's coal mines and coal miners safe, kevin struckland doesn't see much room for argument. >> is it your sense, kevin, that this is a mine that needed to clean up its act? >> well, we think all mines need to clean up their act, but the number of...