# Relationship history for MSHA mine 1517153

Current hierarchy: **James L  Griffith → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc → No 5**

- Valid-time bounds: inclusive, date granularity
- Null end: open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00

## Valid-time edges

- **controller_controls_mine:** Ronnie  Thacker et al → No 5; 1983-10-01 to current/open; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **operator_operates_mine:** South Fork Energies Inc → No 5; 1991-10-01 to 1993-02-22; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** Ronnie  Thacker et al → South Fork Energies Inc; 1991-10-01 to 1993-02-22; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** Freddy  Thacker et al → South Fork Energies Inc; 1991-10-01 to 1993-02-22; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_mine:** Danny  Justice → No 5; 1992-10-19 to 2004-06-30; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **operator_operates_mine:** Gamble Coal Company Inc → No 5; 1993-02-23 to 1997-07-22; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_mine:** Roger  Coleman → No 5; 1993-02-23 to 1997-07-22; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** Roger  Coleman → Gamble Coal Company Inc; 1993-02-23 to 1997-07-22; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **operator_operates_mine:** Dags Branch Coal Company Inc → No 5; 1997-07-23 to current/open; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** Danny  Justice → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc; 1997-07-23 to 2004-06-30; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_mine:** James L  Griffith → No 5; 2004-07-01 to 2014-12-31; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** James L  Griffith → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc; 2004-07-01 to 2014-12-31; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_mine:** James L  Griffith et al → No 5; 2015-01-01 to 2016-05-25; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** James L  Griffith et al → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc; 2015-01-01 to 2016-05-25; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** Herbert R  Hamilton et al → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc; 2015-01-01 to 2016-05-25; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_mine:** James L  Griffith → No 5; 2016-05-26 to current/open; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** James L  Griffith → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc; 2016-05-26 to current/open; source msha-controller-operator-history