# Relationship history for MSHA mine 4601506

Current hierarchy: **Eastern Gas & Fuel Association → Sterling Smokeless Coal Company → No 17 Besoco Strip**

- 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

- **operator_operates_mine:** Sterling Smokeless Coal Company → No 17 Besoco Strip; 1950-01-01 to current/open; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_mine:** Eastern Gas & Fuel Association → No 17 Besoco Strip; 1950-01-01 to current/open; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** Eastern Gas & Fuel Association → Sterling Smokeless Coal Company; 1950-01-01 to current/open; source msha-controller-operator-history