# Relationship history for MSHA mine 4603203

Current hierarchy: **Taishan Resources LLC → Taishan Coal LLC → Little Creek Dock**

- 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:** Shrewsbury Coal Company → Little Creek Dock; 1950-01-01 to 1992-12-31; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_mine:** Quaker State Corp → Little Creek Dock; 1950-01-01 to current/open; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** Quaker State Corp → Shrewsbury Coal Company; 1950-01-01 to 1992-12-31; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_mine:** Ashland Inc et al → Little Creek Dock; 1987-05-19 to 2005-12-31; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **operator_operates_mine:** Arch Of West Virginia → Little Creek Dock; 1993-01-01 to 2001-08-21; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** Ashland Inc et al → Arch Of West Virginia; 1993-01-01 to 2001-08-21; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **operator_operates_mine:** Little Creek Dock Company Inc → Little Creek Dock; 2001-08-22 to 2006-03-19; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_mine:** Chris  Cline → Little Creek Dock; 2001-08-22 to current/open; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** Chris  Cline → Little Creek Dock Company Inc; 2001-08-22 to 2006-03-19; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_mine:** Magnum Coal Company → Little Creek Dock; 2006-01-01 to 2008-07-22; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** Magnum Coal Company → Arch Of West Virginia; 2006-01-01 to 2001-08-21; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **operator_operates_mine:** Little Creek LLC → Little Creek Dock; 2006-03-20 to 2015-10-25; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_mine:** Magnum Coal Company → Little Creek Dock; 2006-03-20 to 2008-07-22; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** Magnum Coal Company → Little Creek LLC; 2006-03-20 to 2008-07-22; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_mine:** Patriot Coal Corporation → Little Creek Dock; 2008-07-23 to current/open; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** Patriot Coal Corporation → Arch Of West Virginia; 2008-07-23 to 2001-08-21; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** Patriot Coal Corporation → Little Creek LLC; 2008-07-23 to 2015-10-25; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **operator_operates_mine:** Blackhawk River Logistics → Little Creek Dock; 2015-10-26 to 2022-08-23; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_mine:** Blackhawk Mining LLC → Little Creek Dock; 2015-10-26 to current/open; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** Blackhawk Mining LLC → Blackhawk River Logistics; 2015-10-26 to 2022-08-23; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_mine:** Taishan Resources LLC → Little Creek Dock; 2019-06-14 to current/open; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **operator_operates_mine:** Taishan Coal LLC → Little Creek Dock; 2022-08-24 to current/open; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** Taishan Resources LLC → Taishan Coal LLC; 2022-08-24 to current/open; source msha-controller-operator-history