# Relationship history for MSHA mine 4603430

Current hierarchy: **Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc → Lexington Coal Company, LLC → Lower Big Branch Impoundment**

- 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:** Armco Inc → Lower Big Branch Impoundment; 1950-01-01 to 1984-02-26; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_mine:** Armco Inc → Lower Big Branch Impoundment; 1950-01-01 to current/open; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** Armco Inc → Armco Inc; 1950-01-01 to 1984-02-26; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_mine:** Hanson PLC → Lower Big Branch Impoundment; 1950-01-01 to current/open; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **operator_operates_mine:** Peabody Coal Company → Lower Big Branch Impoundment; 1984-02-27 to 1994-10-14; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** Hanson PLC → Peabody Coal Company; 1984-02-27 to 1994-10-14; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **operator_operates_mine:** Performance Coal Company, LLC → Lower Big Branch Impoundment; 1994-10-15 to 2017-10-22; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_mine:** Massey Energy Company → Lower Big Branch Impoundment; 1994-10-15 to 2011-05-31; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** Massey Energy Company → Performance Coal Company, LLC; 1994-10-15 to 2011-05-31; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_mine:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Lower Big Branch Impoundment; 2011-06-01 to 2016-07-25; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Performance Coal Company, LLC; 2011-06-01 to 2016-07-25; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_mine:** Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Lower Big Branch Impoundment; 2016-07-26 to current/open; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Performance Coal Company, LLC; 2016-07-26 to 2017-10-22; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **operator_operates_mine:** Lexington Coal Company, LLC → Lower Big Branch Impoundment; 2017-10-23 to current/open; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_mine:** Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc → Lower Big Branch Impoundment; 2017-10-23 to current/open; source msha-controller-operator-history
- **controller_controls_operator:** Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc → Lexington Coal Company, LLC; 2017-10-23 to current/open; source msha-controller-operator-history