# Mathews Surface Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608765
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Greene, PA
- **Operator:** Coresco LLC
- **Controller:** Mepco Intermediate Holdings, LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 280
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Mepco Intermediate Holdings, LLC (0111561) → Coresco LLC (0086924) → Mathews Surface Mine (3608765)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James L  Laurita Jr  et al → Coresco Inc:** 1998-12-01 through 2008-02-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608765; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas A  Laurita  et al → Coresco Inc:** 1998-12-01 through 2008-02-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608765; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **GenPower Holdings LP  et al → Coresco LLC:** 2008-02-26 through 2013-11-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608765; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Laurita Jr  et al → Coresco LLC:** 2008-02-26 through 2013-11-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608765; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mepco Intermediate Holdings, LLC → Coresco LLC:** 2013-11-10 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608765; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 10
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 40 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 18 violation rows across the full record; 10 carry an S&S flag and $4,677 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 21 samples:** Occupational health samples 13 coal dust; 8 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 2K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 4 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 28 inspection events and 375 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.409 — Shovels, draglines, and tractors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.409
- **30 CFR 48.25 — Training of new miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.25
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2003-09-16 through 2003-09-16; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2005-03-25 through 2005-03-25; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 17 rows; 2000-09-13 through 2004-03-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 13 rows; 2000-09-27 through 2003-06-26; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2001-06-19 through 2003-07-07; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 130 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1998-12-01 through 2008-02-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 28 rows; 2000-09-13 through 2005-05-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 21 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 8 rows; 2003-03-25 through 2004-07-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 18 rows; 2000-09-13 through 2004-03-23; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/mathews-surface-mine-3608765`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mathews-surface-mine-3608765`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608765/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608765/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608765/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`