# Elk Lick Tipple

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4604315
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Logan, WV
- **Operator:** Coal Mac East
- **Controller:** John Mitch Potter
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,686
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John Mitch Potter (0144441) → Coal Mac East (0210693) → Elk Lick Tipple (4604315)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Pittston Company → Buffalo Mining Company:** 1974-09-09 through 2005-10-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604315; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John C  Smith Jr → Appalachian Fuels LLC:** 2005-10-31 through 2006-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604315; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Energy Coal Resources Inc → Appalachian Fuels LLC:** 2006-01-17 through 2007-12-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604315; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **INR-I Holdings LLC → Cliffs Logan County Coal, LLC:** 2007-12-07 through 2010-08-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604315; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cleveland-Cliffs Inc → Cliffs Logan County Coal, LLC:** 2010-08-02 through 2014-12-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604315; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Coronado Coal LLC → Greenbrier Minerals, LLC:** 2014-12-31 through 2026-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604315; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John Mitch Potter → Coal Mac East:** 2026-08-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604315; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 19
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 5 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 534 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 37 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 207 violation rows across the full record; 92 carry an S&S flag and $102,382 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 323 samples:** Occupational health samples 222 coal dust; 11 coal quartz; 90 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 5K employee hours and 8 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 38 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 18 contested-violation rows, 18 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 12 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 — 16 since 2021:** Inspections 64 inspection events and 3K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 54,059
- **Average employees:** 24
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 2

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.516 — Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.516
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.513 — Insulating mats at power switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.513
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2009-11-02 through 2017-04-04; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2006-03-22 through 2006-03-22; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 201 rows; 2006-03-20 through 2025-10-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 18 rows; 2012-07-30 through 2018-04-04; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 222 rows; 2007-01-31 through 2026-09-30; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2016-02-19 through 2019-09-13; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 18 rows; 2010-04-30 through 2017-08-16; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,412 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 292 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1974-09-09 through 2026-08-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 64 rows; 2006-01-12 through 2026-04-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 114 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 21 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 90 rows; 2007-01-31 through 2025-10-08; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 11 rows; 2015-01-11 through 2025-05-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 207 rows; 2006-03-20 through 2025-10-08; 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/elk-lick-tipple-4604315`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/elk-lick-tipple-4604315`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4604315/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4604315/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4604315/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`