# Sycamore Surface Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4607058
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Fayette, WV
- **Operator:** Panther Creek Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,864
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Sev.en Global Investments a.s. (0158381) → Panther Creek Mining LLC (0141673) → Sycamore Surface Mine (4607058)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Dan W  Tucker → T & S Coal Company Inc:** 1986-01-01 through 1987-05-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607058; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Imperial-Pacific Investments Inc → Hawks Nest Mining Company:** 1987-05-21 through 1989-03-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607058; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cyprus Amax Minerals Company → Cyprus Kanawha Corp:** 1989-03-08 through 1998-06-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607058; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Kanawha River Mining Company:** 1998-06-29 through 2004-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607058; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lexington Coal Company LLC → LCC West Virginia LLC:** 2004-10-01 through 2005-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607058; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cambrian Mining PLC et al → Maple Coal Co., LLC:** 2005-11-01 through 2011-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607058; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Coal International PLC et al → Maple Coal Co., LLC:** 2005-11-01 through 2011-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607058; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Walter Energy Incorporated → Maple Coal Co., LLC:** 2011-04-01 through 2016-02-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607058; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) → Seminole WV Mining Complex:** 2016-02-13 through 2016-11-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607058; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **ERP Compliant Fuels, LLC → Seminole WV Mining Complex:** 2016-11-18 through 2019-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607058; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert E  Murray → Murray Maple Eagle Coal, LLC:** 2019-04-30 through 2020-04-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607058; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Panther Creek Mining LLC:** 2020-04-27 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607058; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Panther Creek Mining LLC:** 2020-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607058; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 13
- Typed edges: 34
- 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 — 2 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 13 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 910 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 116 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 326 violation rows across the full record; 84 carry an S&S flag and $127,204 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 569 samples:** Occupational health samples 428 coal dust; 30 coal quartz; 111 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 7 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 — 21K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 22K employee hours and 31 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 91 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 37 contested-violation rows, 38 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 16 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 17 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 — 34 since 2021:** Inspections 119 inspection events and 5K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 226,761 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 125,558
- **Average employees:** 47
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (7 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.1301 — Explosives; magazines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-N/section-77.1301

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 13 rows; 2000-04-11 through 2025-11-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-11-09 through 2020-11-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 306 rows; 2000-02-07 through 2026-02-28; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 38 rows; 2000-06-22 through 2026-01-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 428 rows; 2000-02-09 through 2026-09-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 16 rows; 2015-11-02 through 2026-01-22; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 37 rows; 2010-08-24 through 2025-04-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,853 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 368 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 13 rows; 1986-01-01 through 2020-04-27; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 119 rows; 2000-02-07 through 2026-08-25; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 179 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 25 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 111 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2026-09-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 30 rows; 2013-02-25 through 2026-03-31; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 326 rows; 2000-02-07 through 2026-09-14; 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/sycamore-surface-mine-4607058`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/sycamore-surface-mine-4607058`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4607058/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4607058/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4607058/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`