# North Surface Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4607165
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mingo, WV
- **Operator:** Lexington Coal Company, LLC
- **Controller:** Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 7,665
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc (0137221) → Lexington Coal Company, LLC (0154153) → North Surface Mine (4607165)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Dehart Virgil Et Al → Magnet Coal Inc:** 1986-07-01 through 1991-10-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607165; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Everett Gordon Justice → Magnet Coal Inc:** 1991-10-10 through 1996-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607165; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Melton Stephen J → Magnet Coal Inc:** 1996-09-01 through 1999-02-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607165; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Alex Energy Inc:** 1999-02-17 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607165; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Alex Energy Inc:** 2011-06-01 through 2013-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607165; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Highland Mining Company:** 2014-01-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607165; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Highland Mining Company:** 2014-01-01 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607165; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Alex Energy Inc:** 2016-07-26 through 2013-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607165; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Highland Mining Company:** 2016-07-26 through 2017-10-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607165; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc → Lexington Coal Company, LLC:** 2017-10-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607165; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Alex Energy Inc:** 2018-11-09 through 2013-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607165; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Highland Mining Company:** 2018-11-09 through 2017-10-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607165; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 12
- Typed edges: 27
- Interval anomalies: 4
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 48 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,515 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 431 violation rows across the full record; 234 carry an S&S flag and $204,606 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 301 samples:** Occupational health samples 224 coal dust; 11 coal quartz; 66 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 203K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 46K employee hours and 70 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 269 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 116 contested-violation rows, 121 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 32 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 34 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 — 1 since 2021:** Inspections 81 inspection events and 4K 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 77.410 — 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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 71.500 — Sanitary toilet facilities at surface work sites; installation requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.500
- **30 CFR 71.501 — Sanitary toilet facilities; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.501
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **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 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **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:** 48 rows; 2000-05-22 through 2018-06-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2021-06-17 through 2021-06-17; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 419 rows; 2000-05-16 through 2020-10-20; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 121 rows; 2000-09-13 through 2022-05-03; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 224 rows; 2000-12-21 through 2019-02-12; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 32 rows; 2001-07-19 through 2018-10-22; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 116 rows; 2006-07-17 through 2018-08-07; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 5,042 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1,018 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 12 rows; 1986-07-01 through 2017-10-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 81 rows; 2000-05-16 through 2021-06-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 31 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 66 rows; 2001-05-31 through 2018-02-16; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 11 rows; 2014-11-17 through 2018-02-27; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 431 rows; 2000-05-16 through 2020-10-20; 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/north-surface-mine-4607165`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/north-surface-mine-4607165`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4607165/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4607165/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4607165/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`