# Meadow Creek Minerals Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4607334
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Nicholas, WV
- **Operator:** Meadow Creek Minerals, LLC
- **Controller:** JSW Steel Ltd
- **Public source rows linked:** 484
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**JSW Steel Ltd (0096173) → Meadow Creek Minerals, LLC (0106305) → Meadow Creek Minerals Mine (4607334)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Delmer S  Vencill → Vencill Corp:** 1987-07-01 through 2006-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607334; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jack L  Williams → A & E Const Inc:** 2006-02-01 through 2006-03-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607334; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jack L  Williams → F & N Construction LLC:** 2006-03-03 through 2006-06-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607334; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jack L  Williams → A & E Const Inc:** 2006-06-02 through 2008-08-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607334; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Walter  Stokes → Sunset Fuels, LLC:** 2008-08-07 through 2009-04-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607334; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Woodrow W  Church et al → Miracle Mining, Inc.:** 2009-04-20 through 2009-12-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607334; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William H  Sanders III et al → Miracle Mining, Inc.:** 2009-04-20 through 2009-12-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607334; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Perian  Salviola → Meadow Creek Minerals, LLC:** 2009-12-09 through 2010-05-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607334; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **JSW Steel Ltd → Meadow Creek Minerals, LLC:** 2010-05-03 through 2011-05-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607334; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Douglas M  Epling et al → Hanover Resources LLC:** 2011-05-24 through 2014-05-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607334; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Perian  Salviola → Meadow Creek Minerals, LLC:** 2014-05-30 through 2010-05-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607334; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **JSW Steel Ltd → Meadow Creek Minerals, LLC:** 2014-05-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607334; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 12
- Typed edges: 29
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 41 violation rows across the full record; 13 carry an S&S flag and $21,819 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 87 samples:** Occupational health samples 54 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 31 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 4 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 22 inspection events and 599 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 71.404 — Application for waiver of surface facilities requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.404
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — 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.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 77.502 — 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 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2009-01-13 through 2009-01-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-02-28 through 2014-02-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 41 rows; 2006-05-02 through 2013-04-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2014-07-08 through 2014-07-08; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 54 rows; 2008-08-11 through 2013-04-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2010-06-17 through 2010-06-17; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2013-04-05 through 2013-04-05; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 224 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 40 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 12 rows; 1987-07-01 through 2014-05-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 22 rows; 2006-05-02 through 2014-01-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 31 rows; 2008-08-11 through 2013-04-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2010-02-22 through 2013-04-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 41 rows; 2006-05-02 through 2013-04-10; 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/meadow-creek-minerals-mine-4607334`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/meadow-creek-minerals-mine-4607334`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4607334/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4607334/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4607334/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`