# Alloy Surface Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4607537
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Fayette, WV
- **Operator:** Lexington Coal Company, LLC
- **Controller:** Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,069
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc (0137221) → Lexington Coal Company, LLC (0154153) → Alloy Surface Mine (4607537)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Appalachian Mining Inc:** 1988-06-01 through 1994-01-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607537; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pittston Company → Vandalia Resources Inc:** 1994-01-14 through 2003-11-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607537; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John C  Smith Jr → Appalachian Fuels LLC:** 2003-11-19 through 2006-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607537; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Energy Coal Resources Inc → Appalachian Fuels LLC:** 2006-01-17 through 2009-10-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607537; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Mammoth Coal Co.:** 2009-10-16 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607537; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Mammoth Coal Co.:** 2011-06-01 through 2012-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607537; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Alex Energy, LLC:** 2012-07-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607537; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Alex Energy, LLC:** 2012-07-01 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607537; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Mammoth Coal Co.:** 2016-07-26 through 2012-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607537; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Alex Energy, LLC:** 2016-07-26 through 2017-10-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607537; 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 4607537; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Mammoth Coal Co.:** 2018-11-09 through 2012-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607537; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Alex Energy, LLC:** 2018-11-09 through 2017-10-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607537; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 13
- Typed edges: 29
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 28 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 638 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 4 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 330 violation rows across the full record; 154 carry an S&S flag and $62,641 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 322 samples:** Occupational health samples 254 coal dust; 10 coal quartz; 58 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 75 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 32 contested-violation rows, 35 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 8 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 31 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 — 10 since 2021:** Inspections 103 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.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 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 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **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:** 28 rows; 2001-01-31 through 2019-08-14; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-04-15 through 2024-04-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 324 rows; 2000-08-16 through 2022-05-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 35 rows; 2003-07-15 through 2013-10-23; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 254 rows; 2000-08-16 through 2023-01-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 8 rows; 2001-07-26 through 2002-10-16; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 32 rows; 2008-03-17 through 2012-07-30; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 3,001 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 661 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 13 rows; 1988-06-01 through 2017-10-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 103 rows; 2000-08-09 through 2023-10-18; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 178 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 32 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 58 rows; 2000-08-16 through 2023-01-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 10 rows; 2005-08-17 through 2022-05-03; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 330 rows; 2000-08-16 through 2022-05-04; 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/alloy-surface-mine-4607537`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/alloy-surface-mine-4607537`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4607537/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4607537/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4607537/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`