# No 6

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608224
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mingo, WV
- **Operator:** Aracoma Coal Company Inc
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,852
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Aracoma Coal Company Inc (P21118) → No 6 (4608224)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James H  Booth et al → Taurus Coal Company Inc:** 1992-09-01 through 2001-04-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary D  Spurlock → Copperas Coal Corp:** 2001-04-23 through 2001-11-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Amon L  Mahon → Island Fork Construction Ltd., Inc.:** 2001-11-13 through 2002-11-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Carl  Kirk et al → North Star Contractors Incorporated:** 2002-11-18 through 2005-01-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Foundation Coal Corporation → Laurel Creek Company Inc:** 2005-01-19 through 2009-07-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rag Aktiengesellschaft → Laurel Creek Company Inc:** 2005-01-19 through 2004-07-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Aracoma Coal Company Inc:** 2009-07-20 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Laurel Creek Company Inc:** 2009-07-31 through 2009-07-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Aracoma Coal Company Inc:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Aracoma Coal Company Inc:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Aracoma Coal Company Inc:** 2018-11-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 11
- Typed edges: 28
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 52 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,392 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 473 violation rows across the full record; 165 carry an S&S flag and $189,556 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 497 samples:** Occupational health samples 454 coal dust; 22 coal quartz; 21 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 8 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 — 119 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 55 contested-violation rows, 55 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 9 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 93 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 77.1110 — 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 77.502 — 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 77.513 — 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 77.1109 — 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 77.512 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.512
- **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 77.507 — Electric equipment; switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.507
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 47.31 — Requirement for a HazCom program.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-D/section-47.31
- **30 CFR 75.1202 — Temporary notations, revisions, and supplements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1202
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 52 rows; 2001-07-10 through 2011-12-07; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-10-15 through 2014-10-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 458 rows; 2001-06-18 through 2012-11-20; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 55 rows; 2008-08-13 through 2012-03-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 454 rows; 2001-06-30 through 2009-01-10; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 9 rows; 2005-04-07 through 2007-08-09; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 55 rows; 2004-12-28 through 2010-06-24; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 798 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 166 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 11 rows; 1992-09-01 through 2009-07-20; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 93 rows; 2001-05-17 through 2014-10-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 162 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:** 21 rows; 2001-08-07 through 2008-10-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 22 rows; 2001-08-06 through 2008-10-22; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 473 rows; 2001-06-18 through 2012-11-20; 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/no-6-4608224`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-6-4608224`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608224/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608224/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608224/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`