# Laurel Creek/Spirit Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608387
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** Spartan Mining Company
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,540
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Spartan Mining Company (P23835) → Laurel Creek/Spirit Mine (4608387)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Massey Energy Company → Elk Run Coal Company Inc:** 1994-01-01 through 2004-02-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608387; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Spartan Mining Company:** 2004-02-18 through 2004-09-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608387; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronald G  Goff → RAMA Development Co., Inc.:** 2004-09-27 through 2004-11-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608387; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Spartan Mining Company:** 2004-11-08 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608387; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Elk Run Coal Company Inc:** 2011-06-01 through 2004-02-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608387; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Spartan Mining Company:** 2011-06-01 through 2004-09-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608387; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Spartan Mining Company:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608387; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Elk Run Coal Company Inc:** 2016-07-26 through 2004-02-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608387; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Spartan Mining Company:** 2016-07-26 through 2004-09-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608387; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Spartan Mining Company:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608387; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Elk Run Coal Company Inc:** 2018-11-09 through 2004-02-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608387; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Spartan Mining Company:** 2018-11-09 through 2004-09-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608387; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Spartan Mining Company:** 2018-11-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608387; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 13
- Typed edges: 23
- Interval anomalies: 6
- 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 30 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 971 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 639 violation rows across the full record; 222 carry an S&S flag and $645,901 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 424 samples:** Occupational health samples 380 coal dust; 18 coal quartz; 26 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 — 388 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 185 contested-violation rows, 185 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 18 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 24 inspection events and 3K 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 75.311 — Main mine fan operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.311
- **30 CFR 75.508 — Map of electrical system.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.508
- **30 CFR 77.403-1 — Mobile equipment; rollover protective structures (ROPS).** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.403-1
- **30 CFR 75.1505 — Escapeway maps.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1505
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 30 rows; 2005-01-10 through 2008-06-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2012-05-16 through 2012-05-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 622 rows; 2004-12-13 through 2008-09-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 185 rows; 2008-04-17 through 2012-03-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 380 rows; 2000-05-06 through 2009-09-26; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 18 rows; 2005-03-31 through 2006-11-30; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 185 rows; 2006-05-15 through 2008-06-12; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 338 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 52 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 13 rows; 1994-01-01 through 2004-11-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 24 rows; 2004-03-15 through 2008-09-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 26 rows; 2005-09-29 through 2007-11-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 18 rows; 2004-12-28 through 2008-01-28; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 639 rows; 2004-12-13 through 2008-09-08; 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/laurel-creek-spirit-mine-4608387`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/laurel-creek-spirit-mine-4608387`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608387/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608387/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608387/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`