# Black King I  North Portal

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608553
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** Elk Run Coal Company Inc
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 8,885
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Elk Run Coal Company Inc (P11051) → Black King I  North Portal (4608553)**

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:** 1996-02-01 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608553; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Elk Run Coal Company Inc:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608553; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Elk Run Coal Company Inc:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608553; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Elk Run Coal Company Inc:** 2018-11-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608553; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 9
- Interval anomalies: 0
- 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 122 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,989 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,660 violation rows across the full record; 587 carry an S&S flag and $1,596,040 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 3K samples:** Occupational health samples 2,804 coal dust; 226 coal quartz; 89 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 18 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 2K employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 987 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 460 contested-violation rows, 459 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 68 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 178 inspection events and 16K 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 75.1714-4 — Additional self-contained self-rescuers (SCSRs).** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-4
- **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 75.1501 — Emergency evacuations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1501
- **30 CFR 75.1506 — Refuge alternatives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1506
- **30 CFR 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **30 CFR 75.1107 — Fire suppression devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 122 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2014-09-10; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-12-22 through 2014-12-22; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,623 rows; 2000-01-27 through 2014-09-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 459 rows; 2003-02-26 through 2016-05-31; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 2,804 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2015-06-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 68 rows; 2001-10-03 through 2014-12-05; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 460 rows; 2003-04-10 through 2014-08-20; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 849 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 174 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1996-02-01 through 1996-02-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 178 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2015-04-09; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 134 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 33 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 89 rows; 2000-03-15 through 2013-08-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 226 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2014-06-04; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,660 rows; 2000-01-27 through 2014-09-16; 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/black-king-i-north-portal-4608553`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/black-king-i-north-portal-4608553`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608553/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608553/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608553/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`