# Spruce Fork Mine No 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608622
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Upshur, WV
- **Operator:** Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc
- **Controller:** Core Natural Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,795
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Core Natural Resources Inc (0189840) → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc (P23768) → Spruce Fork Mine No 1 (4608622)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Anker Group Inc → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc:** 1997-03-01 through 1999-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608622; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rex  Fought → Wayne Processing Inc:** 1999-06-01 through 2001-04-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608622; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Anker Group Inc → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc:** 2001-04-02 through 2005-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608622; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Coal Group Inc (ICG) → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc:** 2005-06-01 through 1999-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608622; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Coal Group Inc (ICG) → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc:** 2005-06-01 through 2011-06-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608622; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc:** 2011-06-15 through 1999-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608622; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc:** 2011-06-15 through 2025-01-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608622; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Core Natural Resources Inc → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc:** 2025-01-14 through 1999-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608622; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Core Natural Resources Inc → Anker West Virginia Mining Company Inc:** 2025-01-14 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608622; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 17
- Interval anomalies: 3
- 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 344 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 3,342 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,192 violation rows across the full record; 479 carry an S&S flag and $274,635 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,241 coal dust; 121 coal quartz; 76 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 41 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 — 6K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 13K employee hours and 21 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 83 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 17 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 64 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 316 inspection events and 10K 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 50.10 — Immediate notification.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-B/section-50.10
- **30 CFR 75.363 — Hazardous conditions and violations of mandatory health or safety standards; posting, correcting, and recording.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.363
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.211 — Roof testing and scaling.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.211
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 344 rows; 2000-01-07 through 2005-08-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2006-03-31 through 2006-03-31; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,177 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2006-02-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 17 rows; 2003-03-12 through 2006-10-31; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,241 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2007-04-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 64 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2005-08-11; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2005-03-06 through 2005-05-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 945 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 210 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 1997-03-01 through 2001-04-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 316 rows; 2000-01-07 through 2006-02-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 63 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 76 rows; 2000-01-31 through 2005-06-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 121 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2005-05-18; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,192 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2006-02-27; 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/spruce-fork-mine-no-1-4608622`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/spruce-fork-mine-no-1-4608622`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608622/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608622/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608622/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`