# Beckley Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608829
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Raleigh, WV
- **Operator:** Maben Coal LLC
- **Controller:** Ramaco Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 10,377
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ramaco Resources Inc (0137341) → Maben Coal LLC (0124070) → Beckley Mine (4608829)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **R R D Inc → Guyandotte-Pocahontas Energy Inc:** 2000-03-01 through 2000-10-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert L  Worley → Baylor Mining Inc:** 2000-10-02 through 2014-12-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Brooks Run South Mining, LLC:** 2014-12-08 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Brooks Run South Mining, LLC:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Brooks Run South Mining, LLC:** 2018-11-09 through 2022-01-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Petri E Koivula et al → Sundial Mining LLC:** 2022-01-05 through 2022-06-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John  McNab et al → Sundial Mining LLC:** 2022-01-05 through 2022-06-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mike  Jamison et al → Sundial Mining LLC:** 2022-01-05 through 2022-06-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David Michael  Jamison et al → Sundial Mining LLC:** 2022-06-06 through 2025-10-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Petri E Koivula et al → Sundial Mining LLC:** 2022-06-06 through 2025-10-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Appleton Coal, LLC → Maben Coal LLC:** 2025-10-17 through 2022-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ramaco Resources Inc → Maben Coal LLC:** 2025-10-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eagle Summit Resources LLC → Sundial Mining LLC:** 2026-08-12 through 2025-10-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 13
- 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 220 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 5,885 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,904 violation rows across the full record; 703 carry an S&S flag and $748,642 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 2,001 coal dust; 86 coal quartz; 130 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 11 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 — 589 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 280 contested-violation rows, 283 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 26 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 19 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 — 4 since 2021:** Inspections 1,029 inspection events and 20K 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.** (1 retained recent row) — 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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403
- **30 CFR 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **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 75.1714 — Availability of approved self-rescue devices; instruction in use and location.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714
- **30 CFR 75.1405 — Automatic couplers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1405

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 220 rows; 2001-06-27 through 2015-09-14; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-04-07 through 2026-04-07; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,871 rows; 2000-10-23 through 2017-04-03; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 283 rows; 2003-09-05 through 2015-05-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 2,001 rows; 2001-04-16 through 2015-11-03; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 26 rows; 2001-06-21 through 2015-08-05; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 280 rows; 2007-04-25 through 2014-11-04; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,947 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 359 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 13 rows; 2000-03-01 through 2025-10-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 1,029 rows; 2000-04-03 through 2026-04-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 194 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:** 130 rows; 2003-03-18 through 2015-11-03; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 86 rows; 2002-01-08 through 2015-11-02; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,904 rows; 2000-10-23 through 2017-04-03; 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/beckley-mine-4608829`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/beckley-mine-4608829`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608829/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608829/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608829/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`