# Marsh Fork Eagle Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608913
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Raleigh, WV
- **Operator:** Marfork Coal Company Inc
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 721
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Marfork Coal Company Inc (P22603) → Marsh Fork Eagle Mine (4608913)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Massey Energy Company → Performance Coal Company:** 2001-06-01 through 2004-02-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608913; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Spartan Mining Company:** 2004-02-10 through 2004-04-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608913; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Douglas M  Epling → Mountain Edge Mining, Inc.:** 2004-04-15 through 2005-02-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608913; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Marfork Coal Company Inc:** 2005-02-26 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608913; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Performance Coal Company:** 2011-06-01 through 2004-02-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608913; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Spartan Mining Company:** 2011-06-01 through 2004-04-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608913; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Marfork Coal Company Inc:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608913; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Spartan Mining Company:** 2016-07-26 through 2004-04-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608913; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Marfork Coal Company Inc:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608913; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Performance Coal Company:** 2016-07-26 through 2004-02-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608913; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Spartan Mining Company:** 2018-11-09 through 2004-04-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608913; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Marfork Coal Company Inc:** 2018-11-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608913; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 12
- Typed edges: 24
- Interval anomalies: 5
- 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 23 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 215 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 205 violation rows across the full record; 57 carry an S&S flag and $38,864 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 159 samples:** Occupational health samples 150 coal dust; 9 coal quartz. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 — 19K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 9K employee hours and 14 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 46 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 19 contested-violation rows, 19 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 8 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 25 inspection events and 2K 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 75.515 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.515
- **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 75.1101-8 — Water sprinkler systems; arrangement of sprinklers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-8
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.1502 — Mine emergency evacuation and firefighting program of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1502
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.1403-6 — Criteria—Self-propelled personnel carriers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403-6
- **30 CFR 75.350 — Belt air course ventilation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.350
- **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 75.523-2 — Deenergization of self-propelled electric face equipment; performance requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-2
- **30 CFR 75.312 — Main mine fan examinations and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.312

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 23 rows; 2004-07-12 through 2006-10-16; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-03-14 through 2007-03-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 198 rows; 2004-02-19 through 2007-02-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 19 rows; 2005-12-30 through 2008-02-14; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 150 rows; 2004-06-15 through 2007-01-19; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 8 rows; 2006-07-26 through 2006-07-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 19 rows; 2004-11-22 through 2006-10-19; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 12 rows; 2001-06-01 through 2005-02-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 25 rows; 2004-02-18 through 2007-04-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 41 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 9 rows; 2004-07-28 through 2006-08-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 205 rows; 2004-02-19 through 2007-02-08; 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/marsh-fork-eagle-mine-4608913`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/marsh-fork-eagle-mine-4608913`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608913/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608913/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608913/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`