# Eagle Creek #11

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608917
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Logan, WV
- **Operator:** Coal Mac LLC.
- **Controller:** John Mitch Potter
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,085
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John Mitch Potter (0144441) → Coal Mac LLC. (P20596) → Eagle Creek #11 (4608917)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **International Industries Inc → Snap Creek Mining Inc:** 2001-09-01 through 2002-01-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David P  Heeter → Contractors Enterprise Inc:** 2002-01-14 through 2005-05-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Industries Inc → Chafin Branch Coal Co LLC:** 2005-05-24 through 2007-07-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Resources LLC → Snap Creek Mining Inc:** 2007-07-20 through 2002-01-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Resources LLC → Chafin Branch Coal Co LLC:** 2007-07-20 through 2011-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Snap Creek Mining Inc:** 2011-04-18 through 2002-01-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Chafin Branch Coal Co LLC:** 2011-04-18 through 2014-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Chafin Branch Coal Co LLC:** 2014-09-01 through 2018-03-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas A  Potter et al → Eagle Creek Mining LLC:** 2018-03-08 through 2021-09-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John M  Potter et al → Eagle Creek Mining LLC:** 2018-03-08 through 2021-09-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Chafin Branch Coal Co LLC:** 2020-06-01 through 2018-03-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John Mitch Potter → Hawkeye Contracting Co. LLC:** 2021-09-10 through 2023-03-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John Mitch Potter → Coal Mac LLC.:** 2023-03-21 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashland Inc et al → Coal Mac LLC.:** 2023-03-21 through 1997-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Coal Mac LLC.:** 2023-03-21 through 2019-10-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 15
- Typed edges: 34
- 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 49 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,156 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 2 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 391 violation rows across the full record; 204 carry an S&S flag and $157,769 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 224 samples:** Occupational health samples 158 coal dust; 10 coal quartz; 56 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 34K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 9K employee hours and 14 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 289 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 142 contested-violation rows, 142 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 5 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 22 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 — 8 since 2021:** Inspections 69 inspection events and 3K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 34,168 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 9,246
- **Average employees:** 14
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (7 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.1001 — Stripping; loose material.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1001
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 49 rows; 2002-02-22 through 2018-05-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-03-18 through 2024-03-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 376 rows; 2001-11-15 through 2024-01-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 142 rows; 2006-03-06 through 2021-05-17; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 158 rows; 2002-06-24 through 2024-02-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2003-07-30 through 2009-01-08; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 142 rows; 2004-12-15 through 2019-10-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,056 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 449 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 15 rows; 2001-09-01 through 2023-03-21; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 69 rows; 2001-11-15 through 2025-03-31; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 143 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 22 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 56 rows; 2003-06-10 through 2024-02-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 10 rows; 2006-06-12 through 2019-10-28; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 391 rows; 2001-11-15 through 2024-01-22; 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/eagle-creek-11-4608917`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/eagle-creek-11-4608917`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608917/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608917/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608917/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`