# War Branch No 1 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609055
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Brooks Run Mining Company LLC
- **Controller:** Pristine Clean Energy LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,465
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Pristine Clean Energy LLC (0137121) → Brooks Run Mining Company LLC (0051081) → War Branch No 1 Mine (4609055)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **David  Cline → Rock N" Roll Coal Company Inc":** 2004-07-15 through 2004-11-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609055; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Brooks Run Mining Company LLC:** 2004-11-08 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609055; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Brooks Run Mining Company LLC:** 2016-07-26 through 2017-10-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609055; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pristine Clean Energy LLC → Brooks Run Mining Company LLC:** 2017-10-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609055; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 35 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 470 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 319 violation rows across the full record; 68 carry an S&S flag and $73,983 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 309 samples:** Occupational health samples 273 coal dust; 11 coal quartz; 25 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 386 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 186 contested-violation rows, 186 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 14 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 29 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 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.325 — Air quantity.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.325
- **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 75.1731 — Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1731
- **30 CFR 75.1103-4 — Automatic fire sensor and warning device systems; installation; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-4
- **30 CFR 77.900-2 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.900-2
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 35 rows; 2005-02-15 through 2009-07-27; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2009-10-21 through 2009-10-21; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 315 rows; 2005-01-25 through 2009-06-06; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 186 rows; 2008-01-07 through 2012-09-11; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 273 rows; 2005-02-09 through 2009-07-24; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 14 rows; 2006-02-09 through 2007-09-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 186 rows; 2007-02-13 through 2009-06-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 44 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2004-07-15 through 2004-11-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 29 rows; 2004-08-25 through 2009-10-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 25 rows; 2005-05-10 through 2009-05-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 11 rows; 2005-03-02 through 2009-02-26; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 319 rows; 2005-01-25 through 2009-06-06; 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/war-branch-no-1-mine-4609055`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/war-branch-no-1-mine-4609055`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609055/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609055/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609055/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`