# Sugar Maple Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609073
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC
- **Controller:** Patriot Coal Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,775
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Patriot Coal Corporation (0071611) → Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC (0119069) → Sugar Maple Mine (4609073)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Peabody Energy Corporation → Eastern Associated Coal Corp.:** 2004-12-02 through 2005-02-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609073; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Long Branch Energy Corporation → Long Branch Energy:** 2005-03-01 through 2007-07-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609073; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Peabody Energy Corporation → Eastern Associated Coal LLC:** 2007-07-17 through 2007-10-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609073; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Eastern Associated Coal Corp.:** 2007-10-31 through 2005-02-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609073; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Eastern Associated Coal LLC:** 2007-10-31 through 2008-07-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609073; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Douglas M  Epling → Mountain Edge Mining Inc:** 2008-07-16 through 2011-05-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609073; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael  Day → Lago Mining, LLC:** 2011-05-31 through 2011-12-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609073; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC:** 2011-12-07 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609073; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 20
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 53 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 748 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 341 violation rows across the full record; 121 carry an S&S flag and $397,468 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 491 samples:** Occupational health samples 436 coal dust; 18 coal quartz; 37 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 7 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 5K employee hours and 9 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 128 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 58 contested-violation rows, 58 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 12 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 71 inspection events and 4K 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 75.363 — 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 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **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 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **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 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **30 CFR 75.1101-6 — Water sprinkler systems; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-6
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 53 rows; 2005-04-27 through 2012-07-24; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-08-20 through 2013-08-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 333 rows; 2005-01-06 through 2012-10-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 58 rows; 2008-04-22 through 2015-01-28; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 436 rows; 2005-05-11 through 2012-07-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 12 rows; 2005-09-20 through 2012-05-23; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 58 rows; 2006-07-25 through 2012-09-13; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 195 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 43 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2004-12-02 through 2011-12-07; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 71 rows; 2005-01-06 through 2013-08-20; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 87 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 23 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 37 rows; 2005-08-03 through 2012-02-16; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 18 rows; 2005-05-16 through 2011-12-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 341 rows; 2005-01-06 through 2012-10-16; 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/sugar-maple-mine-4609073`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/sugar-maple-mine-4609073`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609073/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609073/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609073/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`