# Toney Fork Surface Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609101
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Logan, WV
- **Operator:** Coal Mac East
- **Controller:** John Mitch Potter
- **Public source rows linked:** 7,751
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John Mitch Potter (0144441) → Coal Mac East (0210693) → Toney Fork Surface Mine (4609101)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **John C  Smith Jr → Appalachian Fuels LLC:** 2005-04-13 through 2006-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609101; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Energy Coal Resources Inc → Appalachian Fuels LLC:** 2006-01-17 through 2007-12-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609101; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **INR-I Holdings LLC → Cliffs Logan County Coal, LLC:** 2007-12-07 through 2010-08-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609101; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cleveland-Cliffs Inc → Cliffs Logan County Coal, LLC:** 2010-08-02 through 2014-12-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609101; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Coronado Coal LLC → Greenbrier Minerals, LLC:** 2014-12-31 through 2026-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609101; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John Mitch Potter → Coal Mac East:** 2026-08-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609101; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 16
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 42 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,841 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 38 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 852 violation rows across the full record; 372 carry an S&S flag and $732,296 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 664 samples:** Occupational health samples 508 coal dust; 36 coal quartz; 120 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 — 6K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 508 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 493 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 226 contested-violation rows, 226 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 41 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 30 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 — 20 since 2021:** Inspections 92 inspection events and 6K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 12,895 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 21,308
- **Average employees:** 8
- **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.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **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 77.1007 — Drilling; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1007
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 42 rows; 2006-01-18 through 2019-07-30; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-11-13 through 2024-11-13; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 832 rows; 2006-07-11 through 2026-02-09; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 226 rows; 2008-03-12 through 2020-06-24; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 508 rows; 2005-11-08 through 2026-05-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 41 rows; 2007-05-22 through 2026-03-02; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 226 rows; 2007-05-23 through 2026-02-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 3,692 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 841 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2005-04-13 through 2026-08-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 92 rows; 2005-07-01 through 2026-05-04; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 195 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 40 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 120 rows; 2008-03-05 through 2026-03-10; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 36 rows; 2008-08-19 through 2025-06-25; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 852 rows; 2006-07-11 through 2026-02-09; 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/toney-fork-surface-mine-4609101`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/toney-fork-surface-mine-4609101`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609101/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609101/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609101/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`