# Eagle Creek No 3

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609174
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Logan, WV
- **Operator:** Coal-Mac LLC
- **Controller:** John Mitch Potter
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,278
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John Mitch Potter (0144441) → Coal-Mac LLC (P20596) → Eagle Creek No 3 (4609174)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Ashland Inc et al → Mingo Logan Coal Company:** 2006-10-12 through 1996-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609174; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Mingo Logan Coal Company:** 2006-10-12 through 2007-07-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609174; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John M  Potter et al → Eagle Creek Mining LLC:** 2007-07-27 through 2022-11-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609174; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas A  Potter et al → Eagle Creek Mining LLC:** 2007-07-27 through 2022-11-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609174; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John Mitch Potter → Coal-Mac LLC:** 2022-11-28 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609174; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashland Inc et al → Coal-Mac LLC:** 2022-11-28 through 1997-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609174; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Coal-Mac LLC:** 2022-11-28 through 2019-10-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609174; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Core Natural Resources Inc → Mingo Logan Coal Company:** 2025-01-14 through 2007-07-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609174; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 18
- Interval anomalies: 4
- 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 — 2 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 22 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,729 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 103 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 381 violation rows across the full record; 160 carry an S&S flag and $277,690 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 242 samples:** Occupational health samples 175 coal dust; 9 coal quartz; 58 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 373 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 185 contested-violation rows, 185 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 12 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 — 11 since 2021:** Inspections 60 inspection events and 3K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 252,998 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 108,400
- **Average employees:** 40
- **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 77.1007 — 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 77.1606 — 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 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
- **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 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 22 rows; 2007-12-20 through 2024-11-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-10-28 through 2025-10-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 367 rows; 2007-03-13 through 2025-05-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 185 rows; 2009-05-20 through 2025-06-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 175 rows; 2008-02-12 through 2025-05-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2014-10-30 through 2014-10-30; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 185 rows; 2008-02-02 through 2025-03-20; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,498 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 303 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2006-10-12 through 2022-11-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 60 rows; 2006-11-08 through 2026-04-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **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:** 58 rows; 2008-02-12 through 2025-03-12; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 9 rows; 2015-07-02 through 2025-05-14; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 381 rows; 2007-03-13 through 2025-05-14; 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-no-3-4609174`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/eagle-creek-no-3-4609174`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609174/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609174/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609174/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`