# Reylas Surface Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609204
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Logan, WV
- **Operator:** Highland Mining Company
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,656
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Highland Mining Company (P24377) → Reylas Surface Mine (4609204)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Massey Energy Company → Highland Mining Company:** 2007-02-22 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609204; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Highland Mining Company:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609204; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Highland Mining Company:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609204; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Highland Mining Company:** 2018-11-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609204; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 13 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,086 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 22 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 314 violation rows across the full record; 75 carry an S&S flag and $127,760 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 612 samples:** Occupational health samples 518 coal dust; 22 coal quartz; 72 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 — 11K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 630 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 83 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 28 contested-violation rows, 28 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 27 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 — 13 since 2021:** Inspections 58 inspection events and 4K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 21,813 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 3,790
- **Average employees:** 2
- **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 77.1600 — Loading and haulage; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1600
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **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 77.200 — Surface installations; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.200
- **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:** 13 rows; 2012-11-13 through 2019-07-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-04-06 through 2020-04-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 310 rows; 2010-10-05 through 2026-07-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 28 rows; 2014-05-02 through 2019-06-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 518 rows; 2010-11-09 through 2026-10-02; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 27 rows; 2015-04-23 through 2018-11-19; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 28 rows; 2013-04-24 through 2018-09-13; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 909 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 190 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2007-02-22 through 2007-02-22; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 58 rows; 2010-10-05 through 2026-07-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 139 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:** 72 rows; 2013-05-02 through 2026-07-16; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 22 rows; 2010-11-09 through 2025-11-19; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 314 rows; 2010-10-05 through 2026-07-29; 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/reylas-surface-mine-4609204`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/reylas-surface-mine-4609204`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609204/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609204/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609204/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`