# Randolph Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609244
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** Black Castle Mining Company, Inc.
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,254
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Black Castle Mining Company, Inc. (0086184) → Randolph Mine (4609244)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Massey Energy Company → Black Castle Mining Company, Inc.:** 2007-12-08 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609244; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Black Castle Mining Company, Inc.:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609244; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Black Castle Mining Company, Inc.:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609244; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Black Castle Mining Company, Inc.:** 2018-11-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609244; 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 27 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 406 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,212 violation rows across the full record; 438 carry an S&S flag and $1,936,761 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,090 coal dust; 40 coal quartz; 87 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 6 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 1,184 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 574 contested-violation rows, 564 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 46 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 61 inspection events and 8K 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 77.1102 — Warning signs; smoking and open flame.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1102
- **30 CFR 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (7 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1200 — Mine map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1200
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 27 rows; 2009-01-06 through 2012-02-29; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-12-04 through 2013-12-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,178 rows; 2008-01-15 through 2013-04-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 564 rows; 2010-01-28 through 2015-02-11; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,090 rows; 2008-03-17 through 2012-10-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 46 rows; 2008-01-23 through 2012-04-16; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 574 rows; 2008-01-15 through 2013-03-27; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 272 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 39 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2007-12-08 through 2007-12-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 61 rows; 2008-01-15 through 2013-07-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 46 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 87 rows; 2008-04-09 through 2011-11-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 40 rows; 2008-04-04 through 2012-01-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,212 rows; 2008-01-15 through 2013-04-18; 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/randolph-mine-4609244`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/randolph-mine-4609244`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609244/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609244/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609244/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`