# Bens Creek No 1 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609247
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Brooks Run Mining Company LLC
- **Controller:** Pristine Clean Energy LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 535
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Pristine Clean Energy LLC (0137121) → Brooks Run Mining Company LLC (0051081) → Bens Creek No 1 Mine (4609247)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Riverside Energy Company, LLC:** 2007-11-15 through 2009-01-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609247; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Brooks Run Mining Company LLC:** 2009-01-19 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609247; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Brooks Run Mining Company LLC:** 2016-07-26 through 2017-10-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609247; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Riverside Energy Company, LLC:** 2016-07-26 through 2009-01-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609247; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pristine Clean Energy LLC → Brooks Run Mining Company LLC:** 2017-10-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609247; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 12
- 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 9 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 3 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 97 violation rows across the full record; 20 carry an S&S flag and $14,190 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 59 samples:** Occupational health samples 53 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 5 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 — 291 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 3K employee hours and 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 67 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 32 contested-violation rows, 32 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 17 inspection events and 617 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 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.334 — Worked-out areas and areas where pillars are being recovered.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.334
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.1107-4 — Automatic fire sensors and manual actuators; installation; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-4
- **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 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 9 rows; 2008-07-07 through 2010-03-19; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-06-15 through 2010-06-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 95 rows; 2008-09-29 through 2010-03-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 32 rows; 2011-04-08 through 2012-05-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 53 rows; 2009-08-25 through 2019-02-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2008-10-08 through 2008-10-08; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 32 rows; 2009-08-24 through 2010-01-29; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 115 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 25 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2007-11-15 through 2009-01-19; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 17 rows; 2008-06-09 through 2010-04-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 40 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 5 rows; 2009-09-08 through 2009-09-08; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2009-11-03 through 2009-11-03; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 97 rows; 2008-09-29 through 2010-03-08; 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/bens-creek-no-1-mine-4609247`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bens-creek-no-1-mine-4609247`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609247/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609247/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609247/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`