# Mine No 8

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609269
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mingo, WV
- **Operator:** Lexington Coal Company, LLC
- **Controller:** Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 891
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc (0137221) → Lexington Coal Company, LLC (0154153) → Mine No 8 (4609269)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Foundation Coal Corporation → Laurel Creek Co., Inc.:** 2008-03-24 through 2009-07-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609269; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rag Aktiengesellschaft → Laurel Creek Co., Inc.:** 2008-03-24 through 2004-07-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609269; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Aracoma Coal Company:** 2009-07-20 through 2010-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609269; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Laurel Creek Co., Inc.:** 2009-07-31 through 2009-07-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609269; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Spartan Mining Company, LLC:** 2010-07-23 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609269; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Aracoma Coal Company:** 2011-06-01 through 2010-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609269; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Spartan Mining Company, LLC:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609269; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Aracoma Coal Company:** 2016-07-26 through 2010-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609269; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Spartan Mining Company, LLC:** 2016-07-26 through 2017-10-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609269; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc → Lexington Coal Company, LLC:** 2017-10-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609269; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Aracoma Coal Company:** 2018-11-09 through 2010-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609269; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Spartan Mining Company, LLC:** 2018-11-09 through 2017-10-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609269; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 12
- Typed edges: 25
- Interval anomalies: 6
- 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 10 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 68 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 64 violation rows across the full record; 25 carry an S&S flag and $12,487 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 135 samples:** Occupational health samples 116 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 17 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 14 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 7 contested-violation rows, 7 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 587 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 77.1109 — 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **30 CFR 75.203 — Mining methods.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.203
- **30 CFR 75.330 — Face ventilation control devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.330
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.515 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.515
- **30 CFR 75.606 — Protection of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.606

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 10 rows; 2008-10-13 through 2015-11-22; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-12-10 through 2017-12-10; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 64 rows; 2008-08-27 through 2011-10-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 7 rows; 2012-03-07 through 2012-03-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 116 rows; 2008-10-01 through 2011-06-16; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 7 rows; 2011-04-15 through 2011-04-25; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 375 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 83 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 12 rows; 2008-03-24 through 2017-10-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 17 rows; 2008-06-06 through 2011-10-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 105 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 17 rows; 2008-10-24 through 2011-04-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2008-10-15 through 2011-04-25; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 64 rows; 2008-08-27 through 2011-10-11; 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/mine-no-8-4609269`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-8-4609269`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609269/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609269/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609269/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`