# Hunter Peerless Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609293
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,725
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Elk Run Coal Company, LLC (P11051) → Hunter Peerless Mine (4609293)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Massey Energy Company → Elk Run Coal Company, LLC:** 2008-07-07 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609293; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Elk Run Coal Company, LLC:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609293; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Elk Run Coal Company, LLC:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609293; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Elk Run Coal Company, LLC:** 2018-11-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609293; 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 40 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 968 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 556 violation rows across the full record; 177 carry an S&S flag and $451,298 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,340 coal dust; 72 coal quartz; 126 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 5 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 — 321 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 158 contested-violation rows, 158 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 5 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 59 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 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 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **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 75.1107-4 — 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 75.351 — Atmospheric monitoring systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.351
- **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 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **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.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 40 rows; 2009-09-11 through 2016-06-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-11-29 through 2017-11-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 543 rows; 2009-03-25 through 2016-01-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 158 rows; 2011-08-30 through 2018-01-31; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,340 rows; 2009-04-03 through 2016-01-12; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2014-12-30 through 2016-04-27; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 158 rows; 2009-03-25 through 2016-10-26; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 402 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 111 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2008-07-07 through 2008-07-07; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 59 rows; 2009-02-17 through 2017-11-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 129 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 126 rows; 2009-09-09 through 2016-01-20; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 72 rows; 2009-04-16 through 2015-11-01; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 556 rows; 2009-03-25 through 2016-01-27; 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/hunter-peerless-mine-4609293`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/hunter-peerless-mine-4609293`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609293/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609293/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609293/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`