Coal production
494,625reported short tons
ALL STATUSES / OPERATOR PORTFOLIO
Banner Blue Coal Company
Membership and operating status are from the latest MSHA Mines snapshot. Open a mine for its ownership history.
MSHA OPERATOR IDP21542
MINE PORTFOLIO
21 of 21 mines and facilities
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-18. All statuses records; production reporting is not required.
Material, method and type filters apply to this table. The portfolio’s status applies to the entire page. GEM fields describe their own release, not the selected MSHA year.
| Mine | Location / type | Coal · short tons | Hours worked | Violations | Accident records | On-site inspection hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo4403317 · Abandoned and Sealed | Buchanan, VAUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Beaver Creek1519604 · Abandoned and Sealed2/8 quarters reported | Pike, KYUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 12,686 | 22,272 | 45 | 0 | 291.8 |
| Conaway Creek Deep Mine4406868 · Abandoned and Sealed | Buchanan, VAUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Conaway Creek Deep Mine4407082 · Abandoned and Sealed | Buchanan, VAUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Devils Br.4407005 · Abandoned and Sealed | Buchanan, VAUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Grapevine Mine1519188 · Abandoned and Sealed | Pike, KYUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hackney Creek Hagy4407318 · Abandoned and Sealed | Buchanan, VAUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hackney Creek Splashdam1519784 · Abandoned | Pike, KYUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 11.8 |
| Hiram Fork4406920 · Abandoned and Sealed | Buchanan, VAUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Integrity4407205 · Abandoned | Buchanan, VAUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Licklog Mine4407004 · Abandoned and Sealed | Buchanan, VAUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Locust Thicket4407046 · Abandoned and Sealed | Buchanan, VAUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Middle Fork Hagy4407269 · Abandoned and Sealed | Buchanan, VAUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| No 14405415 · Abandoned | Dickenson, VAUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| No 34406726 · Abandoned and Sealed | Buchanan, VAUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Paw Paw 21519842 · Abandoned | Pike, KYUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| PAW PAW 2 SOUTH4407401 · NonProducing6/8 quarters reported | Buchanan, VAUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 378,104 | 221,589 | 134 | 3 | 1,671.5 |
| Paw Paw Mine4406685 · Abandoned and Sealed | Buchanan, VAUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Shop Br.1519866 · NonProducing6/8 quarters reported | Pike, KYUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 103,835 | 41,563 | 93 | 0 | 775.0 |
| Smith Br4406812 · Abandoned | Buchanan, VAUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Tilley4407366 · NonProducing6/8 quarters reported | Buchanan, VAUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.3 |
Production and hours sum available quarterly reports. — means unavailable; zero safety records means none in the selected imported period. Ownership reflects the current MSHA record.
LOCATION
Portfolio map
20 of 21 mines with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- Apollo37.28833, -82.21028Open map ↗
- Beaver Creek37.34861, -82.31194Open map ↗
- Conaway Creek Deep Mine37.31639, -82.23583Open map ↗
- Conaway Creek Deep Mine37.31361, -82.23750Open map ↗
- Devils Br.37.46528, -82.05917Open map ↗
- Grapevine Mine37.45417, -82.34111Open map ↗
- Hackney Creek Hagy37.37361, -82.20056Open map ↗
- Hackney Creek Splashdam37.37583, -82.21750Open map ↗
- Hiram Fork37.34917, -82.00222Open map ↗
- Integrity37.32833, -82.06694Open map ↗
- Licklog Mine37.36667, -82.07055Open map ↗
- Locust Thicket37.32333, -82.26194Open map ↗
- No 137.04440, -82.34940Open map ↗
- No 337.32310, -82.02250Open map ↗
- Paw Paw 237.43806, -82.11083Open map ↗
- PAW PAW 2 SOUTH37.37889, -82.17750Open map ↗
- Paw Paw Mine37.43778, -82.09556Open map ↗
- Shop Br.37.32528, -82.36500Open map ↗
- Smith Br37.33333, -82.00444Open map ↗
- Tilley37.31583, -82.25500Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-18. All 21 mines listed under this operator were checked; 4 have reports in the available quarters. Totals use current ownership.
Hours worked
285,424reported employee hours
Tons per hour
1.73production ÷ hours worked
Missing values appear as —. Totals use available reports. Tons per hour requires production and hours for the same quarters and a nonzero hours total. * Striped bars mark partial mine coverage or an incomplete quarter. See the table for coverage.
Quarterly data and reporting coverage
| Quarter | Coal (short tons) | Hours worked | Tons / hour | Avg. employees | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 179,163 | 93,292 | 1.92 | 155 | 4/4 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 169,766 | 97,103 | 1.75 | 157 | 4/4 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 140,288 | 72,306 | 1.94 | 132 | 3/4 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 5,408 | 16,298 | 0.33 | 64 | 3/4 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 2,954 | 0.00 | 7 | 3/4 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 0 | 3,471 | 0.00 | 8 | 3/4 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-18
Violations
27340 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
30 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
112,275.00262 of 273 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
2,757.25100 inspections · 100 with hours
Counts are published records, including contractor records. * The quarter was incomplete at the snapshot date; recent counts may rise as reports arrive. — means no reported amount or hours. Portfolio totals use current membership.
Quarterly safety data
| Quarter | Violations | S&S | Proposed USD | Accident records | Fatality records | Inspections | On-site hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 82 | 8 | 27,377.00 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 744.5 |
| 2025-Q2 | 102 | 19 | 48,371.00 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 773.5 |
| 2025-Q3 | 68 | 12 | 16,834.00 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 512.3 |
| 2025-Q4 | 9 | 1 | 17,504.00 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 230.0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 9 | 0 | 1,887.00 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 167.0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 | 0 | 302.00 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 157.0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 127.3 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 45.8 |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
- PAW PAW 2 SOUTH · 4407401
103(i) Spot Inspections · 0.0 on-site hours
- PAW PAW 2 SOUTH · 4407401
75.380(d)(1)
- PAW PAW 2 SOUTH · 4407401
103(i) Spot Inspections · 4.0 on-site hours
- Shop Br. · 1519866
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 8.5 on-site hours
- PAW PAW 2 SOUTH · 4407401
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 33.3 on-site hours
- Shop Br. · 1519866
Spot Inspection · 1.0 on-site hours
- PAW PAW 2 SOUTH · 4407401
103(i) Spot Inspections · 4.0 on-site hours
- PAW PAW 2 SOUTH · 4407401
103(i) Spot Inspections · 4.5 on-site hours
- PAW PAW 2 SOUTH · 4407401
103(i) Spot Inspections · 8.0 on-site hours
- PAW PAW 2 SOUTH · 4407401
Spot Inspection · 0.0 on-site hours
- PAW PAW 2 SOUTH · 4407401
103(i) Spot Inspections · 5.0 on-site hours
- Shop Br. · 1519866
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 22.8 on-site hours
- PAW PAW 2 SOUTH · 4407401
103(i) Spot Inspections · 3.0 on-site hours
- PAW PAW 2 SOUTH · 4407401
103(i) Spot Inspections · 2.0 on-site hours
- Tilley · 4407366
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 1.0 on-site hours
- Hackney Creek Splashdam · 1519784
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 1.0 on-site hours
- PAW PAW 2 SOUTH · 4407401
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 75.0 on-site hours
- PAW PAW 2 SOUTH · 4407401
103(i) Spot Inspections · 5.0 on-site hours
- PAW PAW 2 SOUTH · 4407401
103(i) Spot Inspections · 6.0 on-site hours
- Tilley · 4407366
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 1.0 on-site hours
- PAW PAW 2 SOUTH · 4407401
103(i) Spot Inspections · 5.5 on-site hours
- PAW PAW 2 SOUTH · 4407401
103(i) Spot Inspections · 6.0 on-site hours
- PAW PAW 2 SOUTH · 4407401
75.1725(a) · $151.00 proposed
- Hackney Creek Splashdam · 1519784
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 1.3 on-site hours
- Shop Br. · 1519866
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 21.0 on-site hours
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-18.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.
CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.
EIA-923 · COAL RECEIPTS
Coal shipments and quality
Receipts reported by power plants and terminals, matched by MSHA mine ID.
No receipts matched this operator in the selected period. EIA-923 does not cover all mine sales, exports or metallurgical coal shipments.
Delivered cost includes transport and is not mine revenue. Missing prices remain blank. * Fewer than three months are published in the selected quarter. Receipts reflect the months EIA has published; an unfinished quarter is not comparable with a full quarter. Portfolio matches use current ownership.
Coverage, sources and calculations
- Reported coal receipts at EIA-923 power plants/terminals; this is not a census of mine shipments, exports or metallurgical sales.
- Matches use only the published MSHA ID, normalized to seven digits. Unidentified mine origins remain in the source table but are not assigned to a mine.
- Portfolio attribution uses current MSHA ownership, not ownership at the shipment date. Receipts and production can differ because of timing, stocks and coverage.
- Quality means are weighted by positive reported tons with that measurement. Delivered cost uses only rows with published cost, positive heat and positive tons; missing/withheld costs are never zero-filled.
- USD/ton = (cents/MMBtu ÷ 100) × MMBtu/ton. This is plant delivered cost, not mine sales price or revenue.
- Receipt month is as published, including records supplied by annual respondents. Recent months are preliminary and subject to revision. Missing rows do not prove zero shipments.
Imported releases start 2008-01. This window includes 12 published months. EIA releases · Survey instructions
- 2026 · preliminary · EIA923_Schedules_2_3_4_5_M_07_2026_21SEP2026.xlsx · Page 5 Fuel Receipts and Costs
- 2025 · final · EIA923_Schedules_2_3_4_5_M_12_2025_Final.xlsx · Page 5 Fuel Receipts and Costs
EIA ANNUAL COAL REPORT · 2024
Coal prices and estimated revenue
Annual county prices and a production-based allocation of county coal sales.
The estimate assumes each eligible mine receives its county-average price and shares county sales in proportion to production. Actual sales and prices can differ substantially. Unavailable estimates are excluded; this is not a total for the whole portfolio. 18 current coal members have no matching annual record; their coverage is unknown. Annual price data uses a separate window from the MSHA charts.
| Mine / county | Annual production · tons | County FOB · USD/ton | Est. sales · tons | Est. coal revenue · USD | Basis / availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shop Br.1519866 · Pike, Kentucky | 61,210 | 103.84 | 59,884 | 6,218,347 | County allocation estimate2.96% of eligible county production10 eligible mines / 10 sales respondents |
| #61519604 · Pike, Kentucky | 54,817 | 103.84 | 53,629 | 5,568,879 | County allocation estimate2.65% of eligible county production10 eligible mines / 10 sales respondents |
| Grapevine Mine1519188 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Hackney Creek Splashdam1519784 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Paw Paw 21519842 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Apollo4403317 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| No 14405415 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Paw Paw Mine4406685 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| No 34406726 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Smith Br4406812 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Conaway Creek Deep Mine4406868 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Hiram Fork4406920 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Licklog Mine4407004 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Devils Br. 4407005 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Locust Thicket4407046 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Conaway Creek Deep Mine4407082 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Integrity4407205 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Middle Fork Hagy4407269 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Hackney Creek Hagy4407318 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Tilley 4407366 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Paw Paw 2 South4407401 · Buchanan, Virginia | 376,308 | — | — | — | County sales or price not published6 eligible mines / 6 sales respondents |
Method, assumptions and source records
- This is an annual county-sales allocation, not reported mine or company revenue. Currency is nominal USD in the source year; quantities are short tons.
- Mine share = same-year annual mine production / eligible same-county production. Estimated sales = published county sales × share. Estimated coal revenue = estimated sales × published county average FOB price.
- The model assumes eligible mines share county sales in proportion to production and receive the county-average price. Matching mine counts is a check, not proof of identical respondents. Mine quality, contracts and sales timing can differ substantially. No statistical confidence interval is implied.
- FOB excludes transport and insurance. EIA-923 delivered costs do not enter this model. No grade premium, state/national fallback, quarterly apportionment or carry-forward to a later year is applied.
- Eligibility follows the source's production threshold and excludes preparation-only and refuse operations. Withheld values, inconsistent county counts and missing/ambiguous locations produce no estimate.
- County sales are published in thousands of tons and prices to cents. Calculations retain precision, but the inputs are rounded and the allocation is approximate.
- Portfolio attribution uses current MSHA ownership, not ownership during the sales year. Covered-mine sums exclude unavailable estimates and must not be read as whole-company revenue. Coverage denominators use the annual EIA mine-production release.
Sales-reporting threshold: 50,000 short tons per mine in 2024. Withheld sales or prices stay unavailable.
EIA Table 30 · county sales and FOB prices · EIA annual mine production · Release index
Annual report released November 19, 2025. Method: county-sales-allocation-v1. JSON and CSV preserve source row numbers and file checksums.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO
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