Coal production
0reported short tons
ALL STATUSES / OPERATOR PORTFOLIO
Elk Run Coal Company Inc
Membership and operating status are from the latest MSHA Mines snapshot. Open a mine for its ownership history.
MSHA OPERATOR IDP11051
MINE PORTFOLIO
33 of 33 mines and facilities
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-18. All statuses records; production reporting is not required.
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| Mine | Location / type | Coal · short tons | Hours worked | Violations | Accident records | On-site inspection hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Ii4608181 · Abandoned and Sealed | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bishop Mine4606337 · Abandoned and Sealed | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Black Castle Surface Mine4607161 · Abandoned | Boone, WVSurface · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Black King4608386 · Abandoned and Sealed | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Black King I4608230 · Abandoned and Sealed | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Black King I North Portal4608553 · Abandoned and Sealed | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Black Knight II4608402 · Abandoned and Sealed | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Black Knight Ii - South Portal4608621 · Abandoned and Sealed | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Black Knight Mine4606338 · Abandoned and Sealed | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Black Queen Mine4606325 · Abandoned and Sealed | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Blue Pennant Transfer4608108 · Abandoned | Boone, WVFacility · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Castle East Portal4608923 · Abandoned and Sealed | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Castle II4609022 · Abandoned | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Castle Mine4607009 · Abandoned | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Central Services Facility4606503 · Abandoned | Boone, WVFacility · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| CHECKMATE POWELLTON4609640 · NonProducing6/8 quarters reported | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 0 | 13,854 | 10 | 3 | 187.3 |
| Chess Processing4606188 · NonProducing6/8 quarters reported | Boone, WVFacility · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 0 | 4,482 | 0 | 0 | 65.3 |
| Chess Surface Mine4609049 · Abandoned | Boone, WVSurface · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Eunice Eagle4608479 · Abandoned | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hunter Peerless Mine4609293 · Abandoned and Sealed | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| King Ii4608403 · Abandoned and Sealed | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Knight Mine4606336 · Abandoned and Sealed | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Laurel Alma4608457 · Abandoned | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Laurel Eagle4608383 · Abandoned and Sealed | Raleigh, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Laurel Eagle4609595 · Abandoned | Raleigh, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Laurel Powellton4608599 · Abandoned | Raleigh, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Queen Mine4606324 · Abandoned and Sealed | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ramo Surface Mine4608868 · Abandoned | Boone, WVSurface · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Roundbottom Powellton Deep Mine4609163 · Abandoned and Sealed | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Seng Creek Powellton4608384 · Abandoned and Sealed | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Twilight Winifrede Ii4608682 · Abandoned | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| White Knight4608055 · Abandoned | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| White Knight-West Portal4608248 · Abandoned and Sealed | Boone, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
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
33 of 33 mines with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- Bishop Ii37.95639, -81.56194Open map ↗
- Bishop Mine37.99610, -81.57750Open map ↗
- Black Castle Surface Mine38.06610, -81.66810Open map ↗
- Black King38.05140, -81.70970Open map ↗
- Black King I37.95861, -81.57111Open map ↗
- Black King I North Portal37.96000, -81.57111Open map ↗
- Black Knight II37.94667, -81.57917Open map ↗
- Black Knight Ii - South Portal37.93444, -81.57694Open map ↗
- Black Knight Mine38.00810, -81.57170Open map ↗
- Black Queen Mine38.00333, -81.57833Open map ↗
- Blue Pennant Transfer37.97389, -81.55917Open map ↗
- Castle East Portal37.96361, -81.56361Open map ↗
- Castle II38.00917, -81.56944Open map ↗
- Castle Mine38.00917, -81.56944Open map ↗
- Central Services Facility38.01390, -81.57000Open map ↗
- CHECKMATE POWELLTON38.01389, -81.57111Open map ↗
- Chess Processing38.00806, -81.57167Open map ↗
- Chess Surface Mine38.00667, -81.57083Open map ↗
- Eunice Eagle37.95306, -81.54333Open map ↗
- Hunter Peerless Mine38.00111, -81.49222Open map ↗
- King Ii38.00920, -81.56940Open map ↗
- Knight Mine37.25640, -81.56920Open map ↗
- Laurel Alma37.97055, -81.45417Open map ↗
- Laurel Eagle37.96444, -81.45444Open map ↗
- Laurel Eagle37.97472, -81.52889Open map ↗
- Laurel Powellton37.96556, -81.45750Open map ↗
- Queen Mine38.00310, -81.57750Open map ↗
- Ramo Surface Mine38.03500, -81.72306Open map ↗
- Roundbottom Powellton Deep Mine38.00833, -81.55222Open map ↗
- Seng Creek Powellton37.99667, -81.49806Open map ↗
- Twilight Winifrede Ii37.93440, -81.57970Open map ↗
- White Knight37.97361, -81.55806Open map ↗
- White Knight-West Portal37.97361, -81.55806Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-18. All 33 mines listed under this operator were checked; 2 have reports in the available quarters. Totals use current ownership.
Hours worked
18,336reported employee hours
Tons per hour
0.00production ÷ 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 | 0 | 7,671 | 0.00 | 14 | 2/2 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 3,041 | 0.00 | 5 | 2/2 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 2,355 | 0.00 | 4 | 2/2 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 1,786 | 0.00 | 4 | 2/2 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 1,834 | 0.00 | 3 | 2/2 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 0 | 1,649 | 0.00 | 3 | 2/2 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-18
Violations
101 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
30 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
2,403.009 of 10 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
252.5018 inspections · 18 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 | 2 | 0 | 1,230.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60.3 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 3 | 46.8 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27.5 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 151.00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31.5 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26.3 |
| 2026-Q2 | 4 | 1 | 720.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21.3 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 302.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39.0 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
- CHECKMATE POWELLTON · 4609640
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 0.0 on-site hours
- Chess Processing · 4606188
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 23.5 on-site hours
- CHECKMATE POWELLTON · 4609640
75.1725(a) · $151.00 proposed
- CHECKMATE POWELLTON · 4609640
75.1725(a) · $151.00 proposed
- CHECKMATE POWELLTON · 4609640
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 15.5 on-site hours
- Chess Processing · 4606188
Impoundment Spot Inspection · 5.0 on-site hours
- CHECKMATE POWELLTON · 4609640
77.1606(c) · $151.00 proposed
- CHECKMATE POWELLTON · 4609640
75.1403 · $151.00 proposed
- CHECKMATE POWELLTON · 4609640
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 16.3 on-site hours
- CHECKMATE POWELLTON · 4609640
77.205(b) · S&S · $267.00 proposed
- CHECKMATE POWELLTON · 4609640
75.518-1 · $151.00 proposed
- CHECKMATE POWELLTON · 4609640
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 20.5 on-site hours
- CHECKMATE POWELLTON · 4609640
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK · ACCIDENT ONLY
Accident narrative
A non-injury roof fall was discovered in the scoop roadway 2 breaks inby punch out. Spad #382 across from fall in the belt entry. Fall measured approximately 25 feet long x 16 feet wide x 5 feet high. Fall has been timbered off and danger signs posted on all approaches. This mine is in non-producing status.
- CHECKMATE POWELLTON · 4609640
Non-Injury Accident Investigation · 2.3 on-site hours
- CHECKMATE POWELLTON · 4609640
Description not reported
- Chess Processing · 4606188
Impoundment Spot Inspection · 3.5 on-site hours
- CHECKMATE POWELLTON · 4609640
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK · ACCIDENT ONLY
Accident narrative
A non-injury roof fall was discovered on the #2 Section 1 brk inby spad no. 575. Fall measured approximately 25 feet long x 15 feet wide x 8 feet high. Fall has been timbered off and danger signs posted on all approaches. This mine is in non-producing status.
- CHECKMATE POWELLTON · 4609640
75.372(a)(1) · $151.00 proposed
- Chess Processing · 4606188
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 8.5 on-site hours
- CHECKMATE POWELLTON · 4609640
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 23.0 on-site hours
- Chess Processing · 4606188
Impoundment Spot Inspection · 2.5 on-site hours
- CHECKMATE POWELLTON · 4609640
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 25.0 on-site hours
- Chess Processing · 4606188
Impoundment Spot Inspection · 4.0 on-site hours
- Chess Processing · 4606188
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 9.8 on-site hours
- CHECKMATE POWELLTON · 4609640
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK · ACCIDENT ONLY
Accident narrative
A non-injury roof fall was discovered during the weekly examination on the # 2 Section near spad no. 581. Fall measured approximately 60 feet long x 20 feet wide x 14 feet high. Fall has been timbered off and danger signs posted on all approaches. This mine is in non-producing status.
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. 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Checkmate Powellton4609640 · Boone, West Virginia | 179,885 | 101.17 | 194,130 | 19,640,107 | County allocation estimate6.24% of eligible county production9 eligible mines / 9 sales respondents |
| Chess Processing4606188 · Boone, West Virginia | 0 | 101.17 | — | — | Preparation plant9 eligible mines / 9 sales respondents |
| Queen Mine4606324 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Black Queen Mine4606325 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Knight Mine4606336 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Bishop Mine4606337 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Black Knight Mine4606338 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Central Services Facility4606503 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Castle Mine4607009 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Black Castle Surface Mine4607161 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| White Knight4608055 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Blue Pennant Transfer 4608108 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Bishop Ii4608181 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Black King I4608230 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| White Knight-West Portal4608248 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Laurel Eagle4608383 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Seng Creek Powellton4608384 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Black King4608386 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Black Knight II4608402 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| King Ii4608403 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Laurel Alma4608457 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Eunice Eagle4608479 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Black King I North Portal4608553 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Laurel Powellton4608599 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Black Knight Ii - South Portal4608621 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
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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Relationships reflect the selected mine status and current MSHA controller/operator fields.