Coal production
3,039,310reported short tons
ACTIVE / OPERATOR PORTFOLIO
Panther Creek Mining LLC
Membership and operating status are from the latest MSHA Mines snapshot. Open a mine for its ownership history.
MSHA OPERATOR ID0141673
MINE PORTFOLIO
10 of 10 mines and facilities
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13. Active 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Clean Prep Plant4608571 · Active6/8 quarters reported | Kanawha, WVFacility · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 0 | 138,059 | 68 | 1 | 343.3 |
| Maple Eagle East Deep Mine4609416 · Active2/8 quarters reported | Fayette, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 14,352 | 8,651 | 40 | 0 | 165.3 |
| Maple Eagle No. 1 Mine4604236 · Active6/8 quarters reported | Fayette, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 574,380 | 384,812 | 691 | 12 | 3,246.8 |
| Maple Eagle Preparation Plant4605145 · Active6/8 quarters reported | Fayette, WVFacility · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 0 | 100,717 | 39 | 0 | 226.0 |
| Samples Mine Highwall Miner4609153 · Active6/8 quarters reported | Kanawha, WVSurface · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 40,461 | 38,474 | 3 | 1 | 69.8 |
| Samples Surface Mine4607178 · Active6/8 quarters reported | Kanawha, WVSurface · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 1,009,720 | 407,562 | 78 | 5 | 814.5 |
| Speed Mine4605437 · Active6/8 quarters reported | Kanawha, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 740,923 | 432,633 | 519 | 8 | 3,977.0 |
| Sycamore Surface Mine4607058 · Active6/8 quarters reported | Fayette, WVSurface · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 177,583 | 129,321 | 23 | 1 | 288.0 |
| Toms Fork Prep Plant and Loadout4608465 · Active6/8 quarters reported | Kanawha, WVFacility · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 0 | 39,467 | 69 | 0 | 292.0 |
| Winchester 24609615 · Active6/8 quarters reported | Kanawha, WVUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 481,891 | 200,933 | 117 | 1 | 1,273.3 |
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
10 of 10 mines with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- Coal Clean Prep Plant38.16389, -81.46806Open map ↗
- Maple Eagle East Deep Mine38.05500, -81.32944Open map ↗
- Maple Eagle No. 1 Mine38.03583, -81.33417Open map ↗
- Maple Eagle Preparation Plant38.07028, -81.33778Open map ↗
- Samples Mine Highwall Miner37.81500, -81.85083Open map ↗
- Samples Surface Mine38.05889, -81.47500Open map ↗
- Speed Mine38.16417, -81.47361Open map ↗
- Sycamore Surface Mine38.04167, -81.33611Open map ↗
- Toms Fork Prep Plant and Loadout38.07000, -81.45222Open map ↗
- Winchester 238.13667, -81.46667Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-13. All 10 mines listed under this operator were checked; 10 have reports in the available quarters. Totals use current ownership.
Hours worked
1,880,629reported employee hours
Tons per hour
1.62production ÷ 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 | 607,866 | 348,646 | 1.74 | 518 | 9/10 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 572,799 | 312,417 | 1.83 | 496 | 9/10 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 525,585 | 308,379 | 1.70 | 499 | 9/10 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 468,948 | 283,442 | 1.65 | 496 | 9/10 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 424,660 | 318,457 | 1.33 | 496 | 10/10 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 439,452 | 309,288 | 1.42 | 496 | 10/10 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13
Violations
1,647249 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
290 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
1,965,711.001,521 of 1,647 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
10,695.75262 inspections · 262 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 | 236 | 33 | 180,611.00 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1,344.3 |
| 2025-Q2 | 197 | 21 | 179,014.00 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 1,540.0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 285 | 28 | 355,903.00 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 1,692.0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 152 | 15 | 152,261.00 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 1,529.3 |
| 2026-Q1 | 248 | 48 | 295,111.00 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 1,470.3 |
| 2026-Q2 | 288 | 55 | 541,845.00 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 1,660.5 |
| 2026-Q3 | 214 | 47 | 260,966.00 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1,378.8 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 27 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 80.8 |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
- Samples Surface Mine · 4607178
77.1606(c)
- Maple Eagle East Deep Mine · 4609416
75.202(a) · S&S
- Maple Eagle East Deep Mine · 4609416
75.370(a)(1)
- Speed Mine · 4605437
75.370(a)(1)
- Speed Mine · 4605437
75.512
- Samples Surface Mine · 4607178
77.1606(c)
- Samples Surface Mine · 4607178
77.1606(c)
- Maple Eagle No. 1 Mine · 4604236
75.517
- Maple Eagle No. 1 Mine · 4604236
75.400
- Maple Eagle No. 1 Mine · 4604236
75.503
- Winchester 2 · 4609615
75.220(a)(1)
- Winchester 2 · 4609615
75.370(a)(1)
- Speed Mine · 4605437
75.1202-1(a)
- Speed Mine · 4605437
75.1100-2(e)
- Speed Mine · 4605437
75.360(f)
- Speed Mine · 4605437
75.503
- Speed Mine · 4605437
75.1100-3
- Maple Eagle East Deep Mine · 4609416
75.211(d)
- Maple Eagle East Deep Mine · 4609416
75.400
- Maple Eagle East Deep Mine · 4609416
75.400
- Maple Eagle No. 1 Mine · 4604236
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 26.5 on-site hours
- Speed Mine · 4605437
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 29.5 on-site hours
- Samples Surface Mine · 4607178
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 7.0 on-site hours
- Maple Eagle East Deep Mine · 4609416
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 17.8 on-site hours
- Winchester 2 · 4609615
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 0.0 on-site hours
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-13.
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.
Quarterly receipts and quality
| Quarter | Short tons | Heat · Btu/lb | Sulfur % | Ash % | Delivered USD/ton | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q3 * | 111,815 | 12,680 | 1.05 | 11.07 | 119.40 | |
| 2025-Q4 | 143,041 | 12,526 | 0.97 | 10.28 | 123.16 | |
| 2026-Q1 | 60,916 | 12,365 | 0.89 | 11.07 | 128.72 | |
| 2026-Q2 | 64,393 | 12,441 | 0.84 | 11.40 | 131.53 | |
| 2026-Q3 * | 24,841 | 12,620 | 0.90 | 10.10 | 131.49 |
| Month / source | Mine | Receiving plant / supplier | Short tons | Delivered USD/ton | Heat · Btu/lb | Sulfur % | Ash % | Purchase | Transport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07EIA row 11860 · preliminary | TOMS FORK LOADOUT4608465 | Wateree3297 · SC · BLACKHAWK MINING LLC | 12,532 | 129.51 | 12,660 | 0.89 | 9.80 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2026-07EIA row 11867 · preliminary | TOMS FORK LOADOUT4608465 | Williams3298 · SC · BLACKHAWK MINING LLC | 12,309 | 133.50 | 12,580 | 0.91 | 10.40 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2026-06EIA row 9964 · preliminary | TOMS FORK LOADOUT4608465 | Wateree3297 · SC · BLACKHAWK MINING LLC | 12,985 | 130.06 | 12,210 | 0.83 | 12.60 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2026-06EIA row 9973 · preliminary | TOMS FORK LOADOUT4608465 | Williams3298 · SC · BLACKHAWK MINING LLC | 25,717 | 132.66 | 12,895 | 0.84 | 9.60 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2026-05EIA row 8123 · preliminary | TOMS FORK LOADOUT4608465 | Williams3298 · SC · BLACKHAWK MINING LLC | 12,945 | 131.51 | 11,945 | 0.81 | 13.30 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2026-04EIA row 6308 · preliminary | TOMS FORK LOADOUT4608465 | Williams3298 · SC · BLACKHAWK MINING LLC | 12,746 | 130.74 | 12,265 | 0.90 | 11.90 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2026-03EIA row 4498 · preliminary | TOMS FORK LOADOUT4608465 | Wateree3297 · SC · BLACKHAWK MINING LLC | 12,908 | 126.16 | 12,260 | 0.82 | 11.80 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2026-03EIA row 4502 · preliminary | TOMS FORK LOADOUT4608465 | Williams3298 · SC · BLACKHAWK MINING LLC | 12,549 | 129.81 | 12,330 | 0.91 | 10.90 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2026-02EIA row 2542 · preliminary | TOMS FORK LOADOUT4608465 | Williams3298 · SC · BLACKHAWK MINING LLC | 10,370 | 131.81 | 12,520 | 0.90 | 10.20 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2026-01EIA row 552 · preliminary | TOMS FORK LOADOUT4608465 | Wateree3297 · SC · BLACKHAWK COAL SALES, LLC | 13,401 | 126.75 | 12,315 | 0.92 | 11.70 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2026-01EIA row 566 · preliminary | TOMS FORK LOADOUT4608465 | Williams3298 · SC · BLACKHAWK MINING LLC | 11,688 | 129.90 | 12,440 | 0.88 | 10.50 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2025-12EIA row 34497 · final | TOMS FORK LOADOUT4608465 | Williams3298 · SC · BLACKHAWK MINING LLC | 50,176 | 129.40 | 12,495 | 0.86 | 9.80 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2025-11EIA row 31507 · final | TOMS FORK LOADOUT4608465 | Williams3298 · SC · BLACKHAWK MINING LLC | 25,628 | 128.63 | 12,190 | 0.89 | 11.50 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2025-11EIA row 31775 · final | SAMPLES MINE4607178 | H L Spurlock6041 · KY · RAW MATERIALS RECYCLING, INC. | 4,728 | 61.28 | 12,945 | 3.47 | 8.00 | SpotBIT | River |
| 2025-10EIA row 28558 · final | TOMS FORK LOADOUT4608465 | Williams3298 · SC · BLACKHAWK MINING LLC | 60,926 | 122.12 | 12,650 | 0.87 | 10.40 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2025-10EIA row 28831 · final | SAMPLES MINE4607178 | H L Spurlock6041 · KY · RAW MATERIALS RECYCLING, INC. | 1,583 | 61.19 | 12,920 | 2.49 | 7.70 | SpotBIT | River |
| 2025-09EIA row 25485 · final | TOMS FORK LOADOUT4608465 | Williams3298 · SC · BLACKHAWK MINING LLC | 37,150 | 123.82 | 12,640 | 0.88 | 10.70 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2025-09EIA row 25759 · final | SAMPLES MINE4607178 | H L Spurlock6041 · KY · BLACKHAWK COAL SALES, LLC | 4,914 | 61.86 | 12,660 | 2.62 | 12.90 | SpotBIT | River |
| 2025-09EIA row 25991 · final | TOMS FORK LOADOUT4608465 | Cope7210 · SC · BLACKHAWK MINING LLC | 11,497 | 129.47 | 12,950 | 0.93 | 9.80 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2025-08EIA row 22167 · final | TOMS FORK LOADOUT4608465 | James E. Rogers Energy Complex2721 · NC · BLACKHAWK COAL SALES, LLC | 13,365 | 118.77 | 12,865 | 0.74 | 10.00 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2025-08EIA row 22319 · final | TOMS FORK LOADOUT4608465 | Wateree3297 · SC · BLACKHAWK MINING LLC | 12,961 | 129.36 | 12,780 | 0.82 | 12.90 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2025-08EIA row 22328 · final | TOMS FORK LOADOUT4608465 | Williams3298 · SC · BLACKHAWK MINING LLC | 25,596 | 129.45 | 12,575 | 0.85 | 11.00 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2025-08EIA row 22623 · final | SAMPLES MINE4607178 | H L Spurlock6041 · KY · BLACKHAWK COAL SALES, LLC | 6,332 | 60.10 | 12,265 | 2.95 | 13.00 | SpotBIT | River |
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. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samples Surface Mine4607178 · Kanawha, West Virginia | 743,569 | 99.79 | 761,356 | 75,975,755 | County allocation estimate25.57% of eligible county production5 eligible mines / 5 sales respondents |
| Speed Mine4605437 · Kanawha, West Virginia | 572,373 | 99.79 | 586,065 | 58,483,437 | County allocation estimate19.69% of eligible county production5 eligible mines / 5 sales respondents |
| Maple Eagle No. 1 Mine4604236 · Fayette, West Virginia | 400,254 | 129.97 | 399,270 | 51,893,062 | County allocation estimate13.78% of eligible county production9 eligible mines / 9 sales respondents |
| Sycamore Surface Mine4607058 · Fayette, West Virginia | 226,761 | 129.97 | 226,203 | 29,399,638 | County allocation estimate7.81% of eligible county production9 eligible mines / 9 sales respondents |
| Winchester 24609615 · Kanawha, West Virginia | 240,317 | 99.79 | 246,066 | 24,554,904 | County allocation estimate8.27% of eligible county production5 eligible mines / 5 sales respondents |
| Maple Eagle Preparation Plant4605145 · Fayette, West Virginia | 0 | 129.97 | — | — | Preparation plant9 eligible mines / 9 sales respondents |
| Toms Fork Prep Plant And Loado4608465 · Kanawha, West Virginia | 0 | 99.79 | — | — | Preparation plant5 eligible mines / 5 sales respondents |
| Coal Clean Prep Plant4608571 · Kanawha, West Virginia | 0 | 99.79 | — | — | Preparation plant5 eligible mines / 5 sales respondents |
| Samples Mine Highwall Miner4609153 · Kanawha, West Virginia | 31,798 | 99.79 | — | — | Below EIA sales-reporting threshold5 eligible mines / 5 sales respondents |
| Maple Eagle East Deep Mine4609416 · 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
1 linked controller.
Relationships reflect the selected mine status and current MSHA controller/operator fields.