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Black King: 1 reportable incident Coal

Elk Run Coal Company Inc · Underground
Seth, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608386

Black King has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1998.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
Aug 1998
Ownership history
  1. Elk Run Coal Company Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1997 0
1996 0
1995 0
1994 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Black King sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Boone County, West Virginia · Population 21,312
10.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,152
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1998 · 1 incident