Cranes Nest Dock Coal
Virginia Iron Coal & Coke Company
· Facility
Controlled by
El Paso Energy Corp
Clintwood,
Dickenson County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4404301
MSHA record for Cranes Nest Dock (mine ID 4404301). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- Cumberland Collieries Inc 1976 to 1979
- Cumberland Collieries Inc 1979 to 1981
- Virginia Iron Coal & Coke Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Cranes Nest Dock sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.