King Coal Surface Mine No 1 Coal
Atlantic Leaseco LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Walter Energy Incorporated
Craigsville,
Nicholas County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607942
MSHA record for King Coal Surface Mine No 1 (mine ID 4607942). 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
- Island Creek Coal Company 1990 to 1995
- Gauley Eagle Holdings Inc 1995 to 2005
- Atlantic Leaseco LLC 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
King Coal Surface Mine No 1 sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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.Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 24,446
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,280
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.