Poca Auger #9 Mine Coal
Kitchekan Fuel Corp
· Surface
Controlled by
Belco Petroleum Corp
Mercer County,
WV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603302
MSHA record for Poca Auger #9 Mine (mine ID 4603302). 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
- Matoaka Mining Co 1950 to 1974
- Matoaka Mining Co 1974 to 1975
- Kitchekan Fuel Corp 1976 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Poca Auger #9 Mine sits in Mercer County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.Mercer County, West Virginia · Population 59,062
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$47,799
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.