Sprouse Creek West Surface Mine Coal
Rawl Sales & Processing Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc
Matewan,
Mingo County,
WV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608343
MSHA record for Sprouse Creek West Surface Mine (mine ID 4608343). 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
- Rawl Sales & Processing Company 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Sprouse Creek West Surface Mine sits in Mingo County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 15.0% 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.Mingo County, West Virginia · Population 22,979
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,527
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.