Dozens of West Virginia miners to lose jobs when Boone County site closes in October
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Dozens of West Virginia miners to lose jobs when Boone County site closes in October
Robert Fields | WVOW News
ASHFORD More than 70 Boone County coal miners are losing their jobs following the closure of Eagle Horizon Resources' Boone North No. 2 Surface Coal Mine in Ashford.
A Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN notice, shared by Eagle Horizon Resources says the 71 affected miners will be laid off effective October 11.
The reason for the mine closure was not provided.
The company says the employees are non-union, meaning they cannot displace junior employees from their positions.
Eagle Horizon Resources, LLC, according to West Virginia Secretary of State filings, is owned and operated by Eagle Summit Resources, LLC, which received a $25 million Business & Industry Loan Guarantee through USDA Rural Development and lender Stone Bank to upgrade key equipment at another one of its mines in Boone County. That investment was projected to support 75 jobs at the facility.
Ownership of the mine has changed hands numerous times. The site has also seen layoffs before.
The mine opened in 2004 under Steven R. Mullins Excavating Inc., before being transferred to Raven Crest Contracting, LLC, in 2006. Raven Crest was acquired in 2010 by Xinergy, only for Xinergy to declare bankruptcy just a few years later and be restructured as a subsidiary of White Forest Resources.
Data from the Mine Safety & Health Administration indicates that the mine laid off more than half of its workforce in 2019 and drastically decreased its production. In 2025, White Forest Resources filed chapter 11 bankruptcy, and ownership of the Boone North No. 2 Mine was transferred to Eagle Horizons Resources.
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