# Ike Fork 5 Block Deep Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609420
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Nicholas, WV
- **Operator:** Straight Arrow Ventures, LLC
- **Controller:** True Flight Ventures LLC; AppleAtcha Land LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 287
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**True Flight Ventures LLC; AppleAtcha Land LLC (0173121) → Straight Arrow Ventures, LLC (0185933) → Ike Fork 5 Block Deep Mine (4609420)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **CONSOL Energy Inc → Little Eagle Coal Company, L.L.C.:** 2011-05-31 through 2022-11-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609420; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Amvest Corporation → Little Eagle Coal Company, L.L.C.:** 2011-05-31 through 2007-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609420; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **AppleAtcha Land LLC et al → Straight Arrow Ventures, LLC:** 2022-11-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609420; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **True Flight Ventures LLC et al → Straight Arrow Ventures, LLC:** 2022-11-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609420; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 9
- Interval anomalies: 1
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 37 violation rows across the full record; 9 carry an S&S flag and $9,604 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 114 samples:** Occupational health samples 101 coal dust; 13 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 5 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 17 inspection events and 731 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 75.1714-4 — Additional self-contained self-rescuers (SCSRs).** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-4
- **30 CFR 77.503 — Electric conductors; capacity and insulation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.503
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1107-4 — Automatic fire sensors and manual actuators; installation; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-4
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.320 — Air quality detectors and measurement devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.320
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2013-07-09 through 2013-07-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2022-11-15 through 2022-11-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 37 rows; 2012-01-26 through 2012-09-26; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2013-03-29 through 2014-06-24; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 101 rows; 2012-03-12 through 2012-10-01; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2012-03-30 through 2012-03-30; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2012-01-26 through 2012-09-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2011-05-31 through 2022-11-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 17 rows; 2012-01-10 through 2016-06-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 68 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 2 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 13 rows; 2012-06-22 through 2012-09-26; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 37 rows; 2012-01-26 through 2012-09-26; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/ike-fork-5-block-deep-mine-4609420`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/ike-fork-5-block-deep-mine-4609420`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609420/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609420/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609420/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`