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Layland mine disaster of 1915 was one of the deadliest in the New River Gorge
an explosion tore through Layland No. 3 Mine, which belonged to the New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company. The company operated several drift mines in Layland. This was the second mine ...
Where Coal Is Retiring, and Hanging On, in the U.S.
Once the dominant source of energy in the United States, today, 401 coal units supply roughly 16 percent of the nation’s grid ...
Working at Banwen Colliery
At Banwen there were 1,300 men and 90 horses working. The stables were as good as anything you would see at Newmarket. They were immaculate. The horses were washed, and because it was a drift mine the ...
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One body recovered from flooded Indian mine as rescuers search for trapped men
Guwahati, India (Reuters) - The body of a miner was recovered from a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India’s northeastern state of Assam on Wednesday, two days into the search for nine ...
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Inside Ukraine’s Last Stand at a Vital Coal Mine
The mine, near the frontline city of Pokrovsk, produced coking coal crucial for Ukraine’s steel industry. It kept running until the very last moment, when Russian forces finally reached its gates.
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Three feared dead as mine accident traps workers in India’s Assam
Three miners are feared dead inside a flooded coal mine in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, with rescue efforts ongoing to save nine others. Rescue teams have spotted three bodies but have ...