The film discusses the critical health and safety issues in underground coal mining, emphasizing the high fatality rates and the need for improved safety measures. It highlights the importance of ...

FAIRMONT — One thousand feet underground, Mike Payton has come 200 feet away from where the victims of the 1968 Farmington No. 9 Mine Disaster took place. "The coal they were mining is the same coal I ...

Jul. 21—POTTSVILLE — David Heineman reviews 300 years of coal region history without uttering a single word. In NEPADOC, a cutting-edge documentary of northeast Pennsylvania, Heineman relies on ...

That history is still visible today at the Wendel Mine Museum, part of the Parc Explor Wendel complex, a former coal mine ...

When it comes to coal mining, Pennsylvania is king, but the Keystone State is also known for its mine fires. The Centralia mine fire, which has been burning since 1962 and will likely continue for ...