November 19 marked 15 years since an explosion ripped through the underground Pike River Coal mine on the remote West Coast ...
A proposal to expand mining operations on the Denniston Plateau pits the economy against ecology, leaving the Government ...
DRENNEN, W.Va. — A preliminary report from the federal Mine Safety Health and Administration says Nicholas County coal miner ...
Body of trapped worker found inside flooded West Virginia coal mine after he endured 6 days in complete darkness - Holes were drilled in the mine and dive teams have explored potential areas where air ...
These are the real heroes we should look up to. As a West Virginia native, I grew up around coal mining. I still remember when my grandparents had a coal house in their garage, and seeing my grandpa ...
At the start of their shift, the coal miners working on Enlow Fork Mine’s H-3 longwall section step into a black steel elevator and descend 800 feet underground, where they walk out through a heavy ...
Rescue crews recovered the body of a “heroic” West Virginia coal miner who was trapped in a set of flooded mines for four ...