MOUNT CARMEL – Harmony Mine is one of just seven underground anthracite mines still in operation in northeastern Pennsylvania. It is, however, producing a large quantity – and high quality – of ...
A coal miner in Western Kentucky died after being pinned against a wall by a mobile digging machine in an underground mine, the first coal mining death in the state this year. Nathan G. Phillips, 36, ...
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For too long, coal miners have contracted, suffered and died from debilitating coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, an irreversible and progressive lung disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ...
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Miners who've worked in Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia say disabling methane monitors was relatively common and was justified by mine managers with false descriptions of ...
There is an aspect of coal mining that gets relatively little attention, even though it is growing in popularity, It is with this method that I will conclude this series on mining, and its precursor ...
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