3 days ago by Belinda Crowson

Fifty-five years ago this week Lethbridge changed forever as on 12 February 1957, Galt Mine No. 8 was closed/abandoned. The mine, opened in 1935, had over its 22 years produced a total of 3 187 403 tonnes of coal and provided jobs for many local men. Technically known as Mine No. 1464, there were pl ...

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4 days ago by admin

Cheap natural gas creates winners and losers. Coal miners fall into the latter camp, Liam Denning reports on Markets Hub.

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25 days ago by OldMan1

January 17, 2012 Surely you remember Don Blankenship, former CEO of Massey Energy. Under his leadership at Massey, while skirting government regulations, 29 coal miners died at his Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia in March 2010. Over a three-month period prior to the deaths, Blankenship sold $ ...

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25 days ago by OldMan1

January 17, 2012 Surely you remember Don Blankenship, former CEO of Massey Energy. Under his leadership at Massey, while skirting government regulations, 29 coal miners died at his Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia in March 2010. Over a three-month period prior to the deaths, Blankenship sold $ ...

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49 days ago by Yellow Dog

Black Lung. It sounds medieval, a scourge like Plague and Childbed Fever that should be relegated to history books. But it is still killing coal miners throughout Appalachia, smothering them slowly and painfully until they cannot work, cannot walk, cannot breathe. Many times, they have to watch thei ...

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59 days ago by Michael Dunn

Daneil DeLeon, 1902 (from Wikipedia, public domain) December 14, 1852 -- Daniel DeLeon was born on this date in Curacao, West Indies. DeLeon was one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). He was also a leader of the pro-political action faction within the IWW that hope ...

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62 days ago by gypsybev

Catch the Spirit of Christmas! Step back in time and visit the Dickens Victorian Village in downtown Cambridge, Ohio from November thru January 8, 2012. As you walk the streets, you will be greeted by volunteers in Victorian dress, sometimes entertained by strolling musicians, and on the weekends ca ...

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64 days ago by GPOBookstore

A year ago April, America suffered its worst mining disaster in 40 years with the explosion at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia on April 5, 2010 that resulted in the death of 29 coal miners. Image: Breaking news alert about mine explosion on April 5, 2010. Source: KATU TV. This ...

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65 days ago by hoperiver

The Cumberland River Academy of Bluegrass and Appalachian Music presents: A Coal Miner’s Christmas in Pineville, KY New “Sonny Dean” Scholarship Announced The Cumberland River Academy of Bluegrass and Appalachian Music are proud to present the second annual student fundraiser: A Coal Miner’s Christm ...

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73 days ago by Diane Vacca

Company Housing at Consolidation Coal Co. Mine No. 203 - Jenkins, KY “ Don’t forget where you came from.” “An urban dweller with small-town values,” Susan Bodnar didn’t disappoint or forget her grandmother or her advice. She traveled far from the Pennsylvania coal-mining patch community of her child ...

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