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4 days ago · A history of Black coal miners in W.Va. is worth digging into, museum says. In West Virginia, where the Appalachian storytelling tradition still hangs in the hollows and along the ridgetops like a ...
5 hours ago · The businesses opened in 1910. The Browns retired in 1963 after 52 years in business. MATEWAN — This summer the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum is launching something new: the Mingo County Black ...
1 day ago · — The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, located in Matewan, West Virginia, is launching the Mingo County Black History Project, according to a news release. In the Mine Wars era, more than 64,000 African Americans lived in West Virginia and made up about 20% of the state’s coal-mining workforce.
4 days ago · In the Mine Wars era, more than 64,000 African Americans lived in West Virginia and made up about 20% of the state’s coal-mining workforce. In 1920, when miners in Mingo County went on strike ...
4 days ago · 30 years of the West Virginia Coal Festival. “Coal miners are the salt of the earth,” said Delores Cook, one of the founders of the West Virginia Coal Festival. Cook has seen the hard work, sweat and tears behind coal mining. “My father was a coal miner, way back when,” Cook said. She remembers being a little girl who waited for her dad ...
3 days ago · The environmental and safety record of mining companies run by the Justice family is among the worst in the industry, said West Virginia University Law Professor Pat McGinley, who came to the ...
6 days ago · June 20, 2024 1:36 pm. 8 min read. Few occupations match the many dangers of coal mining. Even to this day, miners experience the dangers of mine collapses. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin next guest is a former coal miner and has devoted a federal career to improving mine safety.
