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Coal was discovered in Kentucky in 1750. Since the first commercial coal mine opened in 1820 coal has gained both economic importance and controversy regarding its environmental consequences. As of 2010 there were 442 operating coal mines in the state, [1] and as of 2017 there were fewer than 4,000 underground coalminers. [2]
On the morning of Aug. 4, 1917, a methane gas explosion at the Western Kentucky Coal Company’s No. 7 mine in Webster County killed 62 of the 153 men underground at the time. The other 91 men in ...
More recently, in December 2018, the Kentucky Department for Natural Resources issued a surface mining and reclamation permit for the site to a different company, Lexington Coal Company LLC, which ...
The search for two workers, following the collapse of a shuttered Kentucky coal processing facility, trudged into a fourth day with hopes of a rescue looking "grim," officials said Friday.
Coal Creek Mine: Arch Coal [4] Surface Wyoming 8,963,048 River View Mine: River View Coal Underground Kentucky: 8,961,616 Rosebud Mine: Westmoreland Coal Company [10] Surface Montana 8,630,002 Bear Run Mine: Peabody Bear Run Mining Surface Indiana: 7,271,178 Falkirk Mine: North American Coal Corporation [7] Surface
One man has died after he and a coworker were trapped beneath tons of concrete and steel when an 11-story building being demolished collapsed at an abandoned eastern Kentucky mine's coal ...
Coal mining disasters in Kentucky (4 P) E. Eastern Kentucky Coalfield (3 C, 10 P) M. Mining communities in Kentucky (1 C, 8 P) Mining museums in Kentucky (5 P)
Martin County Judge Executive Lon Lafferty speaks to members of the media about the rescue operation underway for two workers trapped inside a collapsed coal preparation plant in Martin County, Ky ...