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Jobs was named after William Job (1843–1931) who was once one of the most prominent coal company operators in the Hocking Valley. It had several mines, a row of houses, a school and a post office was established in 1890, and remained in operation until 1924. [2] The train station was on the Brush Fork Branch of the Hocking Valley Railway.
Today, it is still one of the major employers in Morgan County, Ohio, [6] although its high-sulfur coal now spurs little demand. [7] Many of the company's employees were members of the United Mine Workers. [8] 10,000 acres (40 km2) of reclaimed land owned by the company was donated to form The Wilds. [9]
The United Mine Workers of America (UMW or UMWA) is a North American labor union best known for representing coal miners. Today, the Union also represents health care workers, truck drivers, manufacturing workers and public employees in the United States and Canada. [1]
Coal mining disasters in Ohio (1 P) M. Mining communities in Ohio ... Pages in category "Mining in Ohio" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
In the decade 2005–2014, US coal mining fatalities averaged 28 per year. [45] The most fatalities during the 2005–2014 decade were 48 in 2010, the year of the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in West Virginia, which killed 29 miners. [81] 2016 was the first year in U.S. coal mining history that had no fatalities due to coal mine roof falls. [82]
(The Center Square) – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a $17 million lawsuit Tuesday against a northern Ohio company that dates back six decades. The lawsuit says the United States Gypsum ...
Coal mining employment in the US, 1950-2017. Coal-mining employment increased rapidly in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and peaked in 1923 at 798,000. Since then, the number of miners has fallen considerably since, due to mechanization. By 2019 it had fallen below 55,000. [37]
NACCO Industries, Inc. is an American publicly traded holding company, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.Through a portfolio of mining and natural resources businesses, the company operates under three business segments: Coal Mining, North American Mining, and Minerals Management. [1]